About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible::

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

7/28/2023

1 Samuel 19:1-24 Saul Tells His Servants & Jonathan to Kill David

 

Saul Tells His Servants & Jonathan to Kill David

  1 Samuel 19:1-24                The Book of 1 Samuel [in Smaller Chunks]

Saul spoke to Jonathan, his son & all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan [was very] delighted in David & told [him,] saying, My father seeks to kill you. I pray [that] you now [pay attention] & hide [yourself] in a secret place until morning.

I will go out to the field & stand beside my father, where [you are] & I will [talk] with my father [about you] & I will tell you what [I find out.] Jonathan [spoke] good [about] David to his father, Saul. 

[Jonathan] said to him, [Don’t] let the king sin against his servant, David, because he hasn’t sinned against you & his [his actions toward you are] very good. For [David risked] his life & [killed] the [Philistines.] 

The Lord [worked] a great [victory] for all Israel. You saw it & [rejoiced]: [therefore, why will] you sin against innocent blood & [kill] David without a cause? 

Saul [listened to] Jonathan & [swore,] As the Lord lives, [David] shall not be [killed.] Jonathan called David & [told him this] & brought David to Saul & was in his presence, [like] in the past. 

There was war again & David went out & fought with the Philistines & [attacked them] with a [large] slaughter & they fled from him. The [distressing] spirit from the Lord was on Saul, as he sat in his house with the [spear] in his hand & David played [the harp] with his [hands.] 

And Saul [thought to pin] David, even to the wall with [his spear,] but David slipped away [from] Saul’s presence & [Saul] threw the [spear] into the wall & David fled & escaped that night. 

Saul also sent messengers to David’s house, to watch him & [kill] him in the morning. Michal, David’s wife, told him, If you [don’t] save your life tonight, you shall be [killed] tomorrow. 

So, Michal let David down through a window & he escaped & fled. Michal took a goat’s hair pillow & made it [look like David’s shape of his torso] & covered it with a cloth. 

When Saul sent his messenger to take David, [Michal] said, He is sick. Saul sent the messengers again to see David & [said,] Bring [David] up to me [from] the bed, [so] I may [kill] him. [But] when the messengers came in & [they saw] there was a [shape made with the goat’s hair pillow for his torso.]

Saul said to Michal, Why [have] you deceived me & sent away my enemy, [so] that he escaped? Michal answered Saul, He said to me, Let me go. Why should I kill you? 

So, David fled & escaped & came to Samuel in Ramah & told him all that Saul had done to him. They [both] went & [stayed] in Naioth. Saul [was told, Look,] David is in Naioth in Ramah.

And Saul sent messengers to take David & when they saw the [group] of prophets prophesying & Samuel standing [in charge] over them, the Spirit of God was upon [Saul’s] messengers & they also prophesied. 

When Saul was told, he sent other messengers & they prophesied, [too.] And Saul sent messengers again the 3rd time & they also prophesied. Then, [Saul] went to Ramah & came to a [big] well in Sechu & asked, Where are Samuel & David? [Someone] said, [Look,] they are at Naioth in Ramah.

And [Saul] went [there] to Naioth in Ramah & the Spirit of God was also on [Saul] & he went on & prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 

And [Saul took off] his clothes [too] & [he] prophesied in [a similar] manner before Samuel & lay down naked all that day & night. [For the reason,] they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?