great!!! Thoroughly enjoyed every page of the book. I have loved this series and look forward to the last installment. Recommend for sure.

such a powerful readAnother 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 Great Book in the Davidic Chronicles Series Once again, I found myself generally captivated in the Davidic Chronicles. That said, there were two things a bit different in this one. First, the interpretation of events not in the Bible didn't resonate with me as well as they did in the first three books, and there were times I wasn't quite as enthralled as I was in the earlier books.To be certain, both of these statements are really nitpicking. I did struggle to put this down, so the story no doubt held my interest, and regarding the interpretation of events not resonating with me: that's a very personal thing, and I feel the scriptural components were still true to the Bible with a good story filling in the rest.It's absolutely a book you should read, especially if you like adventure and story of deep inward battles. It's a really good way to bring David and the other characters in the story to life too.Now on to book five ...

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.

Delivered- A Wonderful Read The ease of reading and thoughtful pose give this story a plausible truth. Thank you for bringing the stories of David to life in such a manner to capture one’s full attention & delight.

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.

love the stories I enjoy reading and becoming part of the stories surrounding David. Brings a sense of reality to our most loved Bible stories.

Great continuation of the life of David.

Once again The excellent story continues. The evolution of David from shepherd to warrior king is well told. Characters are well done, and the story is riveting.

I have really enjoyed reading this series. Saul really was a mad man. On to #5

Fast pacedVery good series. I appreciate the scripture references. While it stays accurate to the bible, it fleshes out the characters so we'll!

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!

Just read it Extraordinarily extraordinary! A brilliant construction from beginning to end. Makes one understand the face of true faith. Just read it.

Loved the interpretation The biblical facts sometimes leave much interpretation of them to each reader's imagination. If not imagined, the facts are most likely simply overlooked.The humanity of the author's characters are easily accepted as plausible and help fill in my mind questions of how the Bible story got from point A to point B. I know fiction does not become biblical but this fiction helps the Bible become more relatable to us mere humans full of our own flaws.Looking forward to the next book in this series.

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.

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.

Great ReadGreg 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.

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.

Live the history yourself with this engaging book. This next installment of the Davidic Chronicles describes war strategy, authentic scenes and details painstaking researched by the author. As with the previous novels in the series the author brings you into the situation and you feel the emotions of the characters and visualize what the characters are seeing. Very descriptive and holds your attention. It personalizes the less known men and women recorded in the Bible and allows you to live the relationships they had with David.

Saul the promise breakerSaul 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.

Too much, too good to write in a short comment Through Greg Baker’s talented writing skills you can feel the intensity of David’s life. Running from a possessed king, staying true to God, yet challenged to keep his own sanity, flanked by local followers, but thrown into violent battle, you’ll feel the drama of it all. There’s love, piety, and faith that remind us how David rode from struggles to lead God’s Chosen nation and from his seed to produce one day the Messiah. Read the Davidic Chronicle series from the beginning.

David in the desert King Saul's continuing mental battle against David to keep his throne...what will his sons do? What will his daughters do?

Captivating portrayal of David's struggles and responsibilities while on the run from King Saul The greatest tribute one can give an author is their ability to take a few documented facts of a person’s life and develop a novel interjecting extra credible (but fictional) events that link the facts together and hold the interest of the reader. Now, add the final ingredient that the person is a well known Old Testament figure, the boy who slew Goliath and eventually became the king of Israel, David. Greg Baker is that author. Delivered is the 4th book in the Davidic Chronicles. It can be read on its own, but it’s more beneficial to start with the first three books. Baker’s writing style sucks you in and keeps you turning the pages hoping you can at least get in another chapter before you have to stop reading. I hope he finishes book 5 quickly.

An EXCELLENT Historical Novel Based on True Events. I think I finished these first 4 books in slightly less than 3 days; that's how good they are!The author sticks close to the book of 1 Samuel of the Bible, in fact gives references and footnotes for scenes and quotations. Here fills in the story of what "might have" been going on around these passages, what David was thinking, why he did certain things, etc. It really brings the ancient tale to life, while keeping to what's already been written. It takes reall talent to bring these tales so alive that I had to pull up my bible to see where these things were being said or done. I'm in awe of Mr. Baker's writing abilities. I was disappointed that book 5 wasn't out yet, I'll be first in line for it when it's ready! An EXCELLENT historical novel based on true events.