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In chapter 25 [[David]] spares Saul's life a second time. It is difficult to understand why [[David]] returned to the wilderness of Ziph when he had experienced difficulty there before. He, like all men of clay, made mistakes!
Abishai was [[David]]'s nephew and was a courageous warrior. [[David]] and Abishai entered Saul's camp by night. [[God]] had put a deep sleep upon the entire camp, so [[David]] and his nephew were not in danger. Abishai wanted to kill Saul, but [[David]] would not allow it. He again said he would not stretch forth his hand against the [[Lord]]'s anointed. Instead, they took Saul's spear and a cruse of water.
[[David]] then went and stood on the top of a hill afar off and called to the people and to Abner. His message here to [[Saul]] was actually a plea for him to return to the [[Lord]]. In verse 18 [[David]] says, "Wherefore doth my [[Lord]] thus pursue after his servant? For what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?" If [[David]] had done wrong to [[Saul]] he wanted to get the matter settled. However, if he had not, then [[God]] would settle the matter for [[David]]. Note Saul's empty confession in verse 21. He says, "I have sinned...I have played the fool." But he still did not repent! man plays the fool when he runs ahead of the [[Lord]]; when he fails to obey completely; when he turns his back on his best friends; when he seeks guidance from the devil; and when he refuses to repent even when he knows he is wrong. [[Saul]] had done all these things, so he had indeed played the fool.
Chapter 27 deals with [[David]]'s victories as he sought the mind of the [[Lord]]. Of course, he was not always walking in the will of the [[Lord]], for it seems that his [[faith]] failed him when he went back to Gath to live under the protection of the enemy.
