Lorraine Overstreet Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Q1. (1 Samuel 18:13-16). Why does Saul send David into battle? What is the result? To what does the narrator attribute David’s success? a) Saul sent david into battle because of his jealousy and fear of David. He wanted David killed. The Lord was with David. He had great success in everything he did. Rather than being killed, David proved to be a powerful warrior. c) he attributed Davids success to the Lord who was with David. Saul sen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelly Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 Saul sent David into battle with the hope that he will be killed. David however was fearless, for his God was with him all the way and defeated the Philistines. His success is attributed to God's presence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wifee Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 3a)Philistines totally demoralised by David’s victory over Goliath.Saul finds out who David is,he is attached to Saul’s court.When he meets Jonathan an alliance of frinendship,covenant develops between them both,sealed by gift of bow,robe,sword, belt,hair, from Jonathan to David.David rises to a leadership position in army.became popular with ladies,&killed far more enemies than Saul, creating Saul’s jealousy and fear. Saul become insecure in himself & tries to kill David& eventually loses control of his emotions.He sends David into battle to get him away from him,and in the hope that he would be killed. b)David is victorious in battle,soldiers trust him,as he helps them to avoid death c)Narrator says the Lord was with David through the Spirit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srwbibleman Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 Q1. (1 Samuel 18:13-16). Why does Saul send David into battle? Saul has grown jealous of David and is tired of hearing others express adoration to him so he sends him to battle with the hopes of being killed. What is the result? David achieves great victories and the people love him more than before. To what does the narrator attribute David's success? That God is with David. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjenkins1388 Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 Saul had become afraid of David causing jealousy because the spirit of the Lord had left him. Saul knew the Lord was blessing David so he wanted David out of his home and also out of the hearts and minds of the people. Saul sent David to battle hoping he would be killed, but since David was so blessed and favored by God he became even more victorious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karynjg Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 (1 Samuel 18:13-16). Why does Saul send David into battle? What is the result? To what does the narrator attribute David’s success? Saul is obviously threatened by David's growing popularity and attention. When he sends David into battle, it gives David an opportunity to gain leadership skills and his success makes him even more popular with the Israelites. His devotion to God must have been apparent because the narrator writes that God was with David. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearlgirl Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Q1. (1 Samuel 18:13-16). Why does Saul send David into battle? What is the result? To what does the narrator attribute David’s success? I Samuel 18:14 Because the Lord was with him. All of David's success is directly connected to the fact that the Lord was with him. God blessed him to be a courageous and successful leader and touched the people's hearts to follow him. What Saul meant for evil and destruction, God flipped it around and used it for David's good. Saul meant to put David in danger and cause him to fail, but God used it to prepare David and elevate him as a leader. It only further built his reputation amongst the people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drp62 Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 1. Saul was jealous and fearful of David because the women were singing praises about Saul's thousand and David's ten thousand that had been slain. Saul had a plan to get rid of David by sending him into battle. David was victorious because the Lord was with David. We are victorious over the battles that we go through when we have the Lord with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasha777 Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Saul sent David into battle in command of 1,000 men, Sual's plan was two-fold, he wanted David away from him & his court, he also hoped David would fall in battle, he hoped by putting David in danger he would be killed. Saul's plan backfires, David had a great success in everything he did because God was always with him. Saul was afraid of David because of his success. All of Israel & Judah loved David because he was a good leader in their campaine's, David was a powerful leader & worrior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill1 Posted March 5, 2017 Report Share Posted March 5, 2017 Saul sent David into battle to try and get rid of him. It was a bad choice for Saul to do this because it had exactly the opposite effect. The people loved David and the soldiers loved David and respected him. The only was this happened was because the Lord was with David everywhere he went and in all he did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinstonY Posted April 5, 2017 Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 Q1. (1 Samuel 18:13-16). Why does Saul send David into battle? What is the result? To what does the narrator attribute David’s success? Saul sends David into battle at the head off the army for the same reason that David sent Uriah into battle leading troops. The Saul hoped that David would be killed in the Bible. However, David is protected by the Lord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinstonY Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 Q1. (1 Samuel 18:13-16). Why does Saul send David into battle? What is the result? To what does the narrator attribute David’s success? Saul sends David into battle for the same reason that David sent Uriah into battle, so that he would be killed. The result of David fights in the army is that David games Glory and the people sing- Saul has killed his thousands but David has killed his ten of thousands. Saul becomes jealous and tries to kill David. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rene Poirier Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 Saul was afraid of David because he was I believe entertaining darkness of his own. Maybe he thought that if he could David killed he would return to some sort of former glory. David's wise behavior was key to Saul's fear of him. Saul could see David's wisdom and success and that the "Lord was with him" Saul knew the wisdom David was exhibiting was from the same source that had removed him as king. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJW Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 Q1. (1 Samuel 18:13-16). Why does Saul send David into battle? What is the result? To what does the narrator attribute David’s success? Saul sends David into battle (the thick of it) in the hope that an enemy will do him in. Saul arrogantly believes that he can have someone else do his dirty work and keep his "reputation" intact" in the process. The result was that rather than meet his end, David prospered and performed extremely well, thereby compounding the problem and confusion in Saul's mind. "The Lord was with David". Upon refection it seems to me this is mostly about obedience to God, who loves us, all of us. David was being obedient to God by putting God first in everything, but Saul was putting Saul first. Success ultimately is the ability to be close to God, to be able to hear him clearly and with his help to be able to be obedient to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crissy464 Posted May 15, 2023 Report Share Posted May 15, 2023 Saul can't stand to have David around, so he promotes him to be a general and sends him away. "So he sent David away from him and gave him command over a thousand men, and David led the troops in their campaigns." Davd had God on his side so no harm would come to him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irmela Posted May 16, 2023 Report Share Posted May 16, 2023 Q1. (1 Samuel 18:13-16). Why does Saul send David into battle? What is the result? To what does the narrator attribute David’s success? Saul's reason for sending David into battle is 2fold: David is then out of his court and out of his immediate presence and hopefully he will be killed in battle or come back defeated. Basically loose popularity. Saul's thoughts are murderous.. David wins battle after battle or skermish after skermish and is a good leader, so the soldiers follow him willingly, knowing he has their welfare at heart. He was loved and accepted by all. The reason for David's success was that the Lord was with him. Just as we also read about Joseph. His success was also attributed to the fact that the Lord was with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissi Posted June 11 Report Share Posted June 11 Why does Saul send David into battle? What is the result? To what does the narrator attribute David success? This entire story is so sad. Saul is rejected by God when He chooses to anoint David instead, and then because of God's choice, a series of events cascade. Everything David does turns to gold. He's a great musician. He kills the giant. He's loved by the king's own son. He's wildly popular among the people, particularly the women. And Saul? He's forgotten, pushed to the margins and made to live out the end of his kingship, increasingly disliked and disrespected. Saul sends David into battle to kill him but like everything else this turns to David's favor. He's not only protected by God but is a great general, earning the loyalty of the men who fight under him. I'm not sure why this story bothers me so much. I suppose it's the rejection of Saul who was once chosen and ordained by God but then rejected. This is a fear of mine, not so much to be rejected by God, but to be ipassed over and left behind to live out my years God-forsaken. If it happened to Saul, who was a great man at one point, it could happen to the rest of us who are mere struggling Christians. Again, it's not a question of salvation -- eternal security means just that. It's a question of the quality of our lives on earth, God's willingness to bless us and help us weave our way to a good, love-filled and prosperous life. I struggle with the idea that God chooses some and not others, David and not Saul, Jacob and not Esau, etc. In the NT, Peter is sprung from prison as James is murdered. My other concern has to do with reading backward from our current circumstances. If we are in horrible circumstances, suffering and in spiritual pain ... watching life around us crumble ... is it our fault? It could be, of course, but maybe God just didn't choose us. Maybe we were born to be Esau or Saul, or James not Peter? I ask, Lord, for you the wisdom to sort through this, to believe that you are a loving God when the evidence, in my eyes, suggests otherwise. --- I'm back -- I answered the question, finished my devotions and couldn't stop thinking about what was written by Pastor Ralph. Anyway, Saul reminds me of a television program I watched many years ago about men on death row who were condemned to die because of their crimes yet had accepted Christ. Their sentences were not changed -- they were murdered by the government -- but their eternal condition was determined by God. I wonder if we can do/think things so "bad" that we're condemned on earth though accepted in heaven. In my own eyes, I've committed only wee sins, as if some sins are worse than others. But God may see my sin differently and though Christ's blood covers my sins in an salvific sense, he may or MAY NOT manipulate circumstances to keep me from suffering the consequences of my sins. Are we all on death row, knowing our ultimate fate has been determined in our favor, yet, like Saul, living out our lives as condemned human beings? I'd like to think God cares and loves me enough to work around the consequences of my sins, but passages like this frighten me. I want to believe that God is a caring, loving and protective father ... but, then again, what about Saul? We tend to concentrate on the passage in which God delivers, heals and miraculously provides. Saul is a corrective to what may be an one-sided, overly rosy view of God. David: "In everything he did he had great success, because the Lord was with him." (Message version.) Saul: Everything he did turned to dust, eventually driving him mad, because the Lord rejected him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolaas A.P. Mostert Posted July 3 Report Share Posted July 3 Q1. (1 Samuel 18:13-16). Why does Saul send David into battle? To get David away from him and out of his court, and to put him in a dangerous place so that he will be killed. What is the result? David was In everything he did. he had great success. To what does the narrator attribute David's success? Because the LORD was with David. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyT Posted July 14 Report Share Posted July 14 Q1. (1 Samuel 18:13-16). Why does Saul send David into battle? With the hopes David would be killed. What is the result? David succeeds. To what does the narrator attribute David's success? The Lord being with David. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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