Contemplative Bible Reading

1 Samuel 26:12 (New Living Translation) 12 So David took the spear and jug of water that were near Saul’s head. Then he and Abishai got away without anyone seeing them or even waking up, because the Lord had put Saul’s men into a deep sleep. This is another episode in the (hi)story of David […]

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1 Samuel 21:14-15 (New Living Translation) 14 Finally, King Achish said to his men, “Must you bring me a madman? 15 We already have enough of them around here! Why should I let someone like this be my guest?” This is part of the (hi)story of David and his men fleeing from King Saul. David […]

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1 Samuel 21:1-2 (New Living Translation) 1 David went to the town of Nob to see Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech trembled when he saw him. “Why are you alone?” he asked. “Why is no one with you?” 2 “The king has sent me on a private matter,” David said. “He told me not to tell […]

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1 Samuel 16:14 (New Living Translation) 14 Now the Spirit of the Lord had left Saul, and the Lord sent a tormenting spirit that filled him with depression and fear. Here is the moment when King Saul’s life led to God favoring David instead. This is a horrible tragedy in the life of King Saul. […]

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1 Samuel 26:12 (New Living Translation) 12 So David took the spear and jug of water that were near Saul’s head. Then he and Abishai got away without anyone seeing them or even waking up, because the Lord had put Saul’s men into a deep sleep. This is part of the (hi)story of David on […]

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1 Samuel 22:1-2 (English Standard Version) 1 David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down there to him. 2 And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, […]

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1 Samuel 26:5 (New Living Translation) David slipped over to Saul’s camp one night to look around. Saul and Abner son of Ner, the commander of his army, were sleeping inside a ring formed by the slumbering warriors. This is part of the (hi)story of David staying one step ahead of King Saul in Saul’s […]

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1 Samuel 6:18 (New Living Translation) The large rock at Beth-shemesh, where they set the Ark of the Lord, still stands in the field of Joshua as a witness to what happened there. This sentence comes at the end of a (hi)story about how the Ark of the LORD (a treasure chest that held the […]

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1 Samuel 7:10 (New Living Translation) Just as Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering, the Philistines arrived to attack Israel. But the Lord spoke with a mighty voice of thunder from heaven that day, and the Philistines were thrown into such confusion that the Israelites defeated them. This verse was written during the time of […]

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1 Samuel 18:12 (New Living Translation) Saul was then afraid of David, for the Lord was with David and had turned away from Saul. Saul feared David. How and why would Saul fear such a loyal servant as David. (1) God was with David. Saul’s life had moved Saul away from God. Yikes. Bad situation. […]

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