1 SAMUEL 17:14-15 “14 And David was the youngest, and the three eldest followed Saul.15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.” The three older brothers of David were in Saul’s army, valiant young men, the pride of their dad; yet they all fled at the appearing of…
1 SAMUEL 17:12 “Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.” Now David…In our previous lesson, we saw how King Saul and all of Israel cowered when Goliath defied…
1 SAMUEL 17:11 “When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.” Goliath the Philistine, for forty days, had been defying the armies of the living God. He had been calling out for anyone who would have a duel with him. His words made King Saul and…
1 Samuel 17:1 “Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.” Shocoh means hedge, and Judah means praise. In Judah, there is a “hedge,” God’s divine protection. The Bible says, “He that breaketh the hedge, a…
