1 Samuel 27:2 KJV
And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
When David was forced to flee from Saul the Bible says that about 400 men, those who were in distress or in debt or discontented followed him. But these men must have developed some character over a short course of time because they followed David through some things they must have questioned.
They followed him when he refused to kill Saul and
They followed David when it appears he lost his faith and joined with the Philistines.
We know now, because we have the whole of the Bible before us, that David had neither lost his faith nor was he about to betray his God and his people. But the 600 (his numbers had grown) did not have the same advantages we do. Still they followed him.
They followed him when their own people were attacked
They followed him when he gave those who could not fight the same spoils of those who did
They could not have understood him sometimes but they did follow him and praise God for loyal and faithful followers!
And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
When David was forced to flee from Saul the Bible says that about 400 men, those who were in distress or in debt or discontented followed him. But these men must have developed some character over a short course of time because they followed David through some things they must have questioned.
They followed him when he refused to kill Saul and
They followed David when it appears he lost his faith and joined with the Philistines.
We know now, because we have the whole of the Bible before us, that David had neither lost his faith nor was he about to betray his God and his people. But the 600 (his numbers had grown) did not have the same advantages we do. Still they followed him.
They followed him when their own people were attacked
They followed him when he gave those who could not fight the same spoils of those who did
They could not have understood him sometimes but they did follow him and praise God for loyal and faithful followers!
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