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Samuel 29 – David’s Life Among the Philistines
When
war was about to break out, David and his men marched with the Philistines. All
the lords of the Philistines knew David, and when they saw him marching with
them, they did not like it. I am sure that if you saw a person who had been
your enemy suddenly turn and be on your side, you would want to make sure that
he was not going to come up from the rear and attack you. Achish, however, had
full confidence in David. But Achish is outvoted and outnumbered. To have
harmony in their midst, Achish asks David to leave. This is the providence of
God, it delivers David from fighting his own people.
David’s
lapse of faith in stepping out of the land meant he was also stepping out of
the will of God. You will always get into trouble when you step out of the will
of God. David stepped out of God’s will and was about to commit an awful sin
when God intervened.
Jezreel
is in the north. It is here that scripture tells us the
last great war of
Armageddon will be fought. As the Philistines go up to
Jezreel, David and his men return to Ziklag.
While David and his men were away from home, an enemy
from the south, the Amalekites, invaded the Philistine country and destroyed
Ziklag. They returned to find it burned with fire and deserted. David and his
men were distraught. They had lost their wives and children! As far as they
knew, their loved ones had been slain.
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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick
Reference Commentary
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