BRAGADAYJAH
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David
Runs for his life
I
can hear the voices of doubt and criticism asking, “Why did David run for his
life? Why did he not just kill Saul and
his assassins since he was such a mighty killer of Philistines?” A correct approach to those or any such
questions would be to understand that David was not a murderer. His God given role was to kill Philistines,
the enemy of Israel and of God. True he
killed thousands of Philistines; but he was not called to kill any of God’s
people for any cause. On the other hand David loved Saul, and even though Saul
sought his life, that in his mind was not reason enough to slay him like he
slayed Philistines. Saul was, therefore,
left to God for Him to deal with.
Lastly, David saw Saul as God’s anointed and, therefore, he did not see
it as within his province to touch the Lord’s anointed; so he ran for his
life. But when Saul found out that his
daughter, Michal, David’ wife helped David to escape, he saw it as betrayal on
her part; so he asked her, “Why has thou deceived me so, and sent away my
enemy, that he is escaped?” And Michal said, “He told me to let him go as he
did not want to kill me.” Michal’s response to her father was not at all true;
but it shows that even she, had no illusions about how her own father would
treat her, if she told him the truth. In the meantime David fled and escaped
came to a place called Ramah where Samuel was; and he told Samuel all that Saul
had done to him; and so David and Samuel departed from there and went and dwelt
at a place called Naioth. But it was not long before Saul found out where David
was’ for he was still hell bent on killing David.
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