Every time I read this scripture, I pause: “And Saul went home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.” I Samuel 24:22 NKJV Background: Because of jealousy, King Saul wanted to kill David. David had done nothing wrong. He had been a loyal servant. Yet Saul partnered with the spirit of jealousy and offense and began to pursuit David’s life forcing David to leave everything behind and...
Bathsheba – The Naked Truth
It’s time we cleared Bathsheba’s name. Bathsheba did not seduce David. The Bible clearly tells us Bathsheba was cleansing herself after her menstrual cycle. This required that she bathed in a Mikveh. A Mikveh is not a portable structure that Bathsheba could strategically place in front of David, rather it was built into the roof of the building. Reading the account of the story, we clearly see: 1. David was...
Pursued
David was older. He had made some mistakes that brought him to this moment in his life. His son, his seed, his own flesh and blood had taken over his kingdom and was now trying to kill him. David flees. David knew what it was like to flee for his life. When he was a young man, before he was king, he fled from Saul and lived in the strongholds....