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David Spares Saul's Life, 1860 woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld. Ziph (Hebrew: זיף, romanized: Zîp̄) was a town in the Judean Mountains (Joshua 15:55) south-east of Hebron. Here David hid himself from Saul (1 Samuel 23:19; Psalm 54).
Ziba is on the right, bringing David provisions. Ziba (ציבא) is a man in 2 Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. He was a servant of Saul, and then later of Saul's grandson, Mephibosheth. Ziba is mentioned in three places. In 2 Samuel 9, David speaks to him and tells him how Mephibosheth will be
The depicted situation comes from 1 Samuel 16:14-23 and 1 Samuel 18:8-11, in which King Saul is abandoned by the Holy Spirit, and God sends him an evil spirit. It taunts Saul, and only David's harp playing can relax him. Later David married Michal, one of Saul's daughters. He eventually succeeded his father-in-law as King of the Israelites.
[3] [4] This chapter contains the account of David's escape from Saul's repeated attempts to kill him [5] and the massacre of the priests in Nob. [6] This is within a section comprising 1 Samuel 16 to 2 Samuel 5 which records the rise of David as the king of Israel. [7]
English: This unique painting, executed in Szyk’s most elaborate, 16th century miniature style portrays the first King of Israel, Saul, and his young successor David. King Saul, clothed in all the embellishments his rank decrees-- jewels, precious fabrics and a mighty sword, looms fiercely over David.
The narrative describes how David acted like a good king to protect the territory of Israel from foreign aggressor (cf. 1 Samuel 9:16), although he was on the run from the actual king, Saul. [16] At this time David was shown to have access to YHWH through the oracle (before the arrival of Abiathar and the ephod), so he inquired YHWH twice, once ...
David became a member of Saul's household with his marriage to Michal, but that did not stop Saul trying to kill David as Saul openly shared this plan with his trusted servants (verse 1). Ironically the loyalty of Saul's own children, Jonathan and Michal, saved David from Saul's further attempts.
The part emphasizes that David is God's chosen king (1 Samuel 16:1–13; 'the LORD was with him' 1 Samuel 16:18; 18:14), but Saul was still king and David was careful not to take over the kingdom from God's anointed (1 Samuel 24:6; 26:9), even it is shown throughout that David was under blessing, while Saul was under curse. [5]