Welcome to a year in the Bible with Daily Grace. The Bible tells one big story of redemption,

and we want to spend five minutes every day journeying through the Bible from start to

finish and exploring how all of it points to Jesus.

Hey everyone, welcome back to another episode of our podcast, The Bible in a Year with Daily

Grace. My name is Miranda, and I'll be your host during our time together. Today, we

are looking at first Samuel 25-27. We left off last time with an emotional confrontation

between David and Saul. David spared Saul's life in a cave, and Saul told David that he

knew he would be king. All seems to finally be right, and the prophet Samuel passes away.

He was our beginning character in this historical narrative, and it takes only a sentence

for him to die. Pretty crazy, but he probably wouldn't have wanted it any other way.

Even though the narrative is under his name, the book is not focused on Samuel. It's focused

on God, and how he is the true king of his people. We pick back up in first Samuel 25,

where David and his men have been looking over the flocks of a wealthy, Calebite named

Nebel. His name literally means foolish, and he is about to live up to its meaning.

The story takes place during a feast day, during the harvest, where it is very customary

to give away generously to others out of the abundance the Lord had provided. And David

asked for such generosity from Nebel for him and for his men. Even though we would think

the feuding and fleeing from Saul would be over, it was not. David really does not have

a home still, and life is not the easiest for him and his men. But when David's message

is given to Nebel, Nebel does not have any intention of giving anything to David. And

Nebel is wealthy. It's not like it would hurt him to be generous. And not only does he

say no, he takes time to properly insult David. He acts like David is someone unimportant

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