Chapter 10 1 Samuel (2)

1 Samuel (2) Shepherd Boy David's First Success David served King Saul in Gilgal. Because he was not an official soldier, he would still go back to Bethlehem to help his father herd the sheep when the farming season was busy or when Saul was on an expedition.That year, the Philistines, who had been hit hard but not completely defeated, made a comeback.They gathered at Soco, which belonged to Judah, and camped at Ephthamim between Soco and Asikah.Saul and the Israelites gathered together and camped in the valley of Elah, forming an army to fight against the Philistines.The Philistines stood on one side of the mountain, and the Israelites stood on the other side, and the two armies faced each other across the valley between them.

The Philistines came out first to fight, and they only sent one man out to stand in the valley in front of the two armies to scold.This man is a Gathian named Goliath. He is 6 o'clock in length: a tiger's mouth. He has a stalwart figure and a loud voice. He wears a bronze helmet and armor. The armor weighs 5,000 shekels, and there are bronze knee pads on his legs. , carrying a bronze halberd between his shoulders, the shaft of the bronze halberd is as thick as a weaving machine shaft, and the iron spear head weighs 600 shekels.A man with a shield went before him. Goliath stood facing the army of Israel and called out, "What are you doing in formation? Am I not the only one? Choose one of you and challenge me. If he can fight me, he will fight against me." I will kill him, and we will be your servants; but if I overcome him and kill him, you will be our servants and serve us." Saul and all the army of Israel were terrified when they heard these words of the Philistines. At a loss, extremely scared.Fortunately, the Philistines had suffered the defeat of the Israelites, and they still had lingering fears and did not dare to fight lightly. Otherwise, Saul and the others would inevitably have to pay a heavy price.Saul saw that he and the people had to hide in the camp to be scolded and angry, so he passed down the order: If anyone can kill Goliath, he will be rewarded with a lot of money, exempted from paying taxes, and married to the eldest daughter.But 40 days passed, and the gates of Israel's camp were still closed, and no one dared to go out to fight.

Three of Jesse's eight sons served in Saul's army, and David, the younger son, tended sheep at home temporarily.The sons were fighting outside, and the old father was always thinking about them; one day, Jesse said to the younger son David: "Take an ephah of dried ears and 10 loaves, and send them quickly to the camp, and give them to the camp. Your brothers, take another 10 milk cakes and give them to their commander, and say hello to your brothers and ask them for a letter." David got up in the morning, committed the sheep to a watchman, and took the food, as his father had commanded him.Bethlehem was not far from the Valley of Elah, and when David arrived at the supply camp, the soldiers had just left the battlefield, shouting for battle.The Israelites and the Philistines lined up facing each other.David gave the food he had brought to the guards of the camp, and ran out into the field to greet his brothers.While speaking, Goliath walked out of the Philistine camp and started his daily scolding camp.The Israeli soldiers standing in front of the battle saw Goliath approaching and backed away, looking terrified.

The Israeli soldier said to David: "See? That scolding man is a trump card of the Philistines. He has been coming out every day to scold the battle for 40 days. The king has an order. Who can kill him?" He will reward anyone with a large amount of wealth, marry his daughter to him, and exempt his father's family from taxes and servants for three years." Seeing Goliath's madness, David cursed angrily, "Beast, I'm going to kill you!" David's elder brother, Eliab, saw that David was staying in the camp and was uttering wild words, so he yelled at him, "Why are you staying in the camp? Why don't you go back to herd the sheep? You're not old. It's not a small heart. Do you think this is fun? It's a war."

David was dissatisfied, and muttered, "I'm not here to play either." David turned around and left the position, went to the camp to find Saul, and because he was familiar with the king, he cut straight to the point and said, "Your Majesty, the Philistine is actually not terrible. I am willing to go out and try your servant." Saul only knew that David could play the harp, but he hadn't seen any special martial arts in him, so he said, "You are too young to fight against him. He is a veteran trained in the battlefield since he was a child." David said unhurriedly, "Your servant, I have been herding sheep for my father since I was a child. Sometimes lions and bears come and steal lambs from the flock. I chase them, beat them, and take lambs from them. If they come back to bite me, I'll take them by the beard and kill them. Your servant killed the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine cursed at the armies of the living God, It will also be like the lion and the bear that died under my hand." David saw that Saul was a little moved, and added, "The Lord delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, and he will deliver me from this Philistine human hand."

King Saul was finally persuaded, and he said to David, "Go, the Lord is with you." Saul took out his war robe and put it on David, and put the bronze helmet on him, And he put on the armor again.After David finished dressing, he put his sword on the outside of his robe and tried to walk around the tent, but he was not used to it, so he said to King Saul, "It's difficult for me to walk in these clothes, and I'm not used to it." David took off his military uniform.Holding a ranch stick in his left hand and a slingshot string (something like a slingshot) in his right hand, he walked to the stream beside the position, picked 5 smooth stones in the water, put them in his pocket, clapped his hands and came to In front of the camp, walk towards where Goliath is standing.

It was the first time that Goliath saw someone walk out of the Israeli positions in more than 40 days.Facing this Israeli challenger, he took it seriously at first. He let the man who held his shield go ahead and walked slowly towards David.When they got closer, Goliath saw David's face clearly, and it turned out that he was just a handsome young man. Goliath couldn't help laughing, "Haha! Son, what are you doing with your staff? There are no sheep in your family here." "Old bastard, I'm going to kill you." David didn't show any weakness, provoking him with swear words.

Goliath waved the steel knife in his hand and roared: "Come on, I will feed your meat to the birds in the air and the beasts in the field." David said loudly, "I will not kill you today with steel swords and halberds, but with the name of the Lord of hosts, the God who led the army of Israel whom you have cursed. Today the Lord will deliver you into my hand." , I will behead you, and flay you, and kill all you Philistines, and feed your dead bodies to the crows of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth." Goliath screamed in anger, and rushed towards David.David stood still, took a stone from his pocket, put it on the string of the sling, and waited for Goliath to come closer, and come closer, and come closer.Suddenly, David raised his arm and drew the bowstring fully, aimed intently, and fired.Just listen to "whoosh!"

With a bang, a gray shadow flashed past, and the pebble just hit the seal under Goliath's helmet, breaking Goliath's skull and getting into his forehead.Goliath yelled "Wow!", and fell to the ground like a wall collapsing; the guard holding the shield in front of him, seeing the situation was not good, turned around and fled. David ran and stood beside Goliath, drew his sword from its sheath, and cut off his huge head. When the Philistines saw their mighty warrior dead, they were thrown into chaos.The Israelites took the opportunity to rush over, and the Philistines fled.The Israelites waved their flags and shouted, and chased them all the way to the cities of Gath and Ekron in the territory of the Philistines.On the way the Philistines fled, they left behind countless corpses, too numerous to count.After the Israelites returned from their pursuit, they smashed the camp of the Philistines and took away a large number of cattle, sheep, gold, silver and treasures.David dedicated Goliath's head to Saul and hung his armor in his tent.

From then on, David became famous in one fell swoop, and his illustrious military exploits were well-known among the Israelites. (Sp17) Saul envy breeds hatred After David made his first contribution, King Saul kept him in the army and promoted him to be the captain of the warriors. David spent some time in the army and became close friends with Jonathan, Saul's eldest son.Jonathan loved David as his own life, and he gave him his armor, sword, bow, and belt, and made an alliance with him.No matter where Saul sent David to do anything, he did it very shrewdly and impeccably, so for a while, King Saul also admired David very much.

The reputation of David’s hero spread throughout Israel, so whenever he came to a city, the women there went out to meet him. They rejoiced, beat drums, and sang and danced: Saul killed thousands, David killed thousands. absolutely. No matter which city you go to, the people will sing this song.It didn't take long for this song to reach Saul's ears. Saul was very unhappy when he heard it. He said, "Give ten thousand ten thousand to David, and ten thousand to Me, but the throne is not left to him." Luo began to hate David.Saul was thinking wildly all day long, suspicious in his heart, scolding David for a while, and hating Samuel for a while, thinking: He must have planned all this. Didn’t the old guy say in front of me that he wanted to abolish me?Saul felt that everyone was talking about him and alienated him, even some unrelated passers-by.Sometimes, he would get crazy and talk nonsense, and no matter how David played the piano, it was of no avail.Once, when Saul was sick, David was playing the piano for him. Saul suddenly picked up a gun and threw it at David.But when Saul regained his senses, he regretted his actions again.David was Saul's right-hand man, and the kingdom of Israel couldn't do without him.In order to make up for his own mistakes and reward David's achievements, Saul made an exception and promoted him to be the commander of a thousand.Teenage David became the youngest senior military officer in Israel's history. David's reputation grew day by day, and he became more and more popular with the people.Meanwhile, Saul grew jealous of David.Due to Samuel's favor and public opinion, he did not dare to harm David openly, so he set up a trap and killed people with the sword, intending to kill political opponents with the hands of the Philistines. For the first time, he offered to marry his eldest daughter Meera, but on the eve of marriage, Saul gave the foreigner Prince Adriel of the Horahites as his bride, in order to arouse David's anger. , causing him to die in a duel with his love rival; David did not love Mira and did not respond to the king's change of heart.The second time, when Saul heard that his youngest daughter Michal was in love with David, he thought to himself: I will give this daughter to David to be his snare.Saul said to David, "You may be my son-in-law a second time." David said: "I am from a poor family, and I am afraid that I am not worthy." David suspected that Saul was deceitful, so he deliberately declined. Saul said: "It doesn't matter, I don't want any dowry, just 100 foreskins of the Philistines, as a gift to the country before you get married." Saul meant to make David die at the hands of the Philistines. hand.Unexpectedly, before the stipulated date, David killed 200 Philistines, circumcised them and gave them to King Saul.Saul had to give Michal to David as his wife.After Mijia married David, they fell in love with each other, and Mijia became David's helper in his career.Seeing this, Saul was even more frightened. Although the king was suspicious of David, the prince Jonathan and David remained affectionate. Saul repeatedly warned Jonathan that David would become the biggest obstacle to his succession to the throne, and Jonathan was unmoved.Once, Saul sent someone to kill David. Jonathan knew the inside story and hurriedly informed David to hide. Then he returned to the palace and risked his father's anger to intercede for David.After all kinds of persuasion, Saul showed compassion and promised to let David come back and not kill him again. David led the army in the king's army to fight, and he was victorious in every battle. Jealousy and fear made Saul insane. He talked nonsense and didn't think about eating.Saul suddenly had a seizure, picked up the gun in the hands of the guards around him, and stabbed at David again. David turned sideways, and the gun stabbed the wall.This time, David made up his mind and had to escape. David sneaked out of the palace and went to Dian's house.Just after dark, spies sent by Saul were watching around the house.His wife Mijia said to him, "If you don't run for your life tonight, you may die tomorrow." Michal threw David from the window with a rope, and David slipped away right under the noses of the spies.Michal put the family god on the bed, put her head on a goat hair pillow, and covered it tightly with a quilt.When Saul sent to arrest David, Michal said, "He is sick." Don't let them do it. When Saul received the report from those people, he cursed angrily: "Idiot, bring me the bed and someone to carry it, I will kill him with my own hands." The guards came to David's house again, pushed Michal away, walked into the bedroom, and found that there was a god statue covered under the quilt, so they took Michal back to meet their errands.Saul saw Michal and asked her, "Why did you deceive me so that my enemies would flee?" Michal began to cry and said, "David is fierce. He said, let me go, or I will kill you." David ran away from his house, went straight to Ramah to Samuel, and brought Saul to him. Describe what you did.Samuel took him to live in Naioth.It was told to Saul that David was in Naioth at Ramah.Saul sent men to arrest David.In order to cover David, Samuel led a group of prophets out to entertain them. They chanted words, sang and danced, and danced.Seeing this situation, the guards were a little frightened at first, but then they gradually became fascinated and danced along.Saul sent people there three times in a row, but the result was the same: the soldiers couldn't help speaking spiritual languages ​​and dancing spiritual dances with the prophets.In desperation, Saul had no choice but to come forward in person.He took people to Nayoth in Ramah, and saw Samuel dancing with all the prophets. Watching and watching, the king himself sang and danced along.The king, more than anyone else, acted ecstatically, stripped naked, foamed at the mouth, and at last fainted, and lay there naked for a day and a night.Seeing this, the people repeated the old saying, "Is Saul among the prophets?" After Saul woke up, David had fled from Naio, went to Jonathan's garrison, and went to this trusted friend.David said, "What have I done wrong? What crime have I committed against your father? Why is he seeking my life so desperately?" Own. Jonathan was a little surprised when he heard this, and said, "Impossible, my father wants to discuss everything with me. How come I don't know about this?" David said: "It may be that your father knew that we were close, and deliberately avoided you, fearing that you would leak the news." Jonathan asked David, "So what can I do for you now?" David said: "You forgot, tomorrow is the first day of the new year. All the servants will attend the king's banquet and discuss state affairs at the meeting until the night of the third day. I will not go tomorrow. If your father asks Me, you just answer him and say, I went back to Liheng to offer New Year sacrifices with my whole family. See how he reacts that way.If he says: OK, let him go.There is still a possibility of our reconciliation; if he is angry, he is determined to kill me.Please swear to me, if your father gets angry, you must find a way to notify me. " They went into the middle of the field and swear to God.Jonathan agreed on the method of notification: "On the third day, you stay where you are hiding, which is at the Rock of Israel. I will shoot three arrows at the side of the rock, like shooting a target, and I will send a boy to find the arrows. , If I say to the boy: "The arrow is behind, pick it up. It means it's all right, you can come back. I said, "The arrow is ahead. You have to leave quickly." At the banquet, King Saul saw that David's place was vacant, so he asked Jonathan who was standing beside him, "Why hasn't Jesse's son come to eat these two days?" Jonathan told his father exactly what David had told him.Saul was furious and said, "You son of a stubborn and rebellious woman, did I not know that you liked Nasi's son! You seek to disgrace yourself, and want your mother to be naked as well? The son of Jesse If you live on this earth, you and your throne will not stand. Now you send someone to bring him back to me immediately, he is destined to die." Jonathan couldn't listen to his father's words, so he asked instead, "Why should he die?" Saul couldn't help but say that he was about to stab him after grabbing the guard's gun, but all the courtiers tried to dissuade him, and Jonathan ran out.On the night of the third day of junior high school, Jonathan came to Espan, David’s hiding place as promised, and told him to flee quickly according to the predetermined method. (1 Samuel 18-20) david fled David fled to Nob and found Eli's eldest grandson, the famous priest Ahimelech.David knew that Ahimelech was too timid to tell him what had happened.But Ahimelech still felt that the visitor was not kind.Trembling, he came out to meet David, and asked, "Why did you come alone, without any followers?" David answered, "The king commanded me one thing, saying: I have sent you to do this, and no one should know it. Therefore I have sent my men to wait for me somewhere, and I have come here alone. Now Please give me 5 loaves, or something else." The priest said to David, "I don't have any ordinary bread, only holy bread. You can only give it to a young man if he has not approached a woman." David said to the priest, "To be honest, I haven't been close to a woman for three days. When I came out, although it was an ordinary journey, the utensils were still clean; besides, today is not the Lord's Day." Then the priest brought him the holy bread, because he had no other bread there, but a new one, the showbread taken from the presence of the Lord. David asked Ahimelech again, "Do you have a gun or a sword here? Because the king's business is in such a hurry that he didn't even have time to bring a sword or equipment when he left." The priest said, "Here is the sword with which you killed Goliath the Philistine in the valley of Elah, wrapped in a cloth, and placed behind the ephod. Go and take it if you want. There is nothing else what weapon." David said, "This knife is incomparable. Give it to me, please." David set off with a little food and the knife.He fled to Gath, which was the territory of the Philistines, thinking that no one would know him.Unexpectedly, someone recognized it at a glance: "Isn't this David, the king of Israel? Isn't he the one who killed our hero Goliath?" David took this to heart, and in order to avoid reprisals, he changed his usual manner, put on shiny clothes, and sang, danced, scribbled, and spit on his beard crazily around the city. When Achish saw David like this, he said, "Look, this man is a madman. Why did you bring him to me? I am short of madmen. Are you going to bring him to me? He kicked out of the house!" David left Gath and fled to the cave of Adullam.Adulan Cave is 25 kilometers southwest of Nalu Sualeng.Worried about the lives of his family members, he sent a message telling the whole family to flee to this cave. The news that David was hiding in Asheran Cave kept going, and all kinds of people: those who were persecuted, those who were in debt, and those who were distressed all came to David from all over the country, wanting to follow him. David became the leader of the exile army.There are about 400 people under his command.David was strictly a bandit who occupied the mountain and became king there. David managed to communicate with the king of Moab, and transferred his parents to live in Moab, which relieved his worries. The prophet Gad also came to David and told him, "Don't live in this stronghold, but go to the land of Judah." David did as he was told, leaving Adullam Cave and entering the jungle of Halle to fight guerrillas.He led the troops and often attacked the royal army by surprise, robbing food and clothing. Saul kept receiving reports about David's battle, but he couldn't catch him, and he was very anxious. One day, Saul was in Ramah, sitting under a weeping willow, with a gun in his hand, and asked everyone to show their loyalty. Doeg the Edomite stood up and said, "I saw the son of Nasi come to Ahimelech the priest of Nob. Ahimelech asked the Lord for him and gave him food and took his sword from Goliath the Philistine." When Saul heard the play, he was shocked: it turned out that the priests formed a party with David to help him to the throne.I didn't have any evidence before, but now the handle can be left in my hands.Saul sent for the whole family of Ahimelech and his father's family, and without waiting for them to make any further arguments, he executed them all.He said to the guards on the left and right, "Go and kill the priests of the Lord, because they helped David; they did not tell me that David had escaped." The guards were afraid of getting the priest's blood, so they all refused to carry out the order.Saul had no choice but to say to Doeg: "Go and kill the priests!" Doeg received the king's order, led the executioners to rush into the city, and killed all 85 priests in the city who wore linen ephods.And killed all the men, women, old and children in the city.Only one person in the city escaped death, that is Abiathar son of Ahimelech.He fled to David overnight and became David's loyal assistant. David led the guerrilla team, fought in the jungle and mountains, and supplemented their supplies by attacking the Philistines and robbing their cattle, sheep and property. They never touched a single plant or tree of the Israelites.One day David was told, "The Philistines attacked Keilah and took the field." David led his troops to Keilah and defeated the Philistines, and the people of Keilah were saved.Unexpectedly, some of the Keilahites returned evil for good, and they ran to report to Saul, saying, "David has arrived at Keilah and is now in the city." Saul was overjoyed and said, "He has entered the city with gates and bars, and God has delivered him into my hand." Saul immediately assembled his army to attack Keilah and besiege David. Before Saul arrived, David received news that Saul was coming to attack the city, so he immediately led his men into the mountain again.Saul missed it.At this time David's soldiers numbered 600.This team lived in the stronghold in the wilderness of Ziph, and Saul sent people to search everywhere but could not find them. During this period, Jonathan went to the depths of the jungle to meet David according to the guidance of the men sent by David.They secretly negotiated a great plan, and finally Jonathan said, "Don't be afraid, my father's hand will not hurt you. You will be king of Israel, and I will be your prime minister." The two made a covenant before the Lord . Many residents of Ziph supported Saul. David lived there for a long time, and when they recognized Sin, some people secretly went to Saul and told him, "David lives in us now." In the woods there, in the stronghold, on Mount Hakira in the south of the wilderness." Saul missed many times, but this time he didn’t dare to trust people easily. He said to the messenger, “Check it out, make sure his whereabouts are accurate, and then report to me. If he is in the territory of Judah, I will come from Find him out of thousands of households." The second time the Ziphites finally made it clear: David lived in the Arabah in the south of the Wilderness of Mayun.Saul's covert march this time surrounded Arabah, the residence of David's guerrillas, without anyone noticing it.Saul has a large number of people, and it seems that David is unable to escape this time. There is always a way out.At this moment, someone flew to report: "The big thing is not good, the Philistines invaded, burned, killed and looted, please go back quickly." Saul was shocked and ordered his subordinates: "Get out!" and went to fight the invading Philistines. When David saw that Saul's army was retreating, he broke up his camp and set out, moved his residence, and set up camp in the stronghold of En-gedi. After Saul defeated the Philistines, his heart to kill David still persisted.Someone told him, "David is in the wilderness of En-gedi." So Saul selected 3,000 elite soldiers from among the Israelites to go to the wilderness of En-gei to pursue David and his men. For Saul's encirclement and suppression, David adopted more flexible tactics, and he broke up into parts to deal with the government and the army.They often appeared in front of Saul's troops without anyone noticing, made contact, and then disappeared again.Once, Saul went into a cave to defecate, and David and several men who followed him were hiding deep in the same cave.Some people argued: "Now that Hehua has handed over the enemy to us, we should do it." So David stood up, tiptoed to the dark corner of the cave where Saul was squatting, quietly cut off the skirt of his coat, and turned back to the depths of the cave.His subordinates blamed him for missing a good opportunity to kill Saul and wanted to do it himself.David stopped them and said, "My lord, he is the anointed of the LORD. I will never dare to stretch out my hand to harm him before the LORD." After Saul finished defecating, he came out of the cave and continued on his way.David climbed to the top of the hill, raised the hem of his clothes that he had cut off, and called out to Saul, "My lord, my king." Saul looked back at him, and David bowed down and worshiped him, and then said, "You are here Who are you chasing after? A dead dog or a flea? You listened to slander and did everything possible to hunt down and kill me. Today the Lord handed you into my hands, but I didn’t kill you. You should believe that I didn’t betray you maliciously, right? ." Saul thought about it. Another time, David and one of his guards sneaked into Saul’s camp late at night, and entered the tent where the king and the commander Ner slept. Abner, the son of Saul’s guard Ner, sat outside the tent and fell asleep. .David's guards wanted to kill Saul and the others, but David stopped him.David immediately swore: never shed the blood of the anointed of the Lord, unless he died of old age, sickness, or battle.They only stole the water bottle placed on the table next to Saul's head and the javelin stuck in the field next to Saul's head and returned to the village. The next day David went to the top of the mountain outside Saul's camp and called Abner's son Abner from a distance, saying, "Abner, why don't you agree? Aren't you a warrior of the whole army? Why don't you even the king Can’t you hold your water bottle and javelin?” Abner heard this, his face turned red and white, and he was very embarrassed.King Saul also heard David talking, so he finally saw David's loyalty and integrity.He said to David from afar, "My son David, you are more righteous than I. May the LORD bless you, you will do great things, and you will overcome. The kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand. " Saul decided to withdraw his troops and return to the court, no longer pursuing David.On the surface, the sharp struggle for royal power in Israel's history seemed to be completely resolved, like spring coming from ice. (Withdraw from 21-24; 26) Accidental love David hid everywhere in the barren mountains, fighting guerrillas, and often had a full meal and a hungry meal.After reconciling with Saul, it was still inconvenient for David to live in the city because he was afraid of being suspected of having one country and two masters.He took his men and horses to the Wilderness of Paran and camped on the mountain.In the nearby city of Mayun, there was a rich and powerful family named Nabal, who belonged to the Caleb tribe.Nabal had 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats.One day, David sent 10 entourages to find Nabal, with the sole purpose of asking him to sponsor some food and wages. When they entered the city, they knocked on the door of Nabal's house, bowed to his master, and said to him, "My friend, our master David greets you and wishes you and your family well. He heard that you are shearing sheep and wants to You know, your shepherds have always been with us and live in harmony with each other, and they have never lost anything here. If you don't believe me, you can ask them, and they will tell you the truth. You see today is such a happy day for the wool harvest , we came to the house, you can't let us go back empty-handed." Unexpectedly, Nabal was a notorious miser.After listening to David's messenger, he said slowly, "Who is David? Who is the son of Nasi? I don't know him." Recently, there are many slaves who betrayed their masters and ran away. How can I take care of them?Don't look at my slaughter of cattle and sheep, that's for my hired workers who shear sheep.What's more, Nabal's things were never given to people whose origins were unknown. " Unexpectedly, the food and salary were not raised, and they were spoiled with gusto. 10 soldiers returned to the camp and reported to David. David jumped up in anger, and he immediately ordered: "Put on your sword!" He ordered 200 men to stay behind to guard the baggage, and the remaining 400 men took up arms and set off with him. . Let’s say that Nabal drove away David’s envoy with soft nails. A clever servant saw that something was wrong, so he ran to report to the hostess, Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Have you heard that David came from the wilderness? The envoys were sent to pay our respects to our master, but the master ruined them both softly and hard. Those people are indeed good people. We sheared the sheep in the wilderness, and they did not commit any crimes. At this time of the year, a group of robbers would come , We are so safe with them this year. Today they were pushed back, I think it is going to be a disaster!--My master, cough, he is too picky and rigid." Abigail was originally a beautiful, intelligent and capable woman, beautiful and wise, like a nymph.After hearing what the servant said, she couldn't help but gasped.People are teachers of benevolence and righteousness, but you treat each other with injustice, and you will be in great trouble today!She has a flexible mind, and with such a calculation, it is better to make up for it.She immediately prepared a lot of things: 200 pieces of cakes, 2 skins of wine, 5 pieces of lamb, 5 ears of baked seeds, 100 pieces of grape cakes, and 200 pieces of fig cakes.She asked the servants to load these things on the backs of several donkeys, and then said to the servants: "You go ahead, and I will come later." Before she left, she didn't say hello to her husband--if the old guy knows, if he becomes stubborn, it will be endless, and it will not be a trivial matter to delay time. Abigail rode on the back of a donkey and hurried all the way along the winding path. He turned over a hillside and was about to go downhill when he saw a group of soldiers walking hurriedly by Pobian. The leader was very Abigail recognized the spirited young man from a distance as David, the famous hero of Israel.Abigail and her servants got off their donkeys and walked towards them on foot.At this time, I could vaguely hear David walking and saying: "Why did I protect this guy's property in the wilderness? Since we came here, nothing has been lost in his house, but he is fine. I will go there today and kill all the men from the Naba family, leaving no one behind." When he was approaching, Abigail threw down the donkey's bridle, and prostrated himself at David's feet with a "boom", apologizing to him: "My lord, may this blame be on me. Please listen to what your servant said. Please don't talk to David. My idiot Nabal is just as knowledgeable, his name is Nabal, and he is a real Nabal (Nabal means bastard, scoundrel). I was not there when your servant came to the humble house. God never avenges himself and murders others blood, so I swear by the eternal Nawas: Those enemies who want to murder you will die like Nabal. Now your maidservant offers this little thing, it is not a respect, please Give it to your brothers. Forgive the sin of your handmaid too. God will make you and your sons kings over Israel, because you fought for the Lord, and you will die in death all your life. If anyone attacks you, pursue your Life, God will keep you safe, like a priceless treasure; God will throw away the life of your enemies, like a stone with a sling string. If my lord does not avenge the innocent blood with his own hands, when the time comes God blesses you as he promised you, and when he makes you king, he will not be ashamed. My lord, when you are rich and rich, please don't forget your handmaid." After hearing this story, David was deeply moved by her beauty and wisdom, and he bowed and lifted her up, and said softly, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, for he has brought you to meet me; Your wisdom is also to be commended, because you saved me today from the crime of bloodshed for personal revenge. Go back, go back with peace of mind. I wish you and your family peace." Back home, Abigail saw Nabal was throwing a feast for the wool harvest, and the food was so rich that it could be compared with a state banquet.Nabal was so drunk and unconscious that Abigail could not tell him what had happened.The next morning, when Nabal sobered up, Abigail told him everything.This was like a thunderbolt from the blue, which shocked the old man Nabal out of his body and paralyzed on the bed.After 10 days, Nabal died. When David heard that Nabal was dead, he was deeply moved and said, "Praise you, my God, for Nabal insulted me, you avenged me, and you made my servant innocent." Then David sent to ask Abigail to marry him.The servant was ordered to go to Carmel, and when he saw Abigail, he said to her, "David has sent me to you to marry you." Abigail stood up from her seat, fell down on the ground, and said, "I am willing to be a handmaid to wash the feet of my lord's servant." Abigail got up at once, mounted a donkey, and took five maidservants and Nabal to stay behind. She came to David with his servant and became his wife ever since. David had married Ahinoam the Nasreelite, and now he had married Abigail, and they were both his wives at the same time.As for Michal, who was married to David in the early years, her father Saul had remarried her to Patti after he left. (1 Samuel 25) David flees Although David and Saul reconciled on the surface, Saul was not at ease with David. Although he no longer sent troops to encircle him, there were always people watching David's camp.David thought to himself: The king is still worried about me, and one day he will send someone to kill me.It is better to go far away and leave Israel as soon as possible.When Saul saw that I was not in the territory of Israel, he would feel at ease and stop chasing me, so that I could escape from his grasp.David sent his men to contact the neighboring king of Gath, Aji, and said to him: "I am now fighting with Saul, and he is trying to kill me. Please allow me to go to your country and serve under your command." Bar." When Yaji heard that a famous hero was coming to join him, where could he find such a good thing?He said: "David is an unrivaled hero. If he is willing to condescend, this is of course a dream." 大卫就带着自己的600名士兵和两个妻子来到迦特，去投奔亚吉。派去监视大卫的人看见"目标"出了国境，马上回去报告："报告大王，大卫逃到迦特去了。" 扫罗得到这个消息，就不再追索大卫了。 大卫没有住到迦特京城里去，他请求亚吉把京郊的洗革拉赐给他，作为他和他的人马的居住地。 亚吉王给大卫一个任务：骚扰和攻击以色列，但大卫却去攻击以色列人的宿敌亚玛力人和基述人、基色人。大卫所到之处，把男女老幼统统杀光，却把牛羊骆驼、驴等牲畜留下，带回去献给亚吉。 他今天拿一些战利品给亚吉说："这是从犹大南方某地抢来的。"明天拿回一些战利品给亚吉则说："这是从那拉蔑的南方抢来的。"后天则说："这是从基尼的南方抢来的。" 大卫说的地名都是迦特与以色列接壤的地方，亚吉看到那么多好东西，不费吹灰之力就进了自己的腰包，高兴他说："大卫本族以色列入憎恶他，所以他只得永远作我的仆人了。" 大卫就这样骗取了亚吉的信任，这使他能够在一个以色列的敌国长期居住，达1年零4个月之久。 那时候，非利士人聚集军队，准备向以色列开战。亚吉给大卫下命令说："你应当知道，你和跟随你的人都要跟我一起出征。" 大卫只好先应承下来，到时候再见机行事。他回答说："仆人所能做的事，王必知道。" 亚吉见大卫这么爽快地答应了，就给他封了一个官："好样的。 你就做我的护卫长好了。 " 非利士人将军队聚到亚弗，与以色列人安扎在耶斯列泉旁的大营遥遥相对。大卫带着自己的人紧跟在亚吉身边，成了国王的卫队。有一个非利士将军看到国王用以色列人作卫队，担心地问亚吉："这些希伯来人来这里干什么？" 亚吉说："嗅，你还不知道。这就是以色列国王扫罗的大臣大卫和他的部队，他们跟我已经有：年多了，非常会打仗，我就把他们也带来了。" 那大将一听急了，对亚吉说："陛下啊，你怎么这样糊涂！他们毕竟是以色列入，要是他们临阵倒戈，取了我们这些人的首级去，献给扫罗王，作为与他和解的礼物，我们后悔也来不及了。我看要马上打发他们回去。" 亚吉一听有理，就把大卫找来，对他说："自从你投奔我以来，没有什么过错，我本来要重用你，但是我的臣下有人坚决反对你跟我出征，我也爱莫能助。你还是回去吧。" 大卫连日来正在为开战以后，如何行动发愁，现在一听这诸，心中暗喜，但他假装痛苦他说："王啊，不知道我做了什么事得罪了你的臣子，使他向你进谗言，使我不能击杀我主的仇人。" 亚吉点点头深信不疑他说："我知道，我知道。你回去帮助守卫京城，也可以立功。" 大卫带着自己的一彪人马打道回府，行军3天就到了离洗革拉不远的地方，只见洗革拉上空烟尘缭绕，以为是留在住地的人们在做饭。但走近一看，洗革拉已经被烧成焦土，除了几具留守战士的尸体之外，一个人影也没有。经过打听才知道，是亚玛为人趁士兵出征，营中空虚之机，将所有的财物和妇女儿童掳掠尽尽，扬长而去。 大卫立即带兵追赶亚玛力人。他带着600号人以最快速度行军，到了比梭溪这个地方，已经有200号人疲乏已极，再也挪下动一步了，剩下的400人也只能勉强维持。这时他们在路边野地里看到一个晕倒的埃及人，他们给他喂了些水和食物，那人渐渐苏醒了。那人用极其虚弱的声音说："好人呐。我已经3天3夜没吃没喝了。" 大卫就问："你是什么人？住在那里？" 那人回答说："我是埃及人，是亚玛力人的奴仆。因为我3天前患病，我主人就把我撇在这儿了。我们侵夺了基利提的南方和属犹大的地方，我们还火烧了洗革拉。" 大卫问："你肯领我们到亚玛力人那里不？我们好为你报仇。" 埃及人说："只要你们不杀我，也不把我交给我的主人，我就领你们去。" 大卫他们跟着埃及人到了亚玛力人的营地。亚玛力人分散在平原上，正在吃喝歌舞，狂欢作乐，庆祝他们的胜利。大卫他们冲上去追杀他们，从第一天黎明一直战斗到次日黄昏，才把他们大部分杀光，只有400骑骆驼的士兵逃脱。大卫他们与妻儿团聚，并夺回了所有被抢去的财物和牲畜。（撒上27一30） 扫罗王之死 大卫投奔迦特王的那一年，对以色列来说，是祸不单行的一年。就在非利士大军压境之际，撒母耳大祭司溘然长逝，全国陷入一片沉痛的哀悼之中。扫罗从此少了一个掣时的太上皇，但也失了一位德高望重，经验丰富的导师。 扫罗带着部队到了前线，看到非利士人多如牛毛，旌旗鲜明，而自己的将士却精神不振。他感到心慌意乱，他祷告上帝，上帝却保持沉默。扫罗因为与撒母耳暗中争斗，所以非常讨厌祭司、先知和巫师之类的人，军队中也不带随军祭司。这回上帝不理他，而他要急干预见未来，却找不到卜筮的人。他听说营地附近隐多珥有一个女巫，擅长招魂交鬼，夜里就乔装打扮，微服前往，去见她，说："请你用交鬼的法术，将我所告诉你的死人，为我招上来。" 她说："你明知道国王要剪除交鬼和行巫术的人，你要我为你交鬼，不是要我的命吗？" 扫罗发誓说："我指着永生的耶和华起誓，你不会因为这事受任何惩罚。"说着叫随从递给她一包银子。 她就说："我为你招谁上来呢？" 扫罗说："为我招撒母耳上来。" 那妇人便端坐出神，一会儿就好象看到了撒母耳，她大声呼叫起来："你是扫罗，为什么欺骗我呢？" 扫罗安慰她说："不要害怕。你都看见什么了？" "我看见有神从地里上来。" "他是怎样的形状？" "是一个老人，身穿长衣。" 扫罗知道是撒母耳，就屈身下跪，脸伏于地下拜。 "你为什么搅扰我，招我上来呢？"声音从女巫口中发出来却象撒母耳。 "我害怕。非利士人来攻击我，上帝也离开我，不再理我，所以请你上来，好指示我应当怎样做。" "耶和华已经离开你，而且要与你为敌，你何必问我呢？你违背了上帝的意志，上帝要惩罚你，已经把王权交给大卫了，还要把你和以色列入交在非利士人手里。明天你和你的众子一定要来和我为伴了。" 撒母耳阴魂的预言对扫罗来说无异于五雷轰顶。扫罗猛然跌倒，挺身在地--他已经一天一夜没吃饭，惊吓之下晕倒了。随从也不知如何是好。女巫凝神回阳，来到扫罗跟前，对他说："婢女听从你的话，不顾惜自己的性命，是遵从你。下面求你听从婢女的话，让我给你做点东西吃，吃饱了好有力气行路。" 扫罗不肯，说："我不吃。" 他的随从和女巫再三相劝，扫罗才听了他们的话，从地上起来，坐在床上。女巫急忙将家里的一只肥牛犊宰了，又拿面传成无酵饼烤了，摆在扫罗和他的随从面前。他们吃完，当夜就回营地了。 第二天，非利士人攻破了以色列的营地，以色列人四散逃跑，死伤惨重。扫罗的3个儿子，包括约拿单阵亡。扫罗骑马逃跑，被弓箭手追上，射中了他的肩胛，身负重伤。扫罗吩咐卫兵说："你拔出刀来，将我刺死，免得那些未受割礼的人来刺我，凌辱我。" 但是那卫兵不肯刺死他，扫罗就自己拔出刀来，自刎而死。他那忠诚的卫兵见国王已死，自己也如法泡制，伏刀而死。次日，非利士人打扫战场，发现扫罗和他儿子们的尸体，就割下他们的首级，剥了他们的军装。他们把扫罗的头颅送到非利士国内各地示众，报信给全国百姓和庙里的神像；把扫罗的军装放在亚斯他录庙里；将他的尸身，钉在伯珊的城墙上。 基列雅比的以色列人听说非利士人对扫罗所做的一切，他们中间的勇士联合起来，走了一夜，将扫罗和他儿子的尸身，从伯珊城墙上取下来，送到雅比，用火烧化了。最后将他们的骸骨安葬在雅比的垂柳树下。雅比人民为国王的葬礼禁食7天。 约但河以西各个城市里的以色列人听说国王已死，不战而退，纷纷弃城逃跑。（撒上28一31）