I Samuel 18:

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• I Samuel 18
• Saul wants to get rid of David

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David Jonathan

• (1 Sam 181 NKJV) Now when he had finished
  speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit
  to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as
  his own soul.

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Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

• What a picture!

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Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

• What a picture!
• Jonathan, by blood should have been heir to the
  throne.

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Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

• What a picture!
• Jonathan, by blood should have been heir to the
  throne.
• Did he know it would go to David?

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Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

• What a picture!
• Jonathan, by blood should have been heir to the
  throne.
• Did he know it would go to David?
• Do you think it made any difference to Jonathan?

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What did they have in Common?

• Great faith in God!

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What did they have in Common?

• Great faith in God!
• A forgiving, loving spirit

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What did they have in Common?

• Great faith in God!
• A forgiving, loving spirit.
• A great concern to free Israel from the
  Philistines.

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A great concern to free Israel from the
Philistines.

• Jonathan

• David

• (1 Sam 146 NKJV) Then Jonathan said to the
  young man who bore his armor, "Come, let us go
  over to the garrison of these uncircumcised it
  may be that the LORD will work for us. For
  nothing restrains the LORD from saving by many or
  by few."

• (1 Sam 1736 NKJV) "Your servant has killed both
  lion and bear and this uncircumcised Philistine
  will be like one of them, seeing he has defied
  the armies of the living God."

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Saul Does he love or hate David?

• (1 Sam 182 NKJV) Saul took him that day, and
  would not let him go home to his father's house
  anymore.

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Jonathans love for David

• (1 Sam 183-4 NKJV) Then Jonathan and David made
  a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
  4 And Jonathan took off the robe that was on
  him and gave it to David, with his armor, even to
  his sword and his bow and his belt.

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Jonathans love for David

• Jonathan stripped himself - Presents of clothes
  or rich robes, in token of respect and
  friendship, are frequent in the East. And how
  frequently arms and clothing were presented by
  warriors to each other in token of friendship,
  may be seen in Homer and other ancient writers.
  -- Adam Clarke

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David Does Well

• (1 Sam 185 NKJV) So David went out wherever
  Saul sent him, and behaved wisely. And Saul set
  him over the men of war, and he was accepted in
  the sight of all the people and also in the sight
  of Saul's servants.

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And Saul set him over the men of war.

• This doesnt mean that David replaced Abner.
  Adam Clarke offers this explanation Set him
  over the men of war- Made him . . . what we
  would call field marshal.

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Davids Praises Sung

• (1 Sam 186 NKJV) Now it had happened as they
  were coming home, when David was returning from
  the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women
  had come out of all the cities of Israel, singing
  and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines,
  with joy, and with musical instruments.

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Davids Praises Sung

• (1 Sam 187 NKJV) So the women sang as they
  danced, and said "Saul has slain his thousands,
  And David his ten thousands."

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Saul is very Angry

• (1 Sam 188 NKJV) Then Saul was very angry,
  and the saying displeased him and he said, "They
  have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me
  they have ascribed only thousands. Now what more
  can he have but the kingdom?

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Saul is very Angry

• (1 Sam 189 NKJV) So Saul eyed David from
  that day forward.

• Saul eyed David that is . . . with secret and
  malignant hatred. Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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1 Samuel 189

• (1 Sam 189 NASB) And Saul looked at David with
  suspicion from that day on.
• (1 Sam 189 NIV) And from that time on Saul kept
  a jealous eye on David.
• (1 Sam 189 NCV) So Saul watched David closely
  from then on, because he was jealous.

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That Evil Spirit

• (1 Sam 1810 NKJV) And it happened on the next
  day that the distressing spirit from God came
  upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house. So
  David played music with his hand, as at other
  times but there was a spear in Saul's hand.

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Prophesied

• (1 Sam 1810 NKJV) And it happened on the next
  day that the distressing spirit from God came
  upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house.

• (1 Sam 1810 NASB) Now it came about on the next
  day that an evil spirit from God came mightily
  upon Saul, and he raved in the midst of the
  house,

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Jamieson, Faussett and Brown

• he prophesied The term denotes one under the
  influence either of a good or a bad spirit. In
  the present it is used to express that Saul was
  in a frenzy. David, perceiving the symptoms,
  hastened, by the soothing strains of his harp, to
  allay the stormy agitation of the royal mind. But
  before its mollifying influence could be felt,
  Saul hurled a javelin at the head of the young
  musician.

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Saul Tries to Kill David

• (1 Sam 1811 NKJV) And Saul cast the spear, for
  he said, "I will pin David to the wall!" But
  David escaped his presence twice.

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Saul was afraid of David

• (1 Sam 1812 NKJV) Now Saul was afraid of David,
  because the LORD was with him, but had departed
  from Saul.

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Get David Out!

• (1 Sam 1813 NKJV) Therefore Saul removed him
  from his presence, and made him his captain over
  a thousand and he went out and came in before
  the people.

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• Therefore Saul removed him from him sent him
  away from the court, where the principal persons,
  including his own son, were spellbound with
  admiration of the young and pious warrior. -- JFB
• made him captain over a thousand gave him a
  military commission, which was intended to be an
  honorable exile. But this post of duty served
  only to draw out before the public the
  extraordinary and varied qualities of his
  character, and to give him a stronger hold of the
  peoples affections.-- JFB

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I Samuel 1814

• (1 Sam 1814 NKJV) And David behaved wisely in
  all his ways, and the LORD was with him.
• (1 Sam 1814 NASB) And David was prospering in
  all his ways for the LORD was with him.
• (1 Sam 1814 NIV) In everything he did he had
  great success, because the LORD was with him.

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Saul Takes Notice of David

• (1 Sam 1815 NKJV) Therefore, when Saul saw that
  he behaved very wisely, he was afraid of him.

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The Contrast

• (1 Sam 1816 NKJV) But all Israel and Judah
  loved David, because he went out and came in
  before them.
• (1 Sam 1816 NIV) But all Israel and Judah loved
  David, because he led them in their campaigns.

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Sauls Plan to Kill David

• (1 Sam 1817 NKJV) Then Saul said to David,
  "Here is my older daughter Merab I will give her
  to you as a wife. Only be valiant for me, and
  fight the Lord's battles." For Saul thought, "Let
  my hand not be against him, but let the hand of
  the Philistines be against him."

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Davids Modesty

• (1 Sam 1818 NKJV) So David said to Saul, "Who
  am I, and what is my life or my father's family
  in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the
  king?"

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Saul does not make Good on His Promise

• (1 Sam 1819 NKJV) But it happened at the time
  when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been
  given to David, that she was given to Adriel the
  Meholathite as a wife.

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Michal Loves David

• (1 Sam 1820 NKJV) Now Michal, Saul's daughter,
  loved David. And they told Saul, and the thing
  pleased him.

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Sauls Gift of his Daughter

• (1 Sam 1821 NKJV) So Saul said, "I will give
  her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and
  that the hand of the Philistines may be against
  him." Therefore Saul said to David a second time,
  "You shall be my son-in-law today."

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A Deceptive Message

• (1 Sam 1822 NKJV) And Saul commanded his
  servants, "Communicate with David secretly, and
  say, 'Look, the king has delight in you, and all
  his servants love you. Now therefore, become the
  king's son-in-law.'"

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Davids Message Back

• (1 Sam 1823-24 NKJV) So Saul's servants spoke
  those words in the hearing of David. And David
  said, "Does it seem to you a light thing to be a
  king's son-in-law, seeing I am a poor and lightly
  esteemed man?" 24 And the servants of Saul told
  him, saying, "In this manner David spoke."

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The Plan Get David killed!

• (1 Sam 1825 NKJV) Then Saul said, "Thus you
  shall say to David 'The king does not desire any
  dowry but one hundred foreskins of the
  Philistines, to take vengeance on the king's
  enemies.' " But Saul thought to make David fall
  by the hand of the Philistines.

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The Plan Get David killed!

• (1 Sam 1825 NKJV) Then Saul said, "Thus you
  shall say to David 'The king does not desire any
  dowry but one hundred foreskins of the
  Philistines,

• In the process of killing 100 Philistines, what
  is your chance of getting killed? Normally, it
  would be extremely high.

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David Accepts the Challenge

• (1 Sam 1826 NKJV) So when his servants told
  David these words, it pleased David well to
  become the king's son-in-law. Now the days had
  not expired

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David gets twice the requirement!

• (1 Sam 1827 NKJV) therefore David arose and
  went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men
  of the Philistines. And David brought their
  foreskins, and they gave them in full count to
  the king, that he might become the king's
  son-in-law. Then Saul gave him Michal his
  daughter as a wife.

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David IncreasesSaul Slides

• (1 Sam 1828-29 NKJV) Thus Saul saw and knew
  that the LORD was with David, and that Michal,
  Saul's daughter, loved him 29 and Saul was
  still more afraid of David. So Saul became
  David's enemy continually.

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David Continues to Advance

• (1 Sam 1830 NKJV) Then the princes of the
  Philistines went out to war. And so it was,
  whenever they went out, that David behaved more
  wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his
  name became highly esteemed.

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What Better Example is There?

• (Rom 1219-20 NKJV) Beloved, do not avenge
  yourselves, but rather give place to wrath for
  it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,"
  says the Lord. 20 Therefore "If your enemy is
  hungry, feed him If he is thirsty, give him a
  drink For in so doing you will heap coals of
  fire on his head."

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Love/Hate

• David

• Saul

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Love/Hate

• David

• Saul

• The Lord is with him

• The Lord leaves him

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Love/Hate

• David

• Saul

• The Lord is with him
• He plays on the harp for Saul

• The Lord leaves him
• Saul tries to kill him with his Javalin

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Love/Hate

• David

• Saul

• The Lord is with him
• He plays on the harp for Saul
• The people love David as a leader

• The Lord leaves him
• Saul tries to kill him with his Javalin
• Sauls influence wanes

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Love/Hate

• David

• Saul

• The Lord is with him
• He plays on the harp for Saul
• The people love David as a leader
• David behaves wisely

• The Lord leaves him
• Saul tries to kill him with his Javalin
• Sauls influence wanes
• Saul behaves foolishly in hatred.

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Love/Hate

• David

• Saul

• The Lord is with him
• He plays on the harp for Saul
• The people love David as a leader
• David behaves wisely
• David wins the people and a wife

• The Lord leaves him
• Saul tries to kill him with his Javalin
• Sauls influence wanes
• Saul behaves foolishly in hatred.
• Saul will go on to lose everything.

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What an Example David was!

• (1 Cor 131-2 NKJV) Though I speak with the
  tongues of men and of angels, but have not love,
  I have become sounding brass or a clanging
  cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of
  prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all
  knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I
  could remove mountains, but have not love, I am
  nothing.

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