Abigail bowed down to the ground and said, “I am his servant, ready to wash the feet of his servants.”
The most menial of tasks: no doubt an appropriate formula to use in such circumstances. Please help me Lord to improve my social etiquette.
David had married Ahinoam from Jezreel, and now Abigail also became his wife.
As for me, I will not be leaving any descendants. May what I leave endure, Father (Hebrews 11:4).
Meanwhile, Saul had given his daughter Michal, who had been David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from the town of Gallim.
Saul is such a piece of… Is there any bottom to this guy?! And this couldn’t have gone down well with Michal who loved David (1 Samuel 18:20). Like Laban, Saul treats people like things to be bartered for his own interests (Genesis 31:14-15).
Some men from Ziph came to Saul at Gibeah and told him that David was hiding on Mount Hachilah at the edge of the Judean wilderness.
There has never been a lack of those who seek to engratiate themselves to those in power. Opportunists.
…that night David and Abishai entered Saul’s camp and found Saul sleeping in the center of the camp with his spear stuck in the ground near his head. Abner and the troops were sleeping around him.
Abishai: one of “The Famous Thirty” (2 Samuel 23:18-19). David goes on the offensive! Saul treats his spear like an American Express Card: Don’t leave home without it. 😊
Abishai said to David, “God has put your enemy in your power tonight. Now let me plunge his own spear through him and pin him to the ground with just one blow—I won’t have to strike twice!”
That would have been poetic justice but not God’s plan. Just one little blow and all your problems go away. Shortcuts are so tempting. Help me to always resist them, Father!