1 Samuel 30-31: Saul’s Fall from Sorcery to Suicide

Bible Book Club

Susan Merrill & Heather Rubio

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🗓️ 29 April 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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David is playing a dangerous game with a lot of moving parts. He is a mercenary soldier deceiving his employer, Achish who just happens to be in league with 4 other powerful Philistine leaders. At this time, Achish and their friends are attacking David’s people the Israelites. Achish believes David has been raiding the Israelites, when in fact, he was raiding the Geshurites, Girzites and Amalekites. Achish may be fooled about David, but the Amalekites are not. David a...

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0:00.0	Just a warning before we start.
0:02.3	This episode contains scenes of suicide.
0:05.3	If you or someone you know are considering suicide, please call the Suicide and Crisis Hotline 988.
0:12.1	Please take care while listening.
0:14.8	This is the Bible Book Club.
0:16.6	I'm Heather.
0:17.3	And I'm Susan.
0:18.2	And we're in the book of First Samuel.
0:20.0	Welcome to the club.
0:27.8	In chapters 28 and 29, David got a promotion, but it was with the wrong king.
0:34.0	He was being paid by King Akish, a Philistine, who trusts him so much that he appoints David as his bodyguard for life.
0:41.4	David's real king, King Saul, does not trust him at all at this point.
0:46.1	The Philistines then gather for war.
0:48.5	Saul panics.
0:49.8	He can't call on God.
0:51.0	God is not actually talking to him anymore.
0:53.0	So he tries to phone a friend,
0:54.9	and that friend was Samuel. He wants to see if Samuel has a word from God. Well, Samuel has some
1:00.7	harsh words for our king. Samuel, though, remember he's dead. So Saul used a medium to contact him.
1:07.1	Sorcery, witchcraft, and mediums were forbidden by God, and Saul knew this. Samuel informed Saul
1:13.3	that the Philistines would be victorious and he would die tomorrow. Well, back to the Philistines,
1:18.6	King Akish wants David with him in the big battle, but the other kings think that's crazy,
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