Have you known a friend who was magnanimous when he might have been jealous? Write about it in your notebook.
XXIII. DAVID, THE OUTLAW
THE STORY
§72. The Band of Outlaws (I Sam. 22:1, 2; 23:1-8, 13, 14; 25:2-42)
A. THE GATHERING OF THE BAND
David arose and fled for fear of Saul, and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him. And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
And they told David, saying, "Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors."
Therefore David enquired of the Lord, saying, "Shall I go and smite these Philistines?"
And the Lord said unto David, "Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah."