Do you ever get really curious about things while reading the Bible? Because sometimes when I read, and especially the Old Testament when the stuff that happens is mostly drama-full (I'm in 2 Thessalonians right now, and as much as I love Paul's stuff, it doesn't have quite the same flavor as in the time of the Kings and such), I have questions that aren't important, but that I'm looking forward to having answered in Heaven one day.
For instance, does anyone else wonder what happened to Goliath's sword? In 1 Samuel 21:9 it was given to David to protect against Saul (again) and we know the results of that: Saul had the priests killed. But what happened to it after that? One might assume that a weapon of such size might be slightly difficult to conceal. But (as far as I remember, anyhow) it's not mentioned again in the Bible, leading one to assume that it just disappeared somewhere. Maybe beaten into a plowshare at some point or something, haha. But it's always been curious to me.
Speaking of, in the next chapter it talks about David going to the King of Moab to help hide his parents. All good and well, we know David did a lot of weird things to prevent being killed off by Saul, but when he went to Moab was it with a specific purpose? Because when you hark back to the story of Ruth and Boaz, you see that Jesse was actually their grandson, making David a great-grandson to a Maobitess. But that's what I wonder: did the king of Moab know that when David brought Jesse and the Mrs. to him for protection? Did he partially do it because they were kind of related to his country? Or did he just like the whole political intrigue of hiding high-profile parents?
Those are just two examples.
I totally can't wait for Heaven.
2 comments:
My dear, I had never even remotely connected that David was part Moabite and brought his parents to Moab. Completely fun thought!
Glad I could bright that nugget to light, then!
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