2026-05-19

we're gonna see as we go through is that David is also a flawed king. But the difference between him and Saul is that he repents. And Saul never repented and that's why he ends up being cast away as the king and dead on Mount Gilboa. David waits in Ziklag for two days. And if you find yourself in a situation where you're in that waiting period and you're not sure what to do next, often it's a good move to just simply wait and see if the Lord brings a messenger, brings new information, brings clarity. And to that point on the third day, after he's waiting, that this messenger comes. And we're told that this messenger is a sojourner, an Amalekite. So David has just come from killing the Amalekites and an Amalekite messenger comes to him. Now the Amalekite doesn't know that. And so he doesn't realize what a disadvantage he is in this conversation as he comes forward and bows down before David with his clothes torn and looking as if he's come from the battle. And he tells this tale, which we know how to read.