David & The Outcasts

The Chosen People

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Judaism, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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# 173 - David & The Outcasts - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, David finds refuge in a cave—but he’s not alone for long. As the broken and outcast gather around him, we witness how God begins building a kingdom not through power, but through pain, purpose, and unexpected grace in the wilderness.Episode 173 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 Psalm 147:3, "He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds."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:(01:25) Intro with Yael Eckstein(02:14) David & The Outcasts(31:44) 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.
0:03.4	David's exile had brought him to the doorstep of his enemies.
0:08.3	Gath was a city of giants, not just in men, but in stone and steel.
0:14.5	We have him. King David, the giant slayer, took ten of us to wrestle him down.
0:21.1	I can't be the giant slayer.
0:23.4	I have to be someone else.
0:25.3	Something else.
0:26.9	David was crouched in the corner, naked, his body shivering with feverish tremors.
0:33.8	His fingernails scraped against the stone, carving meaningless symbols into the walls.
0:40.6	You didn't tell me he'd gone mad!
0:43.7	My king, he fought like a lion when we took him.
0:47.0	He was not like this before.
0:49.2	If I wanted a raving fool in my hallways, I would have plucked one from the alleyways. Get rid of him. He's not worth
0:56.9	the trouble. There'd be no glory in keeping him or killing him. For all his cunning, for all his
1:04.7	victories, he had done things he never thought he would. He had stolen, lied, played the fool. What other compromises
1:15.8	would he make to survive? Lord, sustain me. This is an I-Heart podcast, Guaranteed Human.
1:30.3	As a listener of the Chosen People podcast, you know the power of God's Word.
1:35.7	For Christians in more than 70 nations, access to the Bible is limited or even restricted.
1:42.1	More than 850,000 Christians need Bibles right now.
1:47.0	Through the Voice of the Martyrs Network of frontline workers, you have the opportunity
1:52.0	to help place a Bible in the hands of every Christian in a hostile area or restricted nation.
1:58.0	These workers are willing to risk arrest, imprisonment, beatings, and even
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