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The Davidic Chronicles #4
Delivered
A King David Novel (Book Four of the Davidic Chronicles)
Book four of the Davidic Chronicles continues to follow David’s flight from an enraged King Saul. Hunted and betrayed on every hand, David must seek God's deliverance as he is driven deeper and deeper into the wilderness south of Jerusalem. But more than his life is at stake—a consuming anger is eating away at the heart of David’s spirit, threatening to undo everything he has fought for.
Inside Delivered...
With his heart thumping wildly, David watched as King Saul and his son Ishui spread their blankets on the sandy floor of the cave within the pool of light cast by the moon. Saul removed his sandals and then covered his feet with one of the wool blankets, lying back on the sandy soil. Soon, the heavy breathing of father and son told him they were soundly asleep. Ishui had spread his blankets within the entrance to the cave, leaving the king closer to David and the men hidden within.
David stared at the king, realizing something miraculous had just happened. The spider’s frantic efforts to spin a web across the cave entrance had saved them all from discovery. And now the king lay within a few cubits of David’s sword. His hand trembled.
And then Joab appeared next to him, moving surely and swiftly from his place of concealment. David couldn’t see his nephew’s face in the dim light, but he clearly heard his whisper. “My lord, this is the day of which the Lord spoke, saying that He would surely deliver your enemy into your hand so that you may do to him as it seems good to you. Rise up, my lord, and slay the son of Kish. Deliver yourself and us from his hand and fulfill the Lord’s promise when the Great Seer anointed you to be the next king of Israel.”
The urgency of those words slammed into David’s heart like arrows. This was his chance to end his exile, to reclaim his name, to be at peace…to be reunited with Jonathan and Michal. All the fear, doubts, and misgivings could be undone with a single stroke of the sword.
Could there be any doubt that the Lord God had finally delivered Saul into his hand? There was not. Without a reply to his nephew, he gripped his sword tightly and slipped as silently as a hunting wolf toward his prey.
Book four of the Davidic Chronicles continues to follow David’s flight from an enraged King Saul. Hunted and betrayed on every hand, David must seek God's deliverance as he is driven deeper and deeper into the wilderness south of Jerusalem. But more than his life is at stake—a consuming anger is eating away at the heart of David’s spirit, threatening to undo everything he has fought for.
Inside Delivered...
With his heart thumping wildly, David watched as King Saul and his son Ishui spread their blankets on the sandy floor of the cave within the pool of light cast by the moon. Saul removed his sandals and then covered his feet with one of the wool blankets, lying back on the sandy soil. Soon, the heavy breathing of father and son told him they were soundly asleep. Ishui had spread his blankets within the entrance to the cave, leaving the king closer to David and the men hidden within.
David stared at the king, realizing something miraculous had just happened. The spider’s frantic efforts to spin a web across the cave entrance had saved them all from discovery. And now the king lay within a few cubits of David’s sword. His hand trembled.
And then Joab appeared next to him, moving surely and swiftly from his place of concealment. David couldn’t see his nephew’s face in the dim light, but he clearly heard his whisper. “My lord, this is the day of which the Lord spoke, saying that He would surely deliver your enemy into your hand so that you may do to him as it seems good to you. Rise up, my lord, and slay the son of Kish. Deliver yourself and us from his hand and fulfill the Lord’s promise when the Great Seer anointed you to be the next king of Israel.”
The urgency of those words slammed into David’s heart like arrows. This was his chance to end his exile, to reclaim his name, to be at peace…to be reunited with Jonathan and Michal. All the fear, doubts, and misgivings could be undone with a single stroke of the sword.
Could there be any doubt that the Lord God had finally delivered Saul into his hand? There was not. Without a reply to his nephew, he gripped his sword tightly and slipped as silently as a hunting wolf toward his prey.
263 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 26, 2020
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October 11, 2023
such a powerful read
Another excellent book in the Davidic Chronicles. A really good description of life during David’s time detailing the evil in men’s hearts and the goodness of God to his chosen ones
Another excellent book in the Davidic Chronicles. A really good description of life during David’s time detailing the evil in men’s hearts and the goodness of God to his chosen ones
June 12, 2021
Saul the promise breaker
Saul promises more than once in the book to leave off hunting David down. After the first promise, someone lies about David to Saul, giving him an excuse to go back to hunting David. The next time je hunts David down, David does something similar to what he did the first time: obtains evidence that he was close enough to Saul to have murdered him while Saul slept, but did nothing but obtain irrefutable proof of how close he had been. Twice, Saul has promised now to leave David alone. He reneged once; will he do so again?
David has lost a wife. In a prior book, Saul's daughters were each promised to him, thennthe elder was betrothed to another behind his back. The younger, Michal, was willing to marry him instead ans indeed, had wanted him and had been upset when he was suppsoed to be betrothed to her sister. She is now content to be betrothed, then wed to him. But when the evil spirit starts to control Saul almost constantly, he declares David an outlaw. This meant that he was considered dead, as he was deemed renegade against his king, his citizenship voided, his association to his tribe blotted out...except that Judah didn't betray David, because he is of their tribe, and because they knew that Saul wasn't only after David, but after his parents, siblings, nieces/nephews, and inlaws, as well as David himself, and they knew that once within a tribe, you were considered kin to the entire tribe, meaning Saul could have decided at any time to keep going after the entire tribe until they were wiped out. This essentially made Michal a widow. Jinathan warned her to stay at David's house, which may have helped prevent it, but she stayed in her childhood home. Since she had lied to her father that David had threatened to harm her if she told anyone he was leaving, this had added fuel to the fires of Saul's self delusion and anger against David. He had her married off very soon to someone else in his court - a move calculated to anger David in hopes he would return to the king to demand her back. But he knew the time wasn't right.
In his travels, missing Michal, sorrowing and angry at her loss, he meets Ahinoam, and is tak we nwithbher - and she with him. They marry and she follows in the camp. Ahinoam is gentle and quiet spoken. Not too long after that, he meets Nabal, who refuses to help him and his men...but when rage takes David, he is headed to wipe out Nabal. Abigail, Nabal's intelligent wife, has servants loyal to Nabal only insomuch as they're loyal to her. Immediatkey after Nabal insults David & refuses help, a servant runs to Abigail to tell her about it. She immediately gets together enough food that she hopes will forestall his wrath, sends it out in a roundabout way so they don't come across Nabal as he makes his way back to the house. She welcomes her booze-hound husband with 2 cups of full strength wine, which allays his qrath a little. Once he has gone in, she takes his donkey and takes a shorter route to intercept David. Her wise words make him realize he is letting rage take over, not God. When Nabal is told of her sending stores to David, and why, he goes into either a heart attack (which the author believes in this case) or a stroke (which is more in line with what the description sounds like to me, and I was a cardiology/research/medical nurse for a long time (mixed purpose unit)). On his death, at the conclusion of her mourning period, since David has asked her to marry him, she does.
During the time between marriages, Samuel, the seer, last Judge of Israel, and anointer of both Saul and David, dies. David attends the funeral incognito. He feels bereft, esp wjen Gad, the seer, stays behind to see to the dispersal or perhaps relocation of the prophets' school, concerned that Saul's actions againat the priests of Nob for helping David when they had now way of knowing any better, will be leveled against the prophets' school for the time when, in a previous volume of the series, Saul sent a group.of armed men 3 tomes in a row, who all fell under the Spirit's influence and didn't arrest David, and then Saul took men and they all, but one, fell under the inflience of the Spirit, and because God was with David and Samuel, Saul was kept there long enough for David to escape. After all, Saul is hunting down David's immediate family, which may extend to all of Judah.
David is tired of running, hiding, the group of men who oppose him within the camp at every turn (but whose fighting skills he needs), trying to feed everyone, trying to make sure there is adequate water for everyone. Weary to the bone, and not trusting Saul to keep his promise for long...or, if Saul does, not trusting that one of Saul's allies might not just take matters into their own hands, after praying, he decides to take the king of Gath up on his offer to welcome him as an asset. With 600 highly skilled warriors, surely they can hire out as mercenaries, and avoid fighting their own by fighting against other enemies for the king.
Saul promises more than once in the book to leave off hunting David down. After the first promise, someone lies about David to Saul, giving him an excuse to go back to hunting David. The next time je hunts David down, David does something similar to what he did the first time: obtains evidence that he was close enough to Saul to have murdered him while Saul slept, but did nothing but obtain irrefutable proof of how close he had been. Twice, Saul has promised now to leave David alone. He reneged once; will he do so again?
David has lost a wife. In a prior book, Saul's daughters were each promised to him, thennthe elder was betrothed to another behind his back. The younger, Michal, was willing to marry him instead ans indeed, had wanted him and had been upset when he was suppsoed to be betrothed to her sister. She is now content to be betrothed, then wed to him. But when the evil spirit starts to control Saul almost constantly, he declares David an outlaw. This meant that he was considered dead, as he was deemed renegade against his king, his citizenship voided, his association to his tribe blotted out...except that Judah didn't betray David, because he is of their tribe, and because they knew that Saul wasn't only after David, but after his parents, siblings, nieces/nephews, and inlaws, as well as David himself, and they knew that once within a tribe, you were considered kin to the entire tribe, meaning Saul could have decided at any time to keep going after the entire tribe until they were wiped out. This essentially made Michal a widow. Jinathan warned her to stay at David's house, which may have helped prevent it, but she stayed in her childhood home. Since she had lied to her father that David had threatened to harm her if she told anyone he was leaving, this had added fuel to the fires of Saul's self delusion and anger against David. He had her married off very soon to someone else in his court - a move calculated to anger David in hopes he would return to the king to demand her back. But he knew the time wasn't right.
In his travels, missing Michal, sorrowing and angry at her loss, he meets Ahinoam, and is tak we nwithbher - and she with him. They marry and she follows in the camp. Ahinoam is gentle and quiet spoken. Not too long after that, he meets Nabal, who refuses to help him and his men...but when rage takes David, he is headed to wipe out Nabal. Abigail, Nabal's intelligent wife, has servants loyal to Nabal only insomuch as they're loyal to her. Immediatkey after Nabal insults David & refuses help, a servant runs to Abigail to tell her about it. She immediately gets together enough food that she hopes will forestall his wrath, sends it out in a roundabout way so they don't come across Nabal as he makes his way back to the house. She welcomes her booze-hound husband with 2 cups of full strength wine, which allays his qrath a little. Once he has gone in, she takes his donkey and takes a shorter route to intercept David. Her wise words make him realize he is letting rage take over, not God. When Nabal is told of her sending stores to David, and why, he goes into either a heart attack (which the author believes in this case) or a stroke (which is more in line with what the description sounds like to me, and I was a cardiology/research/medical nurse for a long time (mixed purpose unit)). On his death, at the conclusion of her mourning period, since David has asked her to marry him, she does.
During the time between marriages, Samuel, the seer, last Judge of Israel, and anointer of both Saul and David, dies. David attends the funeral incognito. He feels bereft, esp wjen Gad, the seer, stays behind to see to the dispersal or perhaps relocation of the prophets' school, concerned that Saul's actions againat the priests of Nob for helping David when they had now way of knowing any better, will be leveled against the prophets' school for the time when, in a previous volume of the series, Saul sent a group.of armed men 3 tomes in a row, who all fell under the Spirit's influence and didn't arrest David, and then Saul took men and they all, but one, fell under the inflience of the Spirit, and because God was with David and Samuel, Saul was kept there long enough for David to escape. After all, Saul is hunting down David's immediate family, which may extend to all of Judah.
David is tired of running, hiding, the group of men who oppose him within the camp at every turn (but whose fighting skills he needs), trying to feed everyone, trying to make sure there is adequate water for everyone. Weary to the bone, and not trusting Saul to keep his promise for long...or, if Saul does, not trusting that one of Saul's allies might not just take matters into their own hands, after praying, he decides to take the king of Gath up on his offer to welcome him as an asset. With 600 highly skilled warriors, surely they can hire out as mercenaries, and avoid fighting their own by fighting against other enemies for the king.
July 31, 2023
I just finished all five books.
I like reading on the story of David and the History of Israel.
I find the series to be improving as you approach book #5.
Generally speaking it was engaging and the angle of glorifying God in it is very good (unlike other cases where people try to eclipse the supernatural side of God's interventions in the timeline).
The development of the characters though is a bit simplistic (for my perception & taste anyways), so I think that the series would be good for teenagers maybe, or young adults.
Thank you Greg for all the effort you put into this and the heart behind it.
God bless you richly.
I like reading on the story of David and the History of Israel.
I find the series to be improving as you approach book #5.
Generally speaking it was engaging and the angle of glorifying God in it is very good (unlike other cases where people try to eclipse the supernatural side of God's interventions in the timeline).
The development of the characters though is a bit simplistic (for my perception & taste anyways), so I think that the series would be good for teenagers maybe, or young adults.
Thank you Greg for all the effort you put into this and the heart behind it.
God bless you richly.
May 26, 2023
This series is very enlightening from the author’s ability to make scripture come to life. Even though I know the story of David the reality of what he went through never crossed my mind. The emotion and thoughts he must have had are no different than what we feel at various times through trials. I’ve always loved David’s heart and after reading this series, the tenacity David has to hold onto God without wavering is truly inspiring. Never does he ever doubt that God is with him.
May 1, 2022
Highly recommend...
The ability to take scriptures and history to create gripping novels is truly a talent. I have loved this series and would love to see this done with more biblical stories. It's been a great aid in helping read through the scriptures as well as my understanding of the KJV as I've switched over recently.
The ability to take scriptures and history to create gripping novels is truly a talent. I have loved this series and would love to see this done with more biblical stories. It's been a great aid in helping read through the scriptures as well as my understanding of the KJV as I've switched over recently.
April 27, 2025
Excellent Series
I'm on book 5 in the series now and the in author keeps interested and also keeps you on the edge of your seat like a good movie. You want to keep on reading because you want to know what's going to happen next. I am really impressed with the author's ability to be creative, but also stay Biblical in the process.
I'm on book 5 in the series now and the in author keeps interested and also keeps you on the edge of your seat like a good movie. You want to keep on reading because you want to know what's going to happen next. I am really impressed with the author's ability to be creative, but also stay Biblical in the process.
October 9, 2021
Great Read
Greg Baker has written another great book in The Davidic Chronicles. One of the best fictional bikes n David I have read. Well worth the purchase price and time to read.
Greg Baker has written another great book in The Davidic Chronicles. One of the best fictional bikes n David I have read. Well worth the purchase price and time to read.
November 2, 2022
Fast paced
Very good series. I appreciate the scripture references. While it stays accurate to the bible, it fleshes out the characters so we'll!
Very good series. I appreciate the scripture references. While it stays accurate to the bible, it fleshes out the characters so we'll!
March 27, 2023
Great continuation of the life of David.
August 19, 2026
Excellent
The book is very interesting and very well done! Highly recommend! It is a good resource and keeps your attention!
The book is very interesting and very well done! Highly recommend! It is a good resource and keeps your attention!
December 10, 2022
I have really enjoyed reading this series. Saul really was a mad man. On to #5
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