Shmuel | Samuel

They told David, saying, “Behold, the Philistines are battling against Keilah and they are pillaging the granaries.”
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David then inquired of Hashem, saying, “Shall I go and strike down these Philistines?” And Hashem replied to David, “Go, strike the Philistines and save Keilah.”
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Saul was told that David had come to Keilah, and Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has been trapped by coming into a city of gates and bar.”
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David learned that Saul was planning evil against him, and he said to Abiathar the Kohen, “Bring forth the Ephod.”
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… Saul searched for him all the days, but God did not deliver him into his hand.
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Jonathan son of Saul arose and went to see David in the forest, and he encouraged him with the word of God.
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He said to him, “Fear not, for the hand of my father Saul will not find you; you will reign over Israel and I will be second to you, and even my father Saul knows it.”
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The two of them sealed a covenant before Hashem. David stayed on in the forest, and Jonathan went to his home.
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Some Ziphites went up to Saul in Gibeah, saying, “David is hiding among us in the strongholds in the forest in Hachilah Hill, south of Jeshimon.
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… David hastened to go away from Saul, but Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men, to capture them.
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Daily Holy Bible Reading

1 And they told David, saying, “Behold, the Philistines are waging war against Keilah, and they are pillaging the threshing- floors.”
2 And David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go and smite these Philistines?” And the Lord said to David, “Go, and you shall smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.”
3 And David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more if we go to Keilah, to the battle array of the Philistines?”
4 And David continued further to inquire of the Lord, and the Lord answered him and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah, for I am giving the Philistines into your hand.”
5 And David and his men went to Keilah, and battled the Philistines, and he led away their cattle, and struck them a great blow, and David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
6 And it was that when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David, to Keilah, the ephod came down in his hand.
7 And it was related to Saul that David had come to Keilah, and Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has been shut in by coming into a city with doors and bars.”
8 And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
9 And David knew that upon him, Saul was plotting the evil; and he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring near the ephod.”
10 And David said, “O Lord God of Israel, Your bondsman has heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah to destroy the city because of me.
11 Will the citizens of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your bondsman has heard? O Lord God of Israel, tell now Your bondsman!” And the Lord said, “He will come down.”
12 And David said, “Will the citizens of Keilah deliver me and my men into Saul’s hands?” And the Lord said, “They will deliver.”
13 And David and his men, about six hundred men, arose and left Keilah, and they went wherever they would go, and it was told to Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, and he refrained from going forth.
14 And David dwelt in the desert, in the strongholds, and he dwelt in the mountain in the Desert of Ziph, and Saul sought him all the days, but God did not deliver him into his hand.
15 And David saw that Saul had gone forth to seek his soul, and David was in the Desert of Ziph, in the forest.
16 And Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went to David to the forest, and he strengthened his hand through God.
17 And he said to him, “Fear not, for the hand of my father Saul will not find you, and you shall reign over Israel, and may I be to you as a viceroy, and my father Saul too, knows (that this is) so.”
18 And the two of them made a covenant before the Lord; and David stayed in the forest, and Jonathan went to his home.
19 And the Ziphites went up to Saul, to Gibeah, saying, “Is David not hiding with us in the strongholds, in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is from the south of the Desolate Wasteland?
20 And now, according to all the desires of your heart to come down, come down, and it is incumbent upon us to deliver him into the king’s hand.”
21 And Saul said, “Blessed shall you be to the Lord, for you have taken pity upon me.
22 Go now, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his foot will be. Who saw him there? for (one) told me that he deals cunningly.
23 And see and know of all the hiding places where he hides, and you shall return to me with the certainty, and I shall go with you, and it shall be that if he is in the land, I shall search him out among the thousands of Judah.”
24 And they arose and went to Ziph before Saul, and David and his men were in the Desert of Maon, in the plain which is to the south of the Desolate Wasteland.
25 And Saul and his men went to search, and they told David, and he went down to the rock, and stayed in the Desert of Maon, and Saul heard and pursued David in the Desert of Maon.
26 And Saul went from this side of the mountain, and David and his men were on that side of the mountain; and David was hastening to get away from before Saul, but Saul and his men were encircling to David and his men, to seize them.
27 And a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Make haste and go, for the Philistines have spread out over the land!”
28 And Saul returned from pursuing David, and he went toward the Philistines. Therefore, they called that place the Rock of the Divisions.

Exposé | Moral

In Bereishit (Genesis) 4:7 Hashem Said Self Improvement Is Key To Forgiveness And To Overcome Sin

*Thus, David did not need Jesus to do it.

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