1 Samuel 30:11 (ESV) —
11 They found an Egyptian in the open country and brought him to David. And they gave him bread and he ate. They gave him water to drink,
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1 Samuel 30:13–14 (ESV) —
13 And David said to him, “To whom do you belong? And where are you from?” He said, “I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite, and my master left me behind because I fell sick three days ago. 14 We had made a raid against the Negeb of the Cherethites and against that which belongs to Judah and against the Negeb of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.”
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1 Samuel 30:17–19 (ESV) —
17 And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day, and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who mounted camels and fled. 18 David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives. 19 Nothing was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that had been taken. David brought back all.
NOTE: It is fortuitous that David's men found a slave who had been in the original party that destroyed Ziklag. And it is amazing that David's 400 men (200 could not continue because of exhaustion), defeated a much larger army such that 400 of the enemy fled by camel. And it is incredible, that of all the spoil, nothing was missing and nobody died. This is a miracle. And the spoils, greatly increase David's wealth and his troops as well (even at the expense of other Judahites). At the same time, Saul was already dead in a battle against the Philistines. Not only does God rescue David from participating in a battle that would have given him the throne, he comes back wealthy and in better shape to take the next step in God's plan. I am sure this is not the plan that David would have drawn up.
PONDER:
- I need to see how God solves my problems, not how I try to solve them. How am I doing at that?
PRAYER: Father, I know I need to wait and see what you do. Help me to be faithful in the things you call me to do. Help me to trust you.
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