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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.

B) 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.

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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.

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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.

 

 

 

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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.

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(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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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. 

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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.    

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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.

 

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