Daily Thoughts From God's Word

Anointed king at Hebron, “David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years” (5:4). David captured Jerusalem...

David anointed as king but there’s trouble everywhere it seems. Civil war erupted between the northern tribes (Ish-bosheth) and Judah...

Just one chapter and another perplexing story: the young man who reported to David that he had killed Saul. The report seems to be that...

The situation with Nabal is interesting. David's take on the matter: “Blessed be the Lord who has avenged the insult I received at the...

Saul was chasing David with the clear intent of killing him. Saul’s jealousy of David was overwhelming. Stopping at Nob, Ahimelech the...

When accused of being foolish for volunteering against Goliath, David replied, “The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and...

Saul got off to a pretty good start but the rest of his reign was fraught with problems: his unlawful sacrifice, his rash vow that almost...

Saul was a handsome man: “There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he” (9:2). As I read, I have some thoughts...

God was so faithful and good toward Israel, even while the nation was spurning him for the idols. Then, in chapter 8, the people spurned...

“The ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months. And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners and...

Another old friend – Samuel. Samuel’s mom, Hannah, asked for a son, and Samuel was born. Samuel grew “in stature and in favor with the...

Over the years, folks in the Bible become like old friends. I love hanging out with them, hearing their stories, wondering about them,...

On the heels of the mess with Samson is the story of Micah and the Levite, who stole the silver from his mother. When he restored the...

“And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord” (13:1). Again!! But an angel of the Lord appeared to the...

Does anyone ever get the sense, while reading the history of Israel, of the absolute humanness that was theirs? In my Bible, the heading...