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- In Chapter 20, we are told about the difference between Jonathan and his father Saul!

- Jonathan knows God is with David!

- He knows he will become king!

- His friendship with David is more important than becoming a king!

- Jonathan keeps assuring David that he will do everything to protect him and to warn him whenever possible!

- They make a covenant between each other so that David will about Jonathan’s household if he dies because of his loyal love to David!

- Finally Jonathan tells David to flee because Saul wants to kill him!

- Here we have a good example of a father who acts badly and a son who does the contrary!

- That’s what we call free will!

 

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- In chapter 21, David asks the help of a priest, Ahimelec!

- At first, Ahimelec is afraid!

- David invents a story and he asks for some bread!

- He gets holy bread reserved to the priests!

- He also gets a sword, the sword of Goliath!

- And he keeps going away from Saul!

- A servant of Saul is there!

 

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• At the end of chapter 21, David goes to the Philistines to King Aʹchish of Gath!

• And to be accepted among them he acts insane!

• Thus gradually David learns how to survive by playing tricks!

• We can imagine how useful it will be when he becomes king!

• But power corrupts!

• And you start to forget your youth!

• And you start to think you can do whatever you want!

• And you start to forget Yah·weh!

 

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• In Chapter 22, we see David who keeps following Yah.weh!
• He goes where he is told to go by Yah.weh’s prophet!
• On the contrary, Saul does according to his own will!
• He keeps going away from Yah.weh!
• When he is told about Ahimelec, he wants him and all the priests of his father’s house to be brought to him!
• And he accused him of conspiracy!
• He doesn’t care about what Ahimelec says!
• And Saul tells his guards to kill Ahimelec and all the priests of Yah.weh!
• He opposes Yah.weh, he fights Yah.weh!
• And he thinks he won’t have a very bad end!
• This attitude is so usual!
• And then people are surprised when they have a very bad end!
• How blind!
• But so was Israel!
• And Judah !
• And mankind!
• And as if it was not enough, he strikes Nob the city of the priests and destroys everything!
• Men, women, children, infants and animals!
• But he will pay for that and his sons too!
• Yah.weh’s justice!
• And Yah.weh’s day won’t be different!
• Yah.weh’s justice!
• It won’t be any surprise even if for the majority it will be a surprise!
• But it is written everywhere in the Bible!
• Always the same warning!
• And they don’t listen!

 

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• In Chapter 22, after the murders of the priests, one son of Ahimelec can escape and goes to David!
• And David tells him that he will be under his protection!
• David adds he is responsible for the murders because he saw Doeg and he knew he was going to tell Saul!
• Thus David assumes his responsibilities!
• He is a man of honor!
• But he will become king!
• And gradually he will lose this quality!
• It is something difficult to get!
• But when you get power, it is also easy to lose!
• It is like accurate knowledge!
• It is hard to get it!
• You need to study the Bible a lot!
• Because the Bible is multidimensional!
• But it is difficult to understand that!
• People usually prefer to stay at the surface!

 

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• In Chapter 23, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah!
• So David asks Yah.weh if he must fight against them!
• And Yah.weh tells him to go!
• But his men are afraid!
• So David asks Yah.weh a second time!
• And Yah.weh tells him to go!
• There we can see that David tries his best to follow Yah.weh’s will!
• He does not do it according to his own will!
• But when he becomes king, gradually he will start to act according to his own will and not according to Yah.weh’s will!
• And then he will get into big trouble!
• We must not forget the example of David!

 

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• In Chapter 23, Saul knows that David is in Keilah!
• And he thinks that Yah.weh has handed him over to him because he has trapped himself in the city!
• How is it possible to think that way?
• Yah.weh has rejected him!
• David has always escaped his attempts to kill him!
• People always make a film in their heads!
• But if you don’t make Yah.weh’s will, you can forget it!
• Same with mankind!
• On the contrary, David asks Yah.weh what the leaders of Keilah will do and if Saul will come against him!
• And Yah.weh tells him what’s going to happen!
• So David leaves the city with his men and escapes!
• Finally, Saul hears about David's escape so he doesn’t come against him!
• Two completely different attitudes!
• We should remember this episode!

 

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• In Chapter 23, David keeps hiding in the wilderness!
• Saul keeps searching for him!
• But Yah.weh doesn’t give him into his hands!
• Jonathan goes to meet David at Horesh and encourages him!
• He tells him he will be king of Israel!
• Then they make a covenant before Yah.weh!
• Some men come to Saul and tell him where David is!
• And he asks them to find out exactly where he is!
• Then he will go with them!
• Then Saul chases after David!
• He gets pretty close to David!
• Then a messenger comes to Saul to tell him that the philistines have made a raid on the land!

 

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• In Chapter 24, David keeps hiding in the wilderness!
• When Saul returns from pursuing the Philistines, he starts again searching after David!
• He takes 3,000 men with him!
• David and his men are hiding in the cave!
• Saul is near the cave and he wants to relieve himself!
• David’s men want to take advantage of the situation and kill Saul!
• And David cuts off the edge of Saul’s sleeveless coat!
• But he prevents his men from killing Saul because he is the anointed of Yah.weh!
• Then David calls out after Saul and shows him the edge of his coat he has just cut!
• Then Saul begins to weep loudly!
• And Saul goes back home and David his way!

 

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• Coming back to 1 Samuel Chapter 25 and the event related to Nabal:
• Because of Nabal’s attitude, David was to kill him and all his men!
• But he didn’t do it because of Nabal’s wife!

• Maybe you remember that Yah.weh prevented David from building his temple because he was a soldier and he spent a big part of his life making war!
• Jesus clearly said a Christian can’t do that!
• In fact, everything we hear in the first part of the Bible has nothing but nothing to do with what a Christian must or mustn’t do!
• THUS WHEN PEOPLE USE THE FIRST PART OF THE BIBLE TO JUSTIFY ANY PRACTICE IS TOTALLY WRONG AND HAS NOTHING BUT NOTHING TO DO WITH JESUS’ TEACHING!
• I CAN’T EVEN IMAGINE HOW IT IS POSSIBLE TO THINK ABOUT IT!

 

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• In Chapter 26, David has another opportunity to kill Saul who is chasing him!
• But he doesn’t do it because he is Yah.weh’s anointed!
• He is ready to wait for Yah.weh to strike him!
• And Saul leaves and David can keep on his way!
• What a difference when he becomes king of Israel!
• Here we get another warning!
• What is the interest of looking for Yah.weh if we stop doing it!
• FAITHFULNESS IS A WAY OF LIFE!
• IT’S A STRAIGHT WAY!
• ONLY FORWARDS!

 

[JLG]

About David:

• He became king over Israel!
• Then he took the wife of another man!
• And he had him killed!
• Apparently, he had forgotten Yah.weh!
• Just because he became important!
• Apparently, it is something quite usual among human beings!
• It shows how easy it is to change completely!
• And to lose everything!

 

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About Solomon:

• Solomon asks Yah.weh for wisdom!
• He builds Yah.weh’s temple!
• He becomes very rich!
• But it is never enough!
• In the end, he gets 700 wives and 300 concibines!
• Completely crazy!
• And he starts following their gods!
• And Yah.weh becomes furious at Solomon!
• And he losts everything!
• His descendants only keep one tribe because of David!
• Otherwise they would have lost everything!
• Man is so limited!
• What a lesson!
• Who cares?

 

[JLG]

1. About women in the Bible

But for Adam
וּלְאָדָ֕ם (ū·lə·’ā·ḏām)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

no
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

suitable
כְּנֶגְדּֽוֹ׃ (kə·neḡ·dōw)
Preposition-k | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before

helper
עֵ֖זֶר (‘ê·zer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5828: A help, helper

was found.
מָצָ֥א (mā·ṣā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

• Here the woman is called a suitable helper of man!
• Only two words!
• But two words with so meaningful meaning!
• And completely different from man’s interpretation!
• And it is always the same story!
• It is strange to wonder why man needs his own interpretation away from Yah.weh!
• It is a perpetual position which leads to nowhere, a dead end!
• It seems to be that man takes pleasure in altering reality!
• It is like the real world and the metaverse!
• Man is unable to control the real world so he wants to develop a world in his image!
• Thus corruption is a pandemic which destroys man!
• It is a drug man can’t do without!
• A MIRAGE!

 

[JLG]

2. About women in the Bible

Genesis 2:21

So the LORD
יְהוָ֨ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

God
אֱלֹהִ֧ים ׀ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

caused
וַיַּפֵּל֩ (way·yap·pêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

the man
הָאָדָ֖ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

to fall into
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

a deep sleep,
תַּרְדֵּמָ֛ה (tar·dê·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8639: A lethargy, trance

and while he slept,
וַיִּישָׁ֑ן (way·yî·šān)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3462: To be slack, languid, sleep, to grow old, stale, inveterate

He took
וַיִּקַּ֗ח (way·yiq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

one
אַחַת֙ (’a·ḥaṯ)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

of [the man’s] ribs
מִצַּלְעֹתָ֔יו (miṣ·ṣal·‘ō·ṯāw)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6763: A rib, a side, a, timber, plank

and closed up
וַיִּסְגֹּ֥ר (way·yis·gōr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5462: To shut up, to surrender

the area
תַּחְתֶּֽנָּה׃ (taḥ·ten·nāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

with flesh.
בָּשָׂ֖ר (bā·śār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

• And Yah.weh took a rib from Adam and made Eve with it!
• Of course, he could have made Eve without a part of Adam!
• But the way he did tells a lot about his intention!
• He wanted them to become one!

 

[JLG]

3. About women in the Bible

Genesis 2:22

And from the rib
הַצֵּלָ֛ע (haṣ·ṣê·lā‘)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6763: A rib, a side, a, timber, plank

that
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

the LORD
יְהוָ֨ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

God
אֱלֹהִ֧ים ׀ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

had taken
לָקַ֥ח (lā·qaḥ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the man,
הָֽאָדָ֖ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

He made
וַיִּבֶן֩ (way·yi·ḇen)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1129: To build

a woman
לְאִשָּׁ֑ה (lə·’iš·šāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

and brought
וַיְבִאֶ֖הָ (way·ḇi·’e·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

her to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

[him].
הָֽאָדָֽם׃ (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

• And he brought her to Adam!
• Like something special!
• Like a precious gift!
• You look at Yah.weh’s act and then you think about what man has done with women!
• It is disgusting!
• Men and women are just goods!
• Man’s society is just a consumer society!
• Thus man spends his time buying goods!

 

[JLG]

4. About women in the Bible

Genesis 2:24

For
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

this reason
כֵּן֙ (kên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

a man
אִ֔ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

will leave
יַֽעֲזָב־ (ya·‘ă·zāḇ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

his father
אָבִ֖יו (’ā·ḇîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

and
וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

his mother
אִמּ֑וֹ (’im·mōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 517: A mother, )

and
וְהָי֖וּ (wə·hā·yū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

be united
וְדָבַ֣ק (wə·ḏā·ḇaq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1692: To impinge, cling, adhere, to catch by pursuit

to his wife,
בְּאִשְׁתּ֔וֹ (bə·’iš·tōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

and they will become one
אֶחָֽד׃ (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

flesh.
לְבָשָׂ֥ר (lə·ḇā·śār)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

• Man and woman will be united!
• They will become one flesh!
• Simple and logical!
• Clear like crystal!
• But not for men!
• For men, everything is complicated!
• Or it seems they make everything complicated!
• Men like to get into trouble!

 

[JLG]

5. About women in the Bible

Genesis chapter 3

• The serpent goes to Eve and asks her the question:

“Did God
אֱלֹהִ֔ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

really
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

say,
אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘You must not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

eat
תֹֽאכְל֔וּ (ṯō·ḵə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 398: To eat

of any
מִכֹּ֖ל (mik·kōl)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

tree
עֵ֥ץ (‘êṣ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

in the garden?’”
הַגָּֽן׃ (hag·gān)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 1588: An enclosure, garden

• Of course, he could only ask the question to Eve and not to Adam because Adam had received the commandment directly from Yah.weh!
• The serpent first told her that she would not die!
• Thus he accused Yah.weh of being a liar!
• Whereas he was the liar!
• Then he tried to attract her attention to something she didn’t have, the possibility to be like Yah.weh, having the knowledge of good and bad!
• And Eve thought about it and decided to eat the fruit!
• Then she gave it to her husband!
• It was her personal choice!
• It was her free will!
• She had no excuse!
• In fact, it was the same with Adam!
• They were perfect but it didn’t prevent them from going away from Yah.weh!
• What about us?
• We make our own choices!
• We can’t accuse others if we do something wrong or if we do nothing because of the others!
• We must check!

 

[JLG]

6. About women in the Bible

Genesis chapter 3

• There are consequences to Adam and Eve’s rebellion!

Genesis 3:16

To
אֶֽל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the woman
הָאִשָּׁ֣ה (hā·’iš·šāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

He said:
אָמַ֗ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“I will sharply
הַרְבָּ֤ה (har·bāh)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

increase
אַרְבֶּה֙ (’ar·beh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

your pain
עִצְּבוֹנֵ֣ךְ (‘iṣ·ṣə·ḇō·w·nêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 6093: Worrisomeness, labor, pain

in childbirth;
וְהֵֽרֹנֵ֔ךְ (wə·hê·rō·nêḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 2032: Conception, pregnancy

in pain
בְּעֶ֖צֶב (bə·‘e·ṣeḇ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6089: An earthen vessel, toil, a pang

you will bring forth
תֵּֽלְדִ֣י (tê·lə·ḏî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

children.
בָנִ֑ים (ḇā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

Your desire
תְּשׁ֣וּקָתֵ֔ךְ (tə·šū·qā·ṯêḵ)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 8669: A longing

[will be] for
וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

your husband,
אִישֵׁךְ֙ (’î·šêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

and he
וְה֖וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

{will} rule
יִמְשָׁל־ (yim·šāl-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4910: To rule, have dominion, reign

over you.”
בָּֽךְ׃ (bāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

• And we can still see such consequences today!
• We must remember them as a warning!

 

[JLG]

7. About women in the Bible

Genesis chapter 3:20

• Adam’s wife received the name of Eve because she became the mother of all human beings!

• She made a personal choice and it had many consequences on mankind!

• Of course, Adam could have decided to stay faithful to Yah.weh!

• And it would have changed everything!

• But he decided to follow his wife in her rebellion!

• Once again, it shows that WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHOICES WE MAKE!

• AND WE CAN’T ACCUSE THE OTHERS!

• IT DOESN’T WORK!