Saul

Okay so Dad’s donkeys wandered off. Three days looking. Nothing. Thinking we head home before he stops worrying about the donkeys and starts worrying about us.

Replying to @kishs.servant

Fair. The bread was all gone. I’d have turned up empty-handed.

Asked a man at the gate where the seer lived. Turns out he was the seer. Said the donkeys had turned up. Then said all Israel’s hopes are on me and my family. Sorry, what?

Replying to @saul

I said: me? I’m from Benjamin, the smallest tribe, and my clan’s the least in it. Why say that to me?

My uncle asked what Samuel said. I told him Samuel said the donkeys had been found.

People wanted the ones who’d looked down on me put to death. No. Nobody dies today. Today the LORD has rescued Israel.

Waited seven days for Samuel. He didn’t come, and my men were slipping away. So I offered the burnt offering myself. I felt I had to.

Nobody eats before evening, before I’ve had my revenge on my enemies. Anyone who does is cursed.

Replying to @samuel

Okay, that was the troops. They spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God. The rest we destroyed.

Replying to @samuel

I admitted it. I’d sinned. I was afraid of the people, so I did what they wanted. After that, all I asked was that you’d honour me in front of the elders.

Replying to @david

Go, then. May the LORD be with you.

Whose son is that kid?

A soldier in Saul’s army@saulsarmy · Valley of ElahOne stone. It sank into his forehead and he went down on his face. David didn’t even have a sword. He used Goliath’s own.

Tens of thousands to him, thousands to me. What’s left for him but the kingdom?

A woman dancing in the streets@tambourine.israelSaul has killed his thousands, and David his tens of thousands!

Replying to @saulsarmy

My own daughter tricked me and let my enemy get away.

It was David’s voice. My son. I wept. He’s more in the right than I am. He paid me back with good, and I paid him back with evil.

David@davidWent out after him and called out to the king. Bowed to the ground and held up the corner of his robe. Told him: the LORD put you in my hands in that cave. I was told to kill you. I didn’t. Let the LORD judge between us.

Replying to @david

I’ve done wrong. Come home, David, my son. I won’t hurt you again. I’ve been a fool.

Sent word to Jesse in Bethlehem. Send me your son David. The one with the sheep.

The boy from Bethlehem is staying. I like him a lot. Made him my armour-bearer, and sent his father a message: he’s staying in my service.

Replying to @david

I told him: go, and may the LORD be with you.

Abner. Whose son is this boy?

David@davidStaff. Sling. Five smooth stones from the stream, in my shepherd’s bag. Going down.

Replying to @saul

Then find out.

Replying to @tambourine.israel

Tens of thousands for him. Thousands for me. What’s next, the kingdom?