Welcome to part two of this week's podcast.

Dan, it feels like Saul is changing,

little by little throughout this story.

Yeah, I think he's becoming more self-centered.

It's more about him than about the Israelites or his people.

And his judgment is suffering.

He's making bad decisions.

This oath was a really bad decision,

even Jonathan, his son, the crown prince,

I mean, to put it in perspective.

Jonathan says this was a bad decision.

The warriors would have been more effective.

Had they not been hungry and I'm thinking maybe

parched with thirst all day long.

Why did he do this? It was a silly oath.

And the reason he does it is so that I may be

avenged of my enemies or on my enemies.

That's not about the well-being of Israel.

That's some sort of weird personal thing of his own.

Things were bad in the previous chapter.

They've gotten much worse in this chapter.

I'm going to follow through because the people then,

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