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Stretching the Truth


For some reason I just love the stories in the Old Testament. Especially Judges, 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel. This time of year is the time in my Bible Reading schedule that I can read all my favorite stories. Just recently I read one of my favorites that takes place at the end of 1 Samuel and the beginning of 2 Samuel.

It takes place around the death of King Saul. King Saul and his sons are in battle against the Philistines and Saul is wounded by an archer. Saul then asks his armourbearer to kill him so he couldn’t be taken by the Philistines, but the armourbearer wouldn’t do it, so King Saul took a sword and killed himself with it. The armourbearer then took his own sword and took his own life. This is basically how 1 Samuel ends…with the death of King Saul.

Then in 2 Samuel David is notified of King Saul’s death. A man, an Amalekite, came out of the camp from King Saul with his clothes rent and dirt on his head and came to David. He told David that King Saul and Jonathan his son was dead. David asked him how he knew that. (This is the part I like 😊 ) I’m not sure if he was just try