Saul tries to kill David

Verse 1 We can quickly go back to chapter 18 and remember the covenant that was made between Johnathan and David.

We really see King Saul spiraling as David becomes more successful he gets more angry and more tempted to sin and kill him.

Verse 11-12 , I love the idea that Saul thought he could use his daughter Michal to manipulate David and potentially trap him, BUT God had a plan and His hands were upon David and nothing was going to stop Gods plan from coming to fruition. He took the very thing Saul meant to take Davids life and HE saved his life with it.

Verse 13-17 , So an image was a teraphim , a figure used as a household idol or as good luck charm. In ancient Israel, teraphim were intended as aids in worshipping the true God. Obviously we know this isn’t necessarily right or needed to worship God.

Verse 18, David went to Samuel and sought out guidance from a Godly man, Im sure David expressed his concern to Samuel about him being anointed as king yet all that has happened is the current king attempting to kill him. When we face tough times and adversities in life it is vital that we see Godly wisdom from a brother and sister in Christ.

Verse 19-21, When sauls messengers came to capture David they came up to prophets worshipping the Lord, When it says “prophesying” it doesn’t necessarily mean they were all predicting the future. The Hebrew word simply means speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. They probably all gave spontaneous and inspired praise to God.

God unusaually filled these men who were not seeking him wiht the spirit in order to protect David and to send them a warning that he infact did not want David captured.

3 times God told Saul in a very obvious manner LEAVE David alone! and he decided to take matters into his own hands and pursued David himself and he to prophesied before Samuel.