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.

8/05/2023

1 Samuel 27:1-12 Achish Gives Ziklag to David, so He & His Men Can Stay There

 

Achish Gives Ziklag to David, so He & His Men Can Stay There

  1 Samuel 27:1-12                The Book of 1 Samuel [in Smaller Chunks]

David said in his heart, One day, I shall perish at the hand of Saul. The [best thing] for me is to speedily escape into the land of the Philistines. 

Saul shall [be discouraged from looking for] me any [longer within] any coast of Israel & I shall escape out of his hand.

David arose & 600 men [crossed] over with him to Achish, [Maoch’s] son, king of Gath. David & his men & [their families stayed] with Achish, even David’s 2 wives: Ahinoam, [of Jezreel] & Abigail, [of Carmel,] Nabal’s [widow.]

And Saul was told that David [had] fled to Gath & [Saul didn’t search for him any] more. And David said to Achish, If I have found grace in your eyes now, let them give me a place in some town in the country, [so] I may [live] there.

Why should [I,] your servant, [live] in the royal city with you? Achish gave [David] Ziklag, [which still belongs] to the kings of Judah, to this day. And the time that David [stayed] with the Philistines was 1 year & 4 months.

And David & his men went up & invaded the Geshurites, the Gezrites, the Amalekites. [From ancient times,] those nations [lived from] Shur, even to the land of Egypt. 

David [attacked] the lands & left neither man nor woman alive & took away the sheep, oxen, [donkeys,] camels & [clothing] & returned & came to Achish. 

And Achish said, [Where] have you [invaded & made a road] today? And David said, Against the [desert areas:] south of Judah, south of the Jerahmeelites & south of the Kenites.

And David [didn’t] save [men or women] alive, [so they didn’t] bring [news about this] to Gath, saying, Lest they tell on us, saying, [This is what David has done & it’s been his pattern] all the time he [stayed] in the country of the Philistines. 

And Achish believed David, saying, [David] has made his people, Israel [totally hate] him. Therefore, he shall be my servant forever.