22:6,7a
So we have seen what David is doing, and he is following the word of the Lord. We now see what Saul is doing, and it is very different from what David is doing. Saul learnt that David had been found. He was sitting, spear in hand, presumably ready to throw it at any person who took his displeasure (and probably miss). His officials were at his side. It seems that the officials were all from the tribe of Benjamin. He speaks to them about David, referring to David as “the son of Jesse”. Saul did not want to speak the name of David. He had an irrational hatred of David.
22:7b,8
As happens with many tyrants (and some democratic leaders as well), they become paranoid, and this was true of Saul. He thought that all his officials were against him. He asks them if David will give them fields and vineyards, and promotion. He thinks that they were deliberately refusing to tell him where David was. He blames them for not telling him that Jonathan is on David’s side.
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