28.12: 1 Samuel 31-2 Samuel 1: David Mourns His Enemy and His Best Friend

<p>King Saul knew his days were numbered. <a href="https://giselleaguiar.com/2021/08/10/1-samuel-28-sauls-depraved-mind-thinks-speaking-to-the-dead-will-be-helpful/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">He summoned Samuel from the dead only to hear that he and his sons would soon die.</a> Saul wasn’t a very good king. The people wanted a king because they didn’t want God. Remember how the <a href="https://giselleaguiar.com/the-book-of-judges-bible-study/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Book of Judges</a> ended…</p> <blockquote>In those days Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes. Judges 21:25 NLT (c. 1375 BC)</blockquote> <p>(Gee, we could almost say that regarding the world right now… in <a href="https://giselleaguiar.com/2020/10/28/top-10-bible-prophecies-that-are-coming-true-right-now/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Last Days</a>, &nbsp;the world had no God, all the people did whatever seemed right in their &nbsp;own eyes. That’s what it’s going to be like when God takes all the &nbsp;Christians away in the <a href="https://giselleaguiar.com/2020/04/21/what-is-the-rapture-can-it-happen-tomorrow/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Rapture</a>! <a href="https://giselleaguiar.com/after-the-rapture-could-you-be-left-behind-to-survive-the-great-tribulation/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><em>Will you get left behind?</em></a>)</p> <p>Going on….</p> <p><a href="https://giselleaguiar.com/2021/07/22/1-samuel-8-10-the-people-want-a-king-and-god-delivers/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">The people, Israelites, wanted a king and God delivered.</a> (1043 BC)</p> <p>In the book of the prophet Hosea, written in 753 BC, God looks back at all the kings that ruled over Israel. He says…</p> <blockquote>Hosea 13:11 NLTIn my anger I gave you kings,<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and in my fury I took them away.</blockquote> <p>As we go through the Old Testament in historical sequence, you’ll see &nbsp;there were good kings, not so good