There are two parts in the Bible: if you miss one, you can forget the rest!

  220) God and Samuel / Samuel and God - Then David goes to Ahimelech the priest and he tells him that Saul gave him a mission! - So he asks the priest if he can give him some bread! - So Ahimelech tells him there is only holy bread! - And he gives them to David! - And he also gives him Goliath’s sword at David’s request! - Then David goes to the land of the Philistines acting as if he was insane! - Thus God keeps protecting David even if Samuel is not there! - But Saul can’t be compared to Samuel! - Saul acts against God as Samuel had told the Israelites about the future kings!

  219) God and Samuel / Samuel and God - Then David goes to Jonathan! - And Jonathan tells him he will be able to warn him if his father tries to do something against him! - But David thinks that Saul won’t say anything to Jonathan! - So David tells him what to do! - And David waits for Jonathan’s answer! - And Jonathan tells David to flee! - Samuel was always there as judge till Saul became king of Israel! - As Samuel had said, things started to go wrong and Saul was rejected by God! - And God chose David as the new king! - And Saul knew that God was with David! - So he spent his time trying to kill him! - But he never succeeded!

  218) God and Samuel / Samuel and God - Saul wants to kill David! - Jonathan warns David! - And Jonathan speaks well of David to Saul so he refuses to kill David for the moment! - Later Saul tries to kill David another time! - But he escapes! - So Saul sends messengers to kill him! - But Michal tells him to escape otherwise he will be killed! - So David escapes once again! - And he goes to Samuel and tells him everything Saul did to him! - They both go away! - So Saul sends messengers to kill David! - But every time, the messengers behave like prophets! - So Saul decides to go there personally! - And he too behaves like a prophet! - So every time Saul tries to kill David, God prevents him to do it! - And where does David go? To Samuel!

  217) God and Samuel / Samuel and God - David and Jonathan, Saul’s son, develop a strong relationship! - They make a covenant between each other! - David stays at Saul’s service! - Saul puts him in charge of his fighting men! - David is more celebrated than Saul! - So Saul becomes jealous of David! - And he becomes to suspect David! - On two occasions Saul tries to kill David with a spear but David escapes! - And he is afraid of David because he is successful! - He wants David to be killed by the Philistines! - So Saul proposes to one of his daughters to marry him! - But he must give Saul 100 foreskins of the Philistines! - So David and his men kill 200 Philistines and bring their foreskins to Saul! - Thus Saul gives his daughter Michal as a wife to David! - Saul realizes that David is with David so he becomes more afraid of him and he becomes his enemy for the rest of his life! - As we can see, Samuel was completely right, Saul is a human king and he acts according to his will! -...

  216) God and Samuel / Samuel and God - The philistines and the israelites assemble to fight! - Then a giant named Goliath defies the Israelites! - He proposes a fight between him and an Israelites! - Whoever loses will become the servants of the other side! - But the Israelites are terrified! - Then Jesse tells David to bring food to his brothers who are in Saul’s army! - When David hears Goliath, he asks Saul for permission to fight Goliath! - Then David kills Goliath with his sling and a stone which strikes Goliath in his forehead! - And David cuts off his head! - And the philistines flee! - And the Israelites pursue them! - Thus God’s will is in action and nobody can stop it! - It is evident that God was with David! - He was but a boy against a well-armed giant!

  215) God and Samuel / Samuel and God - Finally, Samuel indicates he has come for the youngest son of Jesse! - And Samuel anoints David as king of Israel! - And God’s spirit leaves Saul! - And God terrorizes him with a bad spirit! - So his servants look for someone who can play the harp and calm Saul down! - So Saul is told about David! - And Saul sends messengers to Jesse so David can come to him! - And David begins serving him! - And David becomes his armor-bearer! - And Saul starts to love David a lot! - When a bad spirit from God comes upon Saul, David plays the harp and it goes away from Saul who feels better! - Thus God prepares David to become a king! - His will is effective! - It doesn’t matter how Saul acts, David will become king of Israel!

  214) God and Samuel / Samuel and God - Samuel did what God said. When he came to Bethlehem, the elders of the city were trembling at meeting him, and they said: “Does your coming mean peace?” To this he said: “It means peace. I have come to sacrifice to God. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” - The Israelites know that God is against them! - That’s why they tremble when Samuel come to them! - We can imagine that they are really surprised at Samuel’s answer! - It is difficult to know if they believe Samuel! - Maybe they understand he has come for something special! - The question is for what! - They can’t imagine he has come to anoint the new king of Israel!