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Dawn of a Kingdom: The Message of 1 Samuel is unavailable, but you can change that!

The absolute sovereignty of God and the triumph of his righteousness are the principal themes of 1 Samuel. In tracing the development of Israel from the anarchy of the period of the Judges, from Samuel the prophet and kingmaker through Saul, the people’s choice, to David, God’s chosen king—the hand of God is seen at work. The true consequences of rebellion against the Lord are shown. There is no...

perfect his strength in our weakness. Let us therefore learn from David so that we may stand our ground in the day of evil (Ephesians 6:13). David, his men and their families sought asylum in Gath, with the same Achish from whom David had perforce fled so precipitously on an earlier occasion (21:10–22:1). Achish received him, installed him in his own fief in Ziklag and employed him as a foreign auxiliary, in much the same fashion as the Romans used Germanic
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