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hey this is shelby and cj and we're so glad you're joining us wherever you're listening

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you're on a walk or just a few minutes in a pocket in your day. Wherever you are, we're here to

break down First Samuel 28 through 31, which are the last few chapters in the book of First Samuel,

right? Yep. So at this point, David has aligned himself with the Philistines. He's living in one of

their cities. He's pretty in one of their cities.

He's pretty familiar with the king of Akish. And he kind of gets himself in a pickle because the

Philistines and the Israelites are about to battle. And Saul sees the Philistine army, and he wants to

talk to the Lord because he's nervous. But the Lord doesn't answer him through dreams.

He doesn't answer him through the aphode with the magic dice that we've talked about, right?

The way the dice that the Lord uses to speak to his people.

His prophets aren't talking to him.

So Saul decides to go against God's law and seek out a medium to chat with Samuel who's passed away. So this is the witch at indoor story. I don't know if you've heard that or seen that in like a little thing at the Bible. It's like the little title. So he goes to the witch at indoor and he says, hey, can you conjure up for me, Samuel so I can speak to him? So she does that. And Samuel says, things are not going to go well for you, man. Like things, you know that the kingdom's been ripped for you and it's been given to David and it's just not going to end well. So then they go into battle in 1st Samuel 29. As David is heading into battle with the Philistines, some of the other Philistines feel uneasy about it. They say, this guy's an Israelite, and he's going to go fight against the Israelites for us. And Akish says, okay, David, you have to stay back. So David stays back. And upon returning to his home, he sees that some Amalekites had raided his city and had taken some women and children and possessions of his. So he goes back and he takes them all back and not one life was taken. He gets everyone back and that's a big

victory for him. And then he sends some of the spoils of war to the elders of Judah, which is a way

to sort of ingratiate himself saying, I'm the

Lord's anointed. I know where this is headed. I'm about to be king. And I want you to know that I'm

on your side and you guys, you and I are on the same team. So he sends some of those spoils as

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