Ziba is the servant of Mephibosheth, who is a son of David’s friend Jonathan, and a grandson of Saul. Jonathan was killed along with his father Saul at the end of 1st Samuel. But when David became king, rather than wipe out anyone associated with the previous king, he shows kindness to Mephibosheth. And here comes Mephibosheth’s servant Ziba to […]

We saw last week how Abiathar and Zadok come carrying the ark of the covenant. We looked at it from David’s perspective – how he refused to try and use God. He refused to try and use that sacred object as a lucky charm as others had before him. Let’s think about it briefly from Abiathar and Zadok’s perspective. They’re […]

Ittai is what you could call a recent convert. He isn’t an Israelite. Rather he’s from the Philistine city of Gath. That’s the same city as Goliath. He’s a Philistine. But he comes to trust in the true God. Up to this point, he and his men are presumably hired soldiers. It’s one thing to be a hired soldier, or […]