1 Samuel 21:01-23:06 Lessons from Saul and David

In this study:

  • A brief review of chapters 16-20
  • David’s encounter with Ahimelech at Nob
  • A brief history of the tabernacle and the ark
  • How Jesus used this encounter to emphasize that people were more important than the ceremonial law or the holiness code
  • The significance of the Urim and the Thummim
  • David’s flight to Philistia and it’s consequences, including Psalms written at this time
  • David at Adullam. How the group of 400 men who came out to him typifies our relationship with Christ
  • Alan Redpath quotes
  • Significance of the Psalms that David wrote from Adullam
  • Why David decided to leave his parents in Moab
  • Introduction to the prophet Gad
  • Overview of some of the ways that God encouraged David during these difficult days
  • How Saul played the role of a victim
  • How Doeg, under orders from Saul, slaughtered all the priests, their families, and the livestock.
  • The Psalm (about Doeg) that David wrote after the single escapee from the slaughter of the priests, Abiathar, came to him
  • How David’s deliverance of the town of Keilah from the Philistines contrasts with Saul and Nob

Stay in the Battle!

Steve

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Steve serves as chaplain and teacher at Cross Creek Christian School in Sweetwater, TN. He previously taught math, physics, and ACT prep in public high schools in Tennessee and Texas. He has served churches in Tennessee, Florida, and Texas as minister of education, associate pastor, and senior pastor.