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AVID VID , , who ' \ was gas as a gifted minstrel min- min minstrel - - DA | strel , had h'ld hld hid ' first firt ; ) been brought broughtto brought/ brought broughtto / to Saul to try to cheer thehlDg theking the theking king hlDg out of one of his mel melnncholy melancholy metancholy nncholy ancholy spells The youth succeeded succeededand , , and so well weU that Saul asked ashed him to toremaIn toremain toremain remaIn on In the camp c'lmp clmp ' And later laterwhen , when he discovered diccosered dl co\ co coered \ ered the lad was as asbrave asbrave asbrave brave a soldier as he " was "as as talenteda t'1lenteda t'1lented t1lented talented ' a rnuislcian mmslcian mutsician , Saul S'lul Slul Siul ' made m'lde mlde ' him the theroyal theroyal theroyal royal armor nrmor bearerBut bearerBut bearer bearerBut But young David's Davids D'lvid's Dlvids DivId's DivIds ' ' prowess in bat bat- battle battle - . tle tie soon made him the national natIon'll natIonll natlonil ' hero heroand , nnd and this aroused Saul's Sauls ' ' jealousy . . So SoDavId SoDavid SoDavid DavId , , knowing kno"mg knomg " his hfe.as life hfe was \.as .as \ . In dan danger danger danger ger , fled from the king kings s presence presenceFrom presenceFrom presenceFrom From Gibeah Gtbeah , the capital , the young young"arrlor youngwarrior youngwarrior "arrlor arrlor warrior " fled to It Ramah R'1m'lh R1mlh ' imih ' , , where thp the theaged thpnged thaged ? nged aged prophet Samuel S'lmuel Slmuel ' dn dss dwelt elt Thence Thencehe Thencehe Thencehe he doubled back b'lc1 blc1 ' . to Gibeah Glbeah Gtbeah , hidlDg hiding hidlDgthere hidingthere hidingthere there until he received warning warnlDg from fromI fromJon'1than fromJonathan fromJonathan I Jon'1than Jon1than Jonathan ' , the tbe l.mg lmg . kings s son , that he heI hemust hemust hemust I must lea\ lea leaseDasid leave leae lease leaveDavid \ e I David Da\ld Da ld Dasid \ then escaped bv by way W'ly Wly ' of Nob Nobto Nobto : to tlie the Philistine Plul1stme stronghold of Gath Gaththinking , I IthinkIng thinkIng that there he would be beI besafe besafe besafe besafeFor I safe saferor For ror fear his aged parents p'lrents plrents ' , , v . who whodwelt whodwelt ho hoI hod I d\\ d deU dwelt \ eU In Bethlehem might be perse persecuted persecuted I Icuted cuted bv b5 b ) Saul , he conveyed con\esed con esed com \ e ) ed them themout themout themout out of the country and placed them themI themin themIn themIn I in the Cat caic case e of the King ring of Moab at atI atI1zpah atlllzpah at"Mizpah atMizpah I \I1zpah I1zpah lllzpah ' \ " Then 'Ihen Ihen Rhen ' he and Ins Ius his band b'lnd blnd bind ' re returned returned returned turned to the hills of Judah and anddodged anddodged I Idodged dodged about from place to place inorder in ini inorder Inorder i order to elude the I.Ing IIng kings . s soldlels soldseis soldlels'Ihev soldseisZhev soldieisThey 'Ihev Ihev Zhev ' ] lurked url.ed urled . for a " while "hUe hUe in the for forest forest forest est of Hareth then at Keilah Kellah ICeilah Zlph Ziph ZiphMoon , , ' ! 'lon lon lion ! ' , , Engedi Engedl ngedl , and again at 1I1aon Maon 1I1aonBut MaonBut MaonBut But Saul Sauls s aimy rimy al my continued to pur pur- pursue pur- pur pursue pursue - - sue them relenUe relentlessly sly , and finally finallyDavid finallyDavid i iDavid . David had to flee the kingdom hmgdom and andtake andtake tal.e tale take . refuge In Gath Gnth once moreThis more moreThis I This time hme , however , the Phllis Philis Phllistines Philistines Philistines tines welcomed him , for thev they real realIzed realIzed realized Ized now be he was truly a fugitive fugitivefrom fugitivefrom fugitivefrom from Saul For ror a while they thought thoughtof thoughtof of using usmg him and his follos follov"ers follovers follo\"ers follo "ers ers \ " ers in acampaign a acampaign acampaign campaign against Israel Israe ] ; but at the thelast thelast thelast last moment they reconsidered and anddecIded anddecided anddecided decIded to use him on another anotherfrontier anotherfrontier anotherfrontier frontier They sent him and his hisband hisband hisband band down to Ziklag Zlkag ] , on the border borderof borderof borderof of the tbe desert , to hold it against ag'11nst ag11nst ' the thebedouins thebedouins thebedouins bedouins w " wlio 110 ho were continually contmually raid raidIng raidhag raidIng Ing hag and pillaging that region And Andthere Andthere Andthere there David Da'vld Davld ' remained , a sort of free freehooting freehooting freebooting hooting mercenary , until at last lastSaul's lastSaul's lastSaul's lastSauls Saul's Sauls ' reign came to an endAlthough end endAlthough Although the Philistines Pluhstmes had been beenrouted beenrouted beenrouted routed by Saul at the beginning begmnlDg of ofhIe ofhis ofhis hIe his ; reign , thev the\ the they thehad \ ' had remained rlmalned a pow powerful powerful powerful erful and menacing men'lcmg menlcmg ' enemy . For ror some sometime sometime sometime time , however , they contented thew them thewselves themselves themselves selves with minor forays fora's foras brass ' , and wIth wIthgiving withgiving withgiving giving aid to the outlaw , Da\id Da id Dastd DaidOnly DastdOnly DavidOnly \ Only when wben they ] learnt e'lrnt elrnt ' that th'lt thlt ' S.1uI's S.1uIs S1uIs Saul's Sauls S.1uI'si Saul'smad Saul'smad Saulsmad . ' i m'1d m1d mad m'1d1S ' \ ' wa\s wa s \\1\S 1 wars ' \ had h'ld hld hid ' alienated his chief chiefsupportelb chiefsupporters chiefsupporteib supportelb supporters and that th'lt thlt ' the morale of ofhis ofhis ofhis his army was \ weak \ eal . , did the tbe they at attempt attempt attempt tempt to launch a heavy counter counterattack counterattack counterattack-Uniting counterattack Uniting attack . - . UnIting 1 ' all i11 ] ) their forces the they theymarched thevmarched . } marched up the coast highway hilglsnay hIgh " ay and andencamped andencamped andencamped encamped at Shuncni Shunem , north of ofMount ofMount Iount Mount Gllboa GUboa Gilboa This method of ap- ap approach approach ap approach - - proach enabled enaLled the Philistines PbllIstlnes to ad adyance advance advance yance vance with their chariots over bro'1d bro1d broad bro'1dplnlns broadplains broadplains ' plnlns plains , where opposition " was sins 'IS IS ' not so soeasy soeasy soeasy easy as ! in n the lulls hills Saul rallied ral1lCd his hisforces hisforces hisforces forces and nnd took tool . up bis hIs position on onth onthe onthe the th < . slopes of Mount Iount GIlboa Gilbo.l Gilbol . , across acrossthe acrossthe acrossthe the valley v'llley vllley ' from ShunemThis Shunem ShunemThis This gave g:1e gale g:1\ g:1 g1 : \ e him a decided decfded a adsan adsantage advantage \ an antage tage , , for from Ills hIs height he CoUl cow CoUlmanded cowmanded cornmanded manded the whole whote countryside But Buthe Buthe Buthe he \ was \ us In despair espalr nevertheless nesertheless ne . ertheles ' ) , , for forI form'1ny formany formany I m'1ny m1ny many ' of the Hebrew captains captulns , , to togelher together togetlier gelher gether w " "Ith Ith with ith their regiments , had deherted de deberted erted berted himWhen him himWhen When the Philistine Phillstine host ad ady advanced advanced y vanced mced up the slopes of ot Mount OU- OU Gil- Gil OUboa Gilboa G1I-Loa G1I Loa - - boa , the Hebrew ranks crumpledbPlplessly crumpkd crumpled crumpkdhplplessly crumpledhelplessly hplplessly bPlplessly . The Philistine archers archersdrove archersdrove archersdrove drove them eas eastward \ \ ard over the crest crestof crestof crestof of the hill hm lull and then down the steep steepslope steepslope steepslope slope almost to the Jordan Withina WithInn WithIn n a few hours the conte contest t was at an anend anend anend end . . . Jonathan and the other ! : sons of ofI I Saul died fighting fighUng like l1l.e l1le . lions JIons , , and andSaul andSaul andI Saul himself , badly b'1dly b1dly ' woun wounded ed , fell fellupon fellupon fellupon I upon his bls sword to escape capture captureThe captureThe captureThe The army was routed ignominlously Ignominiously . . David Becomes a KingTHD KingT KingHIl King KingHHI1 HIl moment David heard of the thetragedy thetragedy thetragedy T HHI1 THD tragedy on Mount Iount Gllboa Ollboa Gilboa , , he hetook hetook hetook took his men and marched quickly quicklyup quicklyup up to Hebron , the chief city of ofJudah ofJudah ofJudah Judah , to have himself made the thenew thenew thenew new l.mgIt kingIt king l.mg lmg kingIt . It was not difficult for him to toachIeve toachieve toachieve achIeve this The southern tribeshad tribes tribeshad tribeshad had all aU along been restive under the therule therule therule rule of Saul S'lul Slul ' , . , \ who s . ho had belonged to tothe tothe tothe the north , and they had no desIre desIrenow desirenow desirenow now to accept his son as their kmg king kmgThey kingThey kingThey They much preferred David DaHd Dasid , "ho ho who "ho"as whowas " whowas "as as was " one of their ownSo ownSo own ownSo So no now " there were two kingdoms kingdomsIn In the tiny strip of hill hm countrybelonging ountry country countrybelonging ountrybelonging belonging to the Hebre Hebrews " s The north northern northern northcm ern tribes trlbe took tool . a u son of Saul named namedIshboal namedIshboal namedIshboal Ishboal ( or Ishbosheth ) as their theirmonarch theirmonarch theirmonarch monarch , and aud declared dechred " war "ar ar on the thesouth thesouth thesouth thesouthThe south southThe The Philistines PuhstInes ] must have beenhighly been beenhlghlv beenhighly hlghlv highly satisfied s'ltIsfied sltIsfied ' " witli "HIt HIt with this state of ofaffaIrs ofaffairs ofaffairs affaIrs for they kne knew " that so long longas longas longas as the Hebiews Bcble\\S Bcble S Hebrews \ \ were divided (1Jvlded 1Jvlded ( they theywere theywere theywere were helple helpless , prey But David , too tooKnew , Knew anew this . , and he tliercfore therefore at once onceset onceset onceset set himself the task t'1sh t1sh ' of \ winning mnmg over overthe overthe overthe the nortli north It was no easy eas e'1s e1s ' ) t Isl isk . , , for forIn forIn forIn In Ills hIs ails overtures 0ertures osertures 0\ 0 \ ertures he had to be most mostcareful mostcareful mostcareful careful not to arouse either the theJe'1lousv thejeilousy thejealousy Je'1lousv Je1lousv jeilousy ' of the southerners or the theant'lgonlsm theantironism theantagonism ant'lgonlsm antlgonlsm antironism ' of the Philistines Pluhstlnes PluhstlnesBut PhilistinesBut PhilistinesBut But David D'lvld Dlvld Divid ' \ was as a man m'1n m1n min ' of quIte quItee quiteextraoidinir3 quiteextraoidinarv e extraoidinir3 traOl dlD'lr dlDlr ' . } cleverness and was wasnot wasnot wasnot not unequal unequ'11 unequ11 ' to b0 bO so difficult dlfficut ] a sItu'1 sItu1 situi sItu'1tiOn situitwo situation ' tiOn two It took tool , . almost eight sears years ears be before before before fore he attained att'llDed attllDed ' his 111s end-but end but end - but attain attainIt attainit It he did ld 1 . The he haplCbS haple.s haples hapless : . . } ioung young oung king l.ing ling . of ofthe ofthe ofthe the nOI noith north tb , Ishbaal Ishba'1l Ishba1l Islsbail ' , was W.lS WlS . assasstnated assassinated assasstnatedby assassinatedby assassinatedby by his 0\\ 0 own 0n \ n captains capt'llDs captllDs ' and David be- be became became be became - - came monal monaich monarch ch of tlie the \ whole . hole land A Asecond Asecond I Is s second ond time he lie was W'1S W1S w'is wis ' ' anointed In InHebron inHebron InHebrou InI I Hebron but this time bv by the trIbes trIbesof tribesof tribesof of the north as " well "ell ell as the southOf southOf south southOf Of course , the moment David was wasrecrowned wasrecrovvned , recrowned , he had to reckon nnew anew nnewI nnew"lth anewwith anewwith I "lth lth with " the Pliilistlnes Phll1stlnes Philstines 1 . they hey had had hadno hadno hadno no fear of the young youn man so long ashe as ashe ashe he was an outlawed outhwed fl fieebooter freebooter eebooter . . Finally rlnalJy lie he hlm him&elf himelf himself & elf took tool , . the orren often orrenslve oftensave ofTensive slve save and nnd , mal matching marching ching 0\ 0 over 0er oser \ er to the paln plain palnof plainof plainof ] of Rephaim Reph'llm Rephllm Reph'slm Rephslm ' ' in the central hIghlands hIghlandswhere highlandswhere highlandswhere where the Philistines were en enCawIed encamped encamped CawIed camped ) , he joined JOlDed b'1ttJelth battle b'1ttJe b1ttJe ' with \\lth lth \ \ them themand themand themand and forced them to 1 iecoil tecotl ecoiI A .ecoud ecoud second secondtime < : . secondtime .ecoudtime time his little 31 aimy army my struck them a asmashIng asmashing asmashing smashIng blow . , routing routlng them com corn completely cornpletely cornpletely pletely And then in terrible con confusion confusion confusion fusion the Philistines PIllllstlnes Philstines fled back b'lck blck ' to totheir totheir totheir their own lands . . With 'Ylth Ylth 1\Tith 1 Tith ' \ tlie the Philistine menace ended endedDavid endedDavid endedDavid David now addicssed addressed addl esce ; himself tomaking to tom'll.lng tom'sking m'll.lng mll.lng mlllng m'sking msking ' ' . his 0\\ 0 own 0n \ \ n throne tin Un one cowpletelj completely cowpleteljsafe completelysafe completelysafe safe He rcall/ed rcall ed rea1l7ed realised / his first need "as as was "asa wasa " wasa a capital , but he ] knew .new new . that thut no nostronghold nostronghold nostronghold stronghold alrea already nlreadv y In hi his hip . possessIon possessIoncould possessioncould possessioncould could \ well \ ell fill the nee need He saw th'1t th1t tllit th'1tif tllitif thatIf ' if he favored f'lVored flVored ' one city he be would wouldarou.e wouldarouse wouldarouse arou.e aroue arouse : . the jealous je'110us je110us jealousy ' ; of all an the rest ; ! if f he established estahllshed his throne mtlun within mtlunthe withinthe withinthe the territory of one tribe he would wouldimmedlatel wouldImmediately wouldimmediately immedlatel Immediately Incur the displeasure displellilure of ofall ofall ofall all the othel otheih others b There was still tlll any any- anything anything - thing tiling but a feeling of complete un- un unIon union un union - ion amon among the Hebrew ilebrew clans , , an and andthe andthe the ant'lgonI antlgonI antagonism-especially antagonism especially antagonism ' m-c m c - - especially pecially betweenthe between betweenthe betweenthe the north and nnd south-seemed south seemed south - seemed rea ready readyto readyto y yto to break breJk out ont Into open 011en dissension dissensionon ls enslOn enslOnon on the least pro\ pro provocation proocatlon proocation provocationIn proocationIn \ % ocatlon ocatlonIn In the very sers \ tn IIll midst St of the kingdom kingdomthere kingdomthere kingdomthere there stood a certain btronghold stronghold strongholdwhich strongholdwhich which \ hlch the Hebrews had never been beenable beenable beenable able to take t'll.e tll.e tlle ' . from the natives natlvec : ; Jtbus Jcbus JtbusIt Jcbusit Jebusit It W'l Wl was ' ' : ; cae called ] , and It stood on a hl high highspur highspur h hspur spur of or limestone surrounded on onthree onthree onthree three sIdes'y sides hy -'y 'y y |