September 3, 2012 – 1 Samuel 26 – 27

There is no mention of a renewal of Saul’s anger over David coming back since the last incident like this.  After that, it appeared that the bridge was mended, but Saul is after David again.  This one ends the same way, with them both going their separate ways.  I guess we can assume, though, that Saul will still come after David and continue to pursue him despite what he says. 

David becomes an exile and takes a small group with him.  He does battle and is successful in conquering places.  He sounds ruthless in not leaving anyone alive, but we have seen that before.  In this case, though, it is not God saying “leave nothing alive” but it appears the motivation is that David doesn’t want anyone to know what he is doing.  That makes it a different story and makes David look like a butcher that doesn’t want any witnesses.  There is really no explanation to this and I am not sure what to think of it.