Chapter 21

July 7, 2016

This chapter continues to show that God is keeping his promise to David that he shall lead His people but have no peace. Chapter 21 starts with the story of David avenging the Gibeonites. 400 years before,  Joshua had made a promise to the people of Gibea that they would never be attacked yet Saul had attacked them and killed many of their people. As the famine went into the third year David learned that the reason for the famine was because this promise had been broken ! So, David asks the people what would satisfy them . They asked for 7 men from the house of Saul so they may be hung. David turned these men over and they were hung. The famine was over !!!

Next was two battles with the Philistines. In the second battle David grows faint and is about to be killed by a descendant of Goliath. At the last second Abishai steps in and saves David by killing the giant. David continues to grow and so does Israel, but David continues to have no peace. The most pressing spiritual truth here is that God ALWAYS keeps His word.