1Sa 22:7 | KingComments | STEP | Our attention is again focused on Saul who is sitting under a tree again and has his spear in his hand again. In what he says, we hear what lives in his heart. He speaks to his tribesmen, the Benjamites. They are related to him, but he has also committed them to himself by buying them with gifts. Saul is a man who complains about himself, feels sorry for himself and sees himself as a victim of the circumstances. We hear no reaction from his servants. They keep silent. Saul does not mention the name of David. It is a hated name to him. He despicable speaks of him as “the son of Jesse”. Although he tries to win over his servants by the reward, he sees them as conspirators against him. Because they do not speak as he does, he sees them as enemies. He even accuses his son Jonathan of stirring up David against him. A jealous man comes to the most foolish conspiracy theories. He also turns the matter upside down by calling David someone who lies in ambush against him. It is not David who assails him, but he assails David.

‏ 1 Samuel 22:7

Saul Calls David His Assailant

Our attention is again focused on Saul who is sitting under a tree again and has his spear in his hand again. In what he says, we hear what lives in his heart. He speaks to his tribesmen, the Benjamites. They are related to him, but he has also committed them to himself by buying them with gifts. Saul is a man who complains about himself, feels sorry for himself and sees himself as a victim of the circumstances. We hear no reaction from his servants. They keep silent.

Saul does not mention the name of David. It is a hated name to him. He despicable speaks of him as “the son of Jesse”. Although he tries to win over his servants by the reward, he sees them as conspirators against him. Because they do not speak as he does, he sees them as enemies. He even accuses his son Jonathan of stirring up David against him. A jealous man comes to the most foolish conspiracy theories. He also turns the matter upside down by calling David someone who lies in ambush against him. It is not David who assails him, but he assails David.