Other comments on this day's readings can be found here. Reading 1 - 2Sa 1 "At long last, the man who had hounded David from pillar to...

Other comments on this day's readings can be found here. Reading 1 - 1Samuel 31:9,10 "They cut off his [Saul's] head and stripped off his...

Other comments on this day's readings can be found here. Reading 1 - 1Samuel 29:1-4 "The Philistines gathered all their forces at Aphek,...

Other comments on this day's readings can be found here. Reading 1 - 1Samuel 28 "The man [Saul, whom] David honoured as 'Yahweh's...

Reading 1 - 1Samuel 26:19 "They have now driven me from my share in the LORD'S inheritance and have said, 'Go, serve other gods' " (1Sa...

Other comments on this day's readings can be found here. Reading 1 - 1Kings 7:40-42 "So Huram finished all the work he had undertaken for...

Reading 1 - 1Samuel 25 Commenting on the example of Abigail -- the faithful wife of the wicked Nabal -- Jane Roberts writes: "It...

Reading 1 - 1Samuel 24 "Saul continues his relentless pursuit of David, irrespective of the divine determination that the young man who...

Reading 1 - 1Sa 23 David saved Keilah (men of his own tribe) from the Philistines, but then found himself, with his men, in a walled...

Reading 1 - 1Sa 22:2 "All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their leader" (1Sa...

Reading 1 - 1Sa 20 In 1Sa 20, the situation created by Saul caused the separation of these two faithful friends. Jonathan chooses...

Reading 1 - 1Sa 19:16 "But when the men [sent by Saul] entered [looking to arrest David while he lay in his sickbed]"... ...they found he...

Reading 1 - 1Sa 18:1-4 "After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as...

Reading 1 - 1Sa 17 The story of David's victory over the Philistine giant Goliath is an enacted parable of the promise of Gen 3:15 (the...

Reading 1 - 1Sa 16:11 "So he [Samuel] asked Jesse, 'Are these all the sons you have?' 'There is still the youngest,' Jesse answered, 'but...

Reading 1 - 1Sa 15:32 "Then Samuel said, 'Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.' Agag came to him confidently, thinking, 'Surely the...

Reading 1 - 1Sa 14 "During the Palestine campaign in World War I, the Allies were at the same spot where these events [of 1Sa 14]...

Reading 1 - 1Sa 13:13,14 " 'You acted foolishly,' Samuel said [to Saul]. 'You have not kept the command the LORD your God gave you; if...

Reading 1 - 1Sa 12:5 "Samuel said to them, 'The LORD is witness against you, and also his anointed is witness this day, that you have not...

Reading 1 - 1Sa 10:21,22 "Finally Saul son of Kish was chosen. But when they looked for him, he was not to be found. So they inquired...