Is there anything new under the sun?
It was a bit tedious this morning reading about how David was given a city by Achish as though they were allies and how David went about raiding the other border cities in the land of the Philistines. Sounds a bit like the way countries today still work their politics. One can never know who their true ally really is. Allies come and go as sure as the seasons change and sometimes just as fast! One day we're arming and training another country's military and the next our sons and daughters are being killed by the same. Will we never learn?
Apparently Achish doesn't have a clue that trusting David could turn out very non-beneficial for his people. Achish actually trusts David in spite of the fact that David had previously killed "ten thousands" Philistines in the past. Achish leaves David alone in this border city of Ziklag.
May the LORD help us to deal honestly with our neighbors and they with us.
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