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Tuesday, May 05, 2026

1 Samuel 28-31- David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.

Saul and the Medium of En-dor

1Sa 28:5-6 LSB - [5] Saul saw the camp of the Philistines and was afraid and his heart trembled greatly. [6] So Saul asked of Yahweh, but Yahweh did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by prophets.

1Sa 28:7 LSB - [7] So Saul said to his servants, "Seek for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her." And his servants said to him, "Behold, there is a woman who is a medium at En-dor."

1Ch 10:13-14 LSB - [13] Thus Saul died for his unfaithfulness, which he committed against Yahweh, because of the word of Yahweh which he did not keep; and also because he asked counsel of a medium, making inquiry [of it], [14] and did not inquire of Yahweh. Therefore He put him to death and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.

 

The Philistines Reject David

1Sa 29:11 LSB - [11] So David arose early, he and his men, to go in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

David’s Wives Are Captured

1Sa 30:6 LSB - [6] Moreover David was greatly distressed because the people said to stone him, for all the people were embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.

1Sa 30:8 LSB - [8] And David asked of Yahweh, saying, "Shall I pursue this band? Shall I overtake them?" And He said to him, "Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and you will surely deliver [all]."

David Defeats the Amalekites

1Sa 30:23 LSB - [23] Then David said, "You must not do so, my brothers, with what Yahweh has given us, who has kept us and given into our hand the band that came against us.

The Death of Saul and His Sons

1Sa 31:12-13 LSB - [12] so all the valiant men arose and walked all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and they came to Jabesh and burned them there. [13] And they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

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