撒母耳記上22:1-10

 

22:1 大衛就離開那裡，逃到亞杜蘭洞。他的弟兄和他父親的全家聽見了，就都下到他那裡。
22:2 凡受窘迫的、欠債的、心裡苦惱的都聚集到大衛那裡；大衛就作他們的頭目，跟隨他的約有四百人。
22:3 大衛從那裡往摩押的米斯巴去，對摩押王說：「求你容我父母搬來，住在你們這裡，等我知道上帝要為我怎樣行。」
22:4 大衛領他父母到摩押王面前。大衛住山寨多少日子，他父母也住摩押王那裡多少日子。
22:5 先知迦得對大衛說：「你不要住在山寨，要往猶大地去。」大衛就離開那裡，進入哈列的樹林。
22:6 掃羅在基比亞的拉瑪，坐在垂絲柳樹下，手裡拿著槍，眾臣僕侍立在左右。掃羅聽見大衛和跟隨他的人在何處，
22:7 就對左右侍立的臣僕說：「便雅憫人哪，你們要聽我的話！耶西的兒子能將田地和葡萄園賜給你們各人嗎？能立你們各人作千夫長百夫長嗎？
22:8 你們竟都結黨害我！我的兒子與耶西的兒子結盟的時候，無人告訴我；我的兒子挑唆我的臣子謀害我，就如今日的光景，也無人告訴我，為我憂慮。」
22:9 那時以東人多益站在掃羅的臣僕中，對他說：「我曾看見耶西的兒子到了挪伯，亞希突的兒子亞希米勒那裡。
22:10 亞希米勒為他求問耶和華，又給他食物，並給他殺非利士人歌利亞的刀。」

 

 David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there. ² All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their commander. About four hundred men were with him.

³ From there David went to Mizpah in Moab and said to the king of Moab, “Would you let my father and mother come and stay with you until I learn what God will do for me?” ⁴ So he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was in the stronghold.

⁵ But the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

⁶ Now Saul heard that David and his men had been discovered. And Saul was seated, spear in hand, under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with all his officials standing at his side. ⁷ He said to them, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds? ⁸ Is that why you have all conspired against me? No one tells me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is concerned about me or tells me that my son has incited my servant to lie in wait for me, as he does today.”

⁹ But Doeg the Edomite, who was standing with Saul’s officials, said, “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelek son of Ahitub at Nob. ¹⁰ Ahimelek inquired of the Lord for him; he also gave him provisions and the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

 

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    大衛逃到亞杜蘭洞，不僅收留自己的家人，還有一群「凡受窘迫的、欠債的、心裡苦惱的」都聚集到大衛那裡；大衛就作了他們的首領，跟隨他的約有四百人。

 

    他們本來是在摩押的米斯巴，後來先知迦得對大衛說：「你不要住在山寨，要往猶大地去。」大衛就離開那裡，進入哈列的樹林。

 

    上帝就是要他們與以色列人沒有脫節，畢竟大衛是要成為以色列王！也因為這樣他們和掃羅又有所接觸，掃羅又可以趁機「作文章」來蠱惑自己的本家便雅憫支派：「便雅憫人哪，你們要聽我的話！耶西的兒子能將田地和葡萄園賜給你們各人嗎？能立你們各人作千夫長百夫長嗎？你們竟都結黨害我！我的兒子與耶西的兒子結盟的時候，無人告訴我；我的兒子挑唆我的臣子謀害我，就如今日的光景，也無人告訴我，為我憂慮。」

 

    而這一番話竟然讓以東人多益向掃羅打報告：「我曾看見耶西的兒子到了挪伯，亞希突的兒子亞希米勒那裡。亞希米勒為他求問耶和華，又給他食物，並給他殺非利士人歌利亞的刀。」

 

    這是引發了後來掃羅竟然殺耶和華的祭司，還是以東人多益執行！讓我們看見掃羅越來越無法無天，竟然敢殺耶和華的祭司，忘記自己是耶和華所立的王，任意而為！

 

    看到掃羅的行徑，也讓我們感受到權力真的腐化人，正如從歷史當中看見教宗有權把人從教會除名，導致百姓害怕不能上天堂，甚至可以逼國王下台，因為讓百姓不能上天堂，百姓會造反推翻王位的！想想，對真理的誤解所造成的問題有多麼大！