This is the Bible Book Club. I'm Heather and I'm Susan and we're in the book of First Samuel.

Welcome to the club. Last episode in chapters 20 and 21, David began life in the spotlight as a successful military leader. And like any superstar, some liked him

and some didn't. David found favor with Jonathan, though, Saul's son and a deep friendship develops.

But David fell out of favor with Saul, who became very jealous of David's success. Saul's

emotions about David are so strong that he begins to get violent, losing his

temper and hurling spears at David. This marks the beginning of David's 14 years of persecution from

Saul. David finds favor with the people, though, they love him. They can see that David has found

favor with the Lord and that Saul has not. With David's rising popularity,

Saul begins to covertly try to kill David by sending him to fight the Philistines in exchange

for his daughter, Mikal, in marriage. But it backfires. David killed twice the number of the

Philistines, and then he does become Saul's son-in-law. So Saul's hatred grows and his attempts to murder go from covert to overt.

But God provides protectors.

Saul's own children, Jonathan and his own wife, McCall, and Samuel.

The chapter ends with a stark naked lesson for Saul.

His attempts to derail God's plans to make David King would leave him stripped of everything.

I know that was a lot, but it was a big episode.

It was so many scenes, a lot going on.

So right now, David is on the run from Saul, a man who really should love him.

Because Saul is his wife's father, his best friend Jonathan's father, and Saul is David's king, the king that

David loyally served and even risked his life for. And as you would expect, David is frustrated by

this. Every military action he has taken has been to serve Israel and Israel's king. Why is Saul doing this? What is David supposed to do?

Fight back or just dodge spears forever? How is this affecting the army? The people who are watching

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