Cl – The Rise of David First Samuel 16:1 to 31:13

The Rise of David
First Samuel 16:1 to 31:13

Just as the story of the beginning of Israelite monarchy (Chapters 8-15) begins with an account of the rise of Sha’ul (Chapters 8-12), so does the story of the establishment of that monarchy begin with an account of the rise of David. In this case, however, the rise of David is so intimately intertwined with the decline of Sha’ul that the story occupies much more space in the telling.³³⁹