David Marches Against Israel

The Chosen People

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🗓️ 29 June 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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# 181 - David's Treachery - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, David faces the crushing consequences of compromise as his deceptions catch up with him, forcing him to march alongside Philistines toward battle against his own people. When Ziklag burns and everything he built collapses, David is left broken—but in the ashes, the first sparks of redemption begin to flicker.Episode 181 of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-upFor more information about Yael Eckstein and IFCJ visit https://www.ifcj.org/Today's opening prayer is inspired by Proverbs 11:3, “The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.”Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app.Show Notes:(01:49) Intro with Yael Eckstein(02:38) David's Treachery(18:58) Reflection with Yael Eckstein See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Previously on the chosen people.
0:03.0	You were a raving lunatic when I last saw you, Giant Slayer.
0:08.0	And now you return to me, mind intact with an army at my doorstep.
0:16.0	Tell me, which David stands before me now?
0:20.0	The commander or the madman? I've slain giants for Israel.
0:26.3	In return, they made me in exile. I'm hunted like a dog by souls men. We are warriors without
0:34.3	a country. We are swords with no flesh to cut into.
0:39.6	Allow us to settle here, and our swords are yours.
0:44.6	Would you fight your own people under my command?
0:49.3	Yes.
0:50.4	The word left David's lips without hesitation, smooth as a dagger slipping between ribs.
0:57.9	It was a lie, but it was all a part of a larger game. David had a plan.
1:04.6	There's no way I am serving that uncircumcised monster of a king!
1:09.5	We will have it all. I have a plan. As long as we bring
1:14.2	achish spoils, he will see us as allies. But listen closely, we will not raid Israelite
1:21.9	towns. We will strike the enemies of Israel, the Gesheites, the Gizites, the Amalekites,
1:28.1	we will raid their cities,
1:29.9	take their flocks,
1:30.9	kill their warriors,
1:32.8	and we'll tell Aikish that
1:34.1	we've raided the lands of Israel.
1:36.4	He will grow rich.
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