Immerse Bible Reading Experience: Saul's Disobedience and David's Anointing

In today's episode of Immerse: the daily Bible reading experience, we explore the events of Day 100. Samuel conveys God's command to Saul to completely destroy the Amalekites, but Saul spares King Agag and the best livestock, directly disobeying God. As a result, the Lord rejects Saul as king. Samuel is instructed to anoint a new king and travels to Bethlehem to find Jesse's youngest son, David, chosen by God for his heart. Despite his previous anointing, Saul is tormented by a spirit from the Lord, and David's musical talent provides him temporary relief. This episode highlights the themes of obedience, divine judgment, and God's sovereign choices.

00:00 Introduction to Immerse: Day 190
00:04 Saul's Disobedience and Samuel's Confrontation
01:35 The Lord Rejects Saul as King
05:51 Samuel Anoints David as the Future King
08:29 David Enters Saul's Service
09:58 Conclusion and Reflection

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Volume 3 — Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel–Kings

Kingdoms

Immerse: Kingdoms is the third of six volumes in Immerse: The Bible Reading Experience. Kingdoms presents a new and unique journey through the story of Israel from the time of its conquest of Canaan (Joshua) through its struggle to settle the land (Judges, Ruth) and the establishment of Israel’s kingdom, which ends in a forced exile (Samuel–Kings). The nation of Israel, commissioned to be God’s light to the nations, falls to division and then foreign conquest for rejecting God’s rule.