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Saul's recognition of David's voice (1 Samuel 24:16; 1 Samuel 26:17). David's comparison of himself to a flea (1 Samuel 24:14; 1 Samuel 26:20). Points of differences: [15] David spared Saul's life in a cave at En-gedi; but here in Saul's entrenched camp. # Earlier David has to flee in haste, here he could send spies
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).
Respect is not something based solely on personal or professional qualifications, but also on the position that God has given that person. In 1 Samuel 26 David spares Saul's life, even at the risk of losing his own, submitting to the authority God had placed over him as anointed king. [36]
David elaborated in his speech (verses 8–15) that instead of taking vengeance on Saul (for 'treating him like an insignificant dog or flea'), he duly acknowledged Saul's position as a God-chosen king (verse 8) while entrusted vengeance to God (verse 12). [15] Another similar account of sparing Saul's life is found in 26:1–25. [15]
In a 2013 article, literary critic Elizabeth Fenton suggests that the story of Nephi finding his enemy Laban asleep "recalls the well-known biblical tale of David finding Saul asleep in 1 Samuel. Although the stories end quite differently—David spares Saul, while Nephi decapitates Laban—the similarity of language is unmistakable."
David proved a successful commander, and as his popularity increased, so did Saul's jealousy. In the hope that the Philistines might kill David, Saul gives David his daughter Michal in marriage, provided that David slay a hundred Philistines and bring their foreskins to him; David returns with two-fold the requirement.
Theologically, I hold that predestination is best understood not in what God has determined for someone to do or become in life, but that we are pre-destined for salvation by Jesus the Christ.
Michal (/ m ɪ ˈ x ɑː l /; Hebrew: מיכל ; Greek: Μιχάλ) was, according to the first Book of Samuel, a princess of the United Kingdom of Israel; the younger daughter of King Saul, she was the first wife of David (1 Samuel 18:20–27), who later became king, first of Judah, then of all Israel, making her queen consort of Israel.