and the Israelites, he joined up with the Philistine leader, Achish to fight against Saul and his army. This was all in his plan to take over as king of Israel and the United Kingdom. And as fate would have it, God eventually took the kingdom from Saul and handed it to David.The Hebrew Scriptures or the Old Testament is extremely hard to understand fully because of its comprehensive metaphoric language and the difference in culture from present day. It is also sometimes hard for us to understand God’s actions because we think of him simply loving and caring rather than ruthless and violent. We need to understand that the creation of mankind is taking place in the recordings of these scriptures and so things may not be as customary as we would like to think. I believe that God has a plan for everyone. And, in the case of Saul, he had a plan to take away his kingdom in order to pass it on to David so the formation of history could continue. I also think this passage, like many other passages from the Bible, has a message linked to it, a lesson to the story if you will. The lesson is to prove that God’s unlimited power must never be taken for granted or there surely will be hell to pay. ...
