The cat-and-mouse game between David and Saul continues and, in the quiet darkness of a cave in the wilderness, it reaches a shocking climax. We don’t get revenge. We get . . . a reunion?

In this episode of Bible Talk, Alex Duke chats with Jim Hamilton and Sam Emadi about 1 Samuel 23–24.

Show Notes

1:33 / Where did we leave David in 1 Samuel 22?

3:06 / David inquiries of the Lord and saves Keilah. (23:1–5)

4:29 / How are David and Saul contrasted in Keilah? (23:6–14)

8:48 / What kind of “covenant” do David and Jonathan make? (23:18)

12:07 / What happens to David after Jonathan leaves? And how does it show up again in Psalms? (23:19–29)

17:04 / How does Saul always know where David is? (24:1)

19:07 / What are David’s men quoting when they say, “Here is the day of which the Lord said to you, ‘Behold, I will give your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you’”? (24:4)

20:27 / What does it mean that “David’s heart struck him?” (24:5)

25:14 / Why is David treating Saul so mercifully? And why does he refer to Saul as “my father”? (24:11)

29:53 / Can we learn how to engage political leaders from David’s conduct toward Saul? (24:8–15)

35:56 / Does Saul mean what he says? (24:16–22)

* * * * *

Graphic: Mercy: David Spareth Saul’s Life, Richard Dadd (1854)