This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ... which he sorely craved. The four hundred men of the cave of Adullam had now swelled to six hundred. Meanwhile the fury of Saul increased, so that David had again to flee and dismiss his band. It is impossible to follow his wanderings, but enough is told us to show that he was literally hunted like a partridge on the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ... which he sorely craved. The four hundred men of the cave of Adullam had now swelled to six hundred. Meanwhile the fury of Saul increased, so that David had again to flee and dismiss his band. It is impossible to follow his wanderings, but enough is told us to show that he was literally hunted like a partridge on the mountains. At one time we find him in the wilderness of Ziph, --no doubt a part of that of Judah, --and he is all but taken through the treachery of the people. 1 1 Chron. xxii. 29. - 1 Chron. xii. 14-18. Then lie flees to the wilderness of Ma6n in the far south, where, through Saul being called away by the news of a Philistine invasion, he escapes down one side of a hill as his pursuers climb the other. We have a third glimpse of him again at Engedi, where Saul enters the very cave in which he is hiding; and a fourth shows him creeping into Saul's camp at night and carrying off the long spear and the cruse of water which were at the door of the king's tent. Immediately after, he has his final interview with Saul. Psalms liv., lxiii., and cxliii., are assigned to this period. Betrayed by the Ziphites, he finds time to breathe out his troubles in prayer and expressions of trust, which show him to have been at all times the same, in his confidence in God and lofty communion with Him: --Rave me, 0 God, by Thy might, And avenge me by Thy power! Hear my prayer, 0 God, Give ear to the words of my mouth! For a strange people have risen against me, The blood-thirsty seek my life: They have not God before their eyes. Behold, God is my helper; The Lord is the protector of my life! He shall avenge the wickedness of my enemies: According to Thy faithfulness, Lord, destroy them! With a willing heart will I offer to Thee, And praise Thy name, for it is goo...
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