Chapter 26 Feast of Saul and David

David rushed over quickly, grabbed the giant's sword, and swung it with all his strength, cutting off the giant's head. The Philistines scattered.David was hailed enthusiastically as the savior of the nation. David made such a great contribution, and Saul had to pay tribute to this national hero.He invited David to be a guest, but the hostility in his heart did not dissipate.His attitude toward David changed from boredom to hostility when he noticed his son Jonathan's quick friendship with the little shepherd from Bethlehem. What made him even more unacceptable was that his daughter fell in love with this handsome red-haired boy.Saul said to David: If you can kill a hundred Philistines, you can marry my daughter.Saul decided that one hundred was a large number, and that David would be killed by the Philistines before he could make it up.

Like everything else, David was very successful, and he married Michal.The two enemies became Weng's son-in-law. Saul's old problem -- nervousness -- was worse than ever.His doctor couldn't think of a solution, so he had to suggest listening to music again.This performance, however, nearly killed the hapless harpist. David had just played a few notes that day when Saul suddenly went berserk. He took a spear and thrust at David, who jumped out of the way.David never wanted to see the king again, he escaped from the king's tent and ran away. Saul's anger was turned on his son, who wanted to kill Jonathan.But the entourage grabbed his hand, so that the tragedy did not happen.Jonathan felt very disturbed, and he wanted to explain to David what had just happened.The two friends meet for the last time and say goodbye to each other.David fled to the desert and hid in a cave called Aram.

Soon, David's hiding place was discovered by Saul's soldiers.Fortunately, David got the news in advance. When the army arrived, the cave was empty, and David had already run away. Life in the desert was dull, and David wrote many poems. There is a volume in the "Old Testament" called "Psalms" that collects several of them.Centuries later, these "Psalms" were accurately translated into English, and I need not repeat them here.And we're dealing with Jewish history, and the Psalms have little to do with that.But they are beautiful manifestations of the spirit of the ancient Jewish nation. Compared with the endless civil strife and wars recorded in the "Old Testament", the content is more intelligent and beautiful.

Let's move on to David.He was now in one of the strangest periods of his long and tortuous life.His position and situation are very embarrassing, nominally speaking, he is the king of the Jews.Because Samuel deposed Saul after the incident in Agag, David was anointed to inherit the throne. However, the people can't keep up with this ever-changing political changes. They still recognize Saul as king (although it is a bit vague) and regard David as the official successor, or the crown prince, who can also be the regent at any time. of. Unfortunately, back then (and now), those with power owned 90 percent of the law.

Saul, whatever he was then, was still living in the king's tent.Surrounded by guards and followers.He also commands an army that is well equipped and loyal to him. Legally David was a fugitive.He hid in a cave in the wilderness and could not show up in any town or village because of the danger of arrest. Later, when David became the undisputed ruler of the Jewish nation, this history needs to be explained delicately, because our hero was like a bandit leader at the time, and what is more, he had defected to the Philistines. However, we cannot be too hard on David, Saul treated him unfairly.But David treated Saul with tolerance and always respected him, which showed David's character.

By modern standards, Saul could be considered a madman.He ran quickly across the country, never resting for a moment. One day Saul was walking through the desert and it was getting dark.He went into a cave, where David was hiding.David saw the unexpected visitor come in.He hid. At midnight, when Saul was fast asleep, David crawled over and cut off a piece of the guest's skirt.The next day, when Saul was leaving, David caught up with him and stopped him with the skirt. "Look at this," he said, "my king, you may think what I might do, but I don't. You could have died at my hand last night, but I let you go, and you still persecute me .”

Although Saul knew that David was right, he acted like a madman who had completely lost his mind.He hates David. So although he apologized vaguely and withdrew his soldiers, he did not invite David to return to the palace. Soon after, Samuel died.David and Saul meet again at the funeral.However, the two sides failed to achieve reconciliation, and there was a stalemate for quite a long time. Later, Saul once again fell into the hands of his enemies during his never-ending journey.