Pastor James Coffey: Seeking God’s Vision & Restoring Faith
About this episode
Pastor James Coffey, lead pastor of The Harbor Church in Lafayette, Tennessee, joins Philip Cameron in the studio to unpack the prophetic word God gave him for the new year — and it carries a message for every believer who feels like they've lost ground. Drawing from 1 Samuel 30, James traces David's devastating moment at Ziklag — a name that literally means "the place of being pressed down" — and shows how David's story mirrors the spiritual condition of many families, churches, and ministries today. James reveals that God gave him three words heading into the new year: pursue, advance, and expand. "If you will pursue my presence and advance my kingdom, I will expand your borders," the Holy Spirit told him. He unpacks how David had been fighting battles he was never called to fight, settling in a place of suppression, until the Amalekites — whose name means "vision of doubt" and "the severed eye" — stole everything. Yet when David inquired of the Lord, God didn't just answer yes or no. He gave a promise: "Pursue — you shall surely overtake them, and without fail, recover all." This episode is a timely prophetic word for anyone who has experienced loss, distraction, or a severed vision. Learn more about The Harbor Church at theharbortennesee.org.
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Quotes worth sharing
“He said, if you will pursue my presence and advance my kingdom, I will expand your borders.”
“David recovered all. And so he takes off in pursuit, but he's no longer pursuing the enemy. He's pursuing the promise.”
“While David is in despair, he has no idea — he is about 72 hours away from being named king.”
What's Discussed
Pastor James Coffey of The Harbor Church in Lafayette, Tennessee shares the three-word prophetic mandate God gave him for the new year: pursue, advance, and expand. Preaching from 1 Samuel 30, he unpacks David's crisis at Ziklag — a Hebrew name meaning 'the place of being pressed down' — where the Amalekites (whose name means 'vision of doubt' and 'the severed eye') stole everything while David fought battles he was never called to fight. When David inquired of the Lord through the ephod, God responded not with a yes or no sign but with a direct promise: pursue, surely overtake, and without fail recover all. Coffey connects this to the simultaneous transition of power from Saul to David, arguing that many believers are within 72 hours of their breakthrough without knowing it.
- God's Three Words: Pursue, Advance, Expand
- David's Crisis at Ziklag Explained
- The Meaning of Ziklag and the Amalekites
- David Inquires Through the Ephod
- God's Promise to Recover All
- Pursuing the Promise Not the Enemy
- David's Simultaneous Breakthrough as King
Scripture in this episode
Episode Transcript
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Intro
Philip:Hey, welcome to Daily Faith Today. My name is Philip Cameron, and I am delighted you are with us today. We have got a great show. Normally when I have guests on the program, they're somewhere else in a remote location. But today we've got a pastor friend who is in our studio, and we're just so delighted to have James Coffey with us. You're gonna love this man. He has a vision and a passion for the church, not just doing church, but being the church. There is a world of difference. Many churches are just doing church.
Philip:Everything is, they keep it as shallow as possible so we can kinda skip along the surface, feel good about ourselves, go there for 58 minutes and 30 seconds before you go out the door again and the next crew is coming back in. But I believe in the days we're living in and the days that are to come, I believe we need a church that's alive, on fire, connected to this world. We are the salt and light of this world. And if the salt loses its savor, then the whole thing is just a waste of time.
Philip:So we are just delighted to have him with us in the studio today. And we don't know where you're watching us from, but in Tennessee, we are right on the shoulder of the Appalachians here. And we've had the last week being cold, snowing and ice, and the telling is that this coming weekend is gonna be worse again. So for all the pastors in the area, I'm kind of sorry for them because it seems to — I don't mind having bad weather Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, as long as it goes away by Saturday so they can have church on Sunday. So we are having a great time of it.
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Philip:And all of our programs are there. And our main base of operation, if you call it that, is dailyfaith.tv. And once again, you can go there and you can find a program — pretty much anything you're going through, we've already dealt with it on Daily Faith TV and you can find it there in their catalog. And so we're just gonna have a great time today. Now listen, this is really important: where there's no vision, people perish. Where there's no plan, people perish.
Philip:Everything you do in your life is made more efficient and more effective when you decide, this is what I'm going to do. And once you form the direction of your travel, then God starts adding to you and encouraging you and educating you how to get to your journey. And so in our mission work, we always start out with no money. We always start out with nothing but a vision. I know what I'm doing, I know where I'm going. And as soon as you stand up to do that, some things begin to change.
Philip:We were in a church this last weekend and we were just sharing what God's doing. And we're just brand new, starting on this in January. And this lovely couple came up and said, God spoke to us to help you. And they gave an amazing gift, because you're sounding a certain sound. And the reason why most people don't succeed and the reason why most churches don't succeed is because it's a fuzzy vision. And we are gonna be talking about that today. If you love your pastor, go call him and say, watch this young pastor that is really doing incredible stuff in a wee town not far from where our studio is today. And we are just delighted to have you. Listen, I'm so glad you're here. Welcome to Daily Faith.
Philip:Hey, my friend, welcome to Daily Faith. My name is Philip Cameron and we are here because the Lord wanted us to meet today. And we've got information and stuff to share in your life you can download to help you be more effective and efficient in the kingdom of God. We are living in the last days. You don't have to be a genius to understand that the days we are living in — it has never been like this before. And we need to have our eyes open and our ears open for the trumpet sound. And as we are coming into this new year,
Philip:I do the same thing in our ministry. Every year I'll say to the staff, look at everything. Check everything, check how much we're paying for the insurance companies, check how much we're doing this. And we literally have a review of all that we're doing. And almost every time we'll come and say, oh, we can save some money there and we can do something better there. And by doing so, you're sharpening the blade of the ministry, you're making yourself more efficient. And so we are gonna be talking about that today. And I believe that God's going to give you some insights as to how you can help your family be more efficient for the kingdom of God and your church.
Philip:We wanna welcome a whole bunch of new stations. CTN stations, WCLF in Tampa — we are on there every Thursday at 6:30 PM. WFGC in West Palm Beach — hey, West Palm Beach, we are loving the response we're getting from West Palm Beach every Monday night at seven o'clock. WRXY in Fort Myers, Wednesdays at one o'clock in the afternoon. We love Fort Myers, we love First Assembly. And we just are so glad to be part of your life. Let us know if you're watching us, I'd really like to know that. And WKWHB in Tulsa, Oklahoma, both on Saturdays and Sundays at two o'clock in the afternoon. And we are just so glad that you are with us. Integrity Network, Journey Network, WGGS Network. And in Louisiana and Georgia, all of our dear friends, we are so grateful to God for the kindness that you have shown our ministry and for being partners with us in our mission work in Moldova and Ukraine.
Philip:35 years ago, I was sitting in my house then in Alabama and my dad called me and said that our baby is dying. And I said, what are you talking about? And he said, our baby's dying. And he'd been watching the BBC when Romania and East Germany and Czechoslovakia all leapt for freedom from the communist influence of the Soviet Union. And in those countries, this horrendous disease of orphanages — they were killing their babies. And my dad was watching this and he said, I want you to go.
Philip:And he nagged me until I finally went, not realizing when I got there that in salon number five, upstairs on the right-hand side in the orphanage, a wee boy was waiting for me. He was three years of age. And when I walked in that room, God said, that's your son. And I adopted him. It took me a year to adopt him. And in that year we put in new beds, put in a new roof, fixed up the whole orphanage and changed the world. They had no toilets. They sat on coffee cans, they were open with the old-fashioned can openers.
Philip:And God used that year to get into my heart that it's only what you do for those that can do nothing for you that is the real blessing of God. And I adopted that wee boy. In fact, he's sitting — I can see him right now. His name is Andrew, and he has inspired me to keep on going. And we have a tremendous ministry right now in Ukraine and Moldova. In Moldova we've got a crazy place called Vatra Village. It's a village of six houses that are right on the largest lake in the nation. These houses were built originally for rich people to have a summer home on the lake. And they had lots of algae in it, and they poisoned the lake with chloride to kill the algae. And this project was given up and we bought it. And we have young women and young men that come.
Philip:Every girl you're looking at — if a trafficker gets them, they can earn $300,000 a year for the trafficker. And we take them into these homes, we put them back in school, tell them if you're born, God has a plan. And these kids that were once orphans are now turning from orphans to sons and daughters and become missionaries. And my wife Chrissy and my eldest daughter Melody are there as I'm speaking to you right this second. They are out in villages, in orphanages, giving out Christmas gifts with those very kids. And we need you to help us to make this miracle happen.
Philip:Just the other day, they sent me a video — the end-of-year report. They do this for me. And it was just so good that I have to share it with you. Watch this.
Philip:And that, my friend, is the miracle of redemption. And when you become part of the Orphan's Hands family, you are helping us transform people. The Bible said, if you cast your bread upon the water, it shall return. And folks said, well, there are needs here in America. And I absolutely know that and we help here also. But there's something about — Jesus didn't say go into all the world beginning only in Jerusalem and Judea. He says, and Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria and the uttermost parts of the earth.
Philip:So if you get caught up only around you, then your vision can shrink. If we love the fact that we can do everything, we can reach the whole world for Jesus. And everything you've watched — all these homes and all these kids are all there because someone somewhere gave a dollar a day. You can change a life for a dollar a day. You can't even buy a Coke for a dollar a day anymore. And we are looking for folks — we are about to open two new homes and we need a whole bunch of new support for these homes.
Philip:Every home we open takes 300 people giving a dollar a day. So if you could help us and be part with us, by doing so you can make a miracle happen in someone's life. What you make happen for someone else, God will take it back into your life. If you've got unsaved loved ones, if you've got family members that are breaking your heart and you're saying, God, I want my family saved — help us save a family that has no one to talk about Jesus to them. Help us go into their home and literally feed them and clothe them and bring them wood. Those great big bags of wood that we have — we buy them from a factory over there that creates warmth for a whole month.
Philip:And by doing so, it allows us — you can go to someone that's starving and freezing and say Jesus loves you, it just doesn't work. But if you come in there and you bring them clothes and you bring them food and you bring them warmth, they are willing to sit down and hear what you have got to say. So let the Lord talk to your heart. There are folks watching just now that can say, we'll be a part of this. We can give a dollar a day. Most everyone can believe God for a dollar a day to help us. And our business folk watching just now, they can absolutely transform the ministry by one gift.
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Philip:If you'd like to be a part with us in the kingdom of God, we really need you. We intend this year to be a catch-up year and a breakthrough year. Last year was a struggle and the whole country, I think, was in a bit of a rise last year. But I believe that this is a brand new year and we are planning and we are believing God for great things. And my guest today, James Coffey, is with me. He is pastor of The Harbor in Lafayette, Tennessee. A tremendous church, boxing way above his weight — has more folk than he should and deserves, but God's giving him blessings anyway. And James, I'm delighted to have you with us.
James Coffey:I'm blessed to be here. Thank you so much for having me. I'm really — you got me thinking with this today about having a plan and having a focus on what we're doing.
Philip:Yes. And you've been doing that at the church. Tell us what the Lord's been showing you about this new year and this new season we're coming into.
James Coffey:Well, you know, watching and listening today to what you guys are doing right now, I feel like the words that God has been speaking to us coming into this year relate to so many other ministries and so many other churches and families. Every year going into the end of a year, you're kind of reviewing and assessing where you've been, what God has done, heading into the new year. One thing that we have done — our church is now 10 years old. We celebrated 10 years old this last year. And one thing that my wife and I do every year is we begin to seek the face of God at the end of the year and ask him, what is the specific thing that you're wanting us to focus on this year?
God's Three Words: Pursue, Advance, Expand
James Coffey:And so every year coming into the year, he will tend to give us a word and we will kind of —
Philip:Isn't it amazing — it never ceases to amaze me — when you seek God for a word, he gives it to you. And the reason folks are saying, oh, I wish we knew what we were doing — ask him. He's got plenty of ideas. Trust me, he knows what he wants to do. It's just putting yourself out there to seek.
James Coffey:Absolutely. It just so happens that the living Word specializes in a word that is the truth. And so if you ask him — and so we've done that for the last few years. Coming into this year, it was very interesting. God spoke three words to us this year. The first day we were speaking, my wife and I — it was right after Christmas, she said, what is it that you feel like God is saying this year? And I said, he's giving me two words: pursue and advance. Hallelujah. And I said, it's echoing in my spirit — pursue my presence and advance my kingdom. Hallelujah. Now that sounds simplistic and it sounds like, well, don't we do that every year? But specifically he was giving me details. But the next day we had this conversation —
James Coffey:The very next day, we were talking and I came back to her. I had spent that morning praying in my office, and the Holy Spirit spoke to me very clearly, and it was a still small voice. He said, if you will pursue my presence and advance my kingdom, I will expand your borders. Hallelujah. And so that was the three words that we took to our church this year to start this year. I said, he's giving us three things that we are to focus on, and that is pursue, advance, and he will expand. Pursue his presence, advance his kingdom, he will expand our borders.
James Coffey:And as he was speaking that to me, I was preparing for the first Sunday of the year. I could not shake it, and I'd preached from the text many times and I'd heard the text preached many times — 1 Samuel chapter 30, where David is in Ziklag. And you know, many of you know the story where David is out to battle and he comes home and the Bible says all of their wives and their children had been kidnapped, all of their possessions. And the reason why was because David had been fighting for the Philistines, not against the Philistines.
David's Crisis at Ziklag Explained
Philip:Mm-hmm. And when he killed Goliath, the deal was, if I kill your champion, you'll serve us. If you kill me, we'll serve you. And David should never have been working for the Philistines in the first place. And that's how you lose your family.
James Coffey:He was fighting battles he did not have to fight.
Philip:Absolutely.
James Coffey:And it's so interesting that you bring that up because it goes right into what he began to show me. I've preached from this text many times. They come home and all their possessions are stolen, everything that matters to them is gone. And the scripture says the city had been burnt with fire. And everybody's upset and they're devastated and they're contemplating killing David. And it says he sits down, he encourages himself in the Lord, he calls for the high priest, he asks for the ephod. And so as God is pointing this out, I'm looking at the obvious things in this text, and then all of a sudden I begin to notice specific words. And the way that — like I said, it's amazing how the living Word uses words.
Philip:Absolutely. Yes.
James Coffey:And there are a couple of things that begin to stand out to me in this text that over the last 25 years of preaching, it had never really stood out to me before. The first thing that I noticed is Ziklag. The scripture doesn't really tell us a whole lot about Ziklag until David comes along and this story takes place. The word Ziklag literally means the place of being pressed down.
Philip:Wow.
James Coffey:And the Bible says that David and his men — he's anointed, he's called, he has a purpose, he has a promise — but it says he settled in a place called Ziklag, a place of suppression. And while he is settling in this place, and like you said, he's being distracted, fighting battles he didn't have to fight, he wasn't called to fight these battles. And while he's gone, scripture says not only does an army come in and invade the land and steal everything that he has, it says the Amalekites. And that stood out to me. So I went back and I began — of course, the Amalekites were descendants of Amalek. And the name Amalek has different meanings. Primarily it has two meanings. Number one, it is vision of doubt, and the second meaning is the severed eye.
The Meaning of Ziklag and the Amalekites
James Coffey:And so as that stood out to me, I look — he's settled in a place of being suppressed and being pressed down. And while he's there, he stays there, doubt comes along, the eye of doubt comes in, and the vision is severed. And they come back home and it seems like they've lost everything because they've been fighting battles they didn't have to fight. He's in this place of discouragement, and now the vision is gone and the doubt has crept in.
Philip:Your family is gone.
James Coffey:Your family, your children are paying the price of your decision. And that's a hard place.
Philip:Absolutely.
James Coffey:And I think that there are a lot of people, whether it's in business or it's in ministry or it's family, whatever the case may be, there are a lot of people — like you said, 2024 was a hard year for a lot of people. And some people's difficulties and their Ziklag may stretch way back beyond 2024. But I began to think about this and the Holy Spirit placed this upon my heart. And David did something when he's in this moment. And scripture says he encouraged himself in the Lord. It says he called for the ephod. Now, if you go back and you study the ephod, the ephod contained two stones. And this was something that they would require — when they were gonna inquire of the Lord, they would request it. The high priest would put on the ephod, and it had two stones that would illuminate.
James Coffey:And they would ask God yes or no questions, typically. Everything was right or left. And they would ask a question, and depending on how those two stones illuminated, that was their direction from God — I want you to go this way, I want you to go that way. So David calls and he asks two questions, and it's the same format of question they would typically ask. It was a yes or no question. He said, shall I pursue the enemy? Shall I pursue? And if I do, will I overtake them? And so he asks these two questions. He calls for the ephod, he gets the ephod. But something so interesting takes place in this story because when you read the text, you find God didn't answer him with a yes or no. As a matter of fact, he asked two questions, but God gives three responses.
David Inquires Through the Ephod
James Coffey:And as you read these three responses, God doesn't answer him with a yes or no. In other words, he's looking for a sign, but God gives him a word. God speaks directly. Because this is the response that God gives. He said, shall I pursue the enemy and will I overtake them? God's response is this: pursue, you shall surely overtake them, and without fail, recover all. Now there are a few things about this that stand out to me. He's asking, God, shall I pursue the enemy? And God tells him to pursue. But notice he doesn't say pursue the enemy. He says pursue. It's one word. And then he answers the second question.
James Coffey:This is why I believe he tells him one word, because he goes on beyond that and he answers the second question. Shall I overtake them? He said, you will surely overtake them. So he's giving him an abundance, he's giving him a confirmation and assurance. So it's not just an indicator. And then when he tells the third part, you know that this is a word and not just a sign. He said, you will without fail recover all. Because at this point, David and his men do not know — are my wives alive? Are my children alive? And in any marauding army in those days, and in these days as well, sadly, the first victims are the women.
Philip:Yes, absolutely. The pillage of the women — that's how you decimate your enemies.
James Coffey:It defeats them and crushes them on the inside, not just on the outside.
Philip:Yes, sir.
James Coffey:And God gives him this word and this promise, and he tells him, pursue. And he doesn't specify to pursue the enemy, because God is tired of him chasing the enemy. And that's what David has done. He's been following the field. God said, no, I want you to pursue, but this is what I want you to pursue. He gives him a promise. Hallelujah. You will surely overtake them. And without fail — he didn't even ask God for this — but God said, I'm gonna give you a promise. Without fail, you will recover all.
James Coffey:David recovered all. And so he takes off in pursuit, but he's no longer pursuing the enemy. He's pursuing the promise. And in the process of pursuing the promise, now that he's got his focus right, scripture says — if you go on — it says he goes down and he finds the Amalekites, they have all the spoil. He sees all the spoil and they are celebrating. They are dancing, they are celebrating over what they have taken. And the scripture is so specific, it says what they had taken from Judah. The praise. So what they had robbed the people of God of — it's still intact. God has protected it. It is there. The enemy is dancing and celebrating over it. And scripture says that David goes down, he slays them all the way to the next evening. He recovers all.
God's Promise to Recover All
James Coffey:And this is the interesting thing. Not only does he recover what they had lost, but the Bible says the Amalekites had also robbed the Philistines. So all the — he comes out with treasure and spoil that he didn't even have to fight for.
Philip:Isn't that amazing. What a word.
James Coffey:All he had to do was pursue the promise. There's someone watching today, and this is the answer that you've been asking God for. Listen to me. You've been distracted doing stuff you shouldn't have been doing. You've been supporting things that you ought not — you don't support the Philistines. The whole point of David going down to the valley and killing Goliath was to rid the Philistines out of the Israelites' world. And David used the anointing to kill Goliath and then used the anointing to fight for the enemy. And when you get caught up in cross purposes, you end up — you are gonna lose your family, you're gonna lose everything.
Philip:But the Bible says David inquired of the Lord. And I believe that this program that we're doing right now, God has sent this word from James to tell you that it's time to seek the Lord and say, I'm going to pursue, and everything the devil's taken from me is gonna be taken back.
Philip:Unspoiled. And David recovered all. And I speak prophetically to your life, and I pray for you in the name of Jesus, that your family is gonna be saved, your kids are gonna be saved. All the attempts of the enemy to destroy you and tear you down is going to be gone. And as James says, we're gonna pursue, advance, and expand. And this is great. We could keep on going. You get me all excited here, brother.
Pursuing the Promise Not the Enemy
James Coffey:And so that's what God had spoken to us — it's exactly what you see taking place in Ziklag. And I heard another minister say this in a message last year, and it speaks directly to this. He said, if you go back and you look at the timeline, because David had an anointing that had been placed upon him years before that he was going to be king. And he gets to this point of absolute devastation where everything has been taken and everything has been robbed. And he feels like he's in this point where he doesn't know what to do. So he encourages himself in that valley and he pursues the promise.
James Coffey:And then when you think about advancement, because it was all about the kingdom — God not only gave him back what he lost, he gave him the spoil he didn't fight for, so that he could go back and bless the other tribes. And this is where you think of expanding your borders. All of this takes place at the same time that David is battling the Amalekites — the battle that God had put right in his hands and said, pursue, even though you seem shorthanded, because 600 of your soldiers have now declined to 400.
Philip:Exhausted.
James Coffey:At the same time that this has taken place, Saul and Jonathan are on a battlefield and a transition of power is about to take place. And while David is in despair, he has no idea — he is about 72 hours away from being named king.
Philip:I've never thought of that before. He's that close.
James Coffey:So at the same time as he's fighting the Amalekites, getting the Philistine spoil, in another location Saul is about to die. And the guy — the kid's gonna come with a crown and say, I killed them, and here's your crown. So the multiplication of blessing, the multiplication of God's provision — when you have a focus and a vision, the Bible says when there is no vision, people perish. And nothing will get you vision quicker than your wife and your kids being stolen by the Amalekites.
David's Simultaneous Breakthrough as King
Philip:And God used the negative to make David a king. I'm telling you now, this year is gonna be a year of advancement for you. You are going to pursue, you are gonna expand. If you're a pastor watching, I speak expansion and vision and purpose. I know whom I have believed and I am persuaded that he is able to keep what I've committed. When it's committed, when it's a plan, when it's a vision, then God begins to bless.
Philip:I want you to get in contact with James. I believe that our pastors watching just now — this spoke to your heart. I believe that our families in this area, maybe locally watching this program — he pastors a church called The Harbor. It's on Jabo Pike in Lafayette. And you can get in contact with James through this website: www.theharbortennesee.org. And I encourage you to get in contact with him because I believe that God has given this great man of God a word.
James Coffey:Thank you so much for having me.
Philip:And we usually have screens where I'm talking to someone far away. Having someone in the studio — it's great. We're gonna have to do this more often.
James Coffey:It's a pleasure.
Philip:Listen, thank you for watching Daily Faith today. We appreciate your care and kindness for our ministry. God has a plan. I can feel this in my spirit, that this can be the year of your life in the name of Jesus. So contact us — Daily Faith, PO Box 25 in Clinton, Tennessee. And if you feel led to help us in this ministry that we're doing in Moldova and Ukraine right now, we are right in the middle of this war that's going on. And we just need folk like you to stand with us. We love you so much. We appreciate your time today, and we believe that you're gonna recover all in your life. In Jesus' name. Bye-bye.
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Common questions
What three words did God give Pastor James Coffey as his focus for the new year?
God gave Coffey the words pursue, advance, and expand. Specifically, he felt God saying: pursue my presence, advance my kingdom, and if you do those two things, I will expand your borders.
What does the word 'Ziklag' actually mean, and why does Pastor Coffey think it matters?
Coffey explains that Ziklag literally means 'the place of being pressed down.' He sees it as a warning about settling into a place of suppression — David was anointed and called, yet he chose to stay in Ziklag, which left him distracted and vulnerable to losing everything.
Who were the Amalekites in this story, and what does their name mean spiritually?
Coffey points out that the name Amalek carries two primary meanings: 'vision of doubt' and 'the severed eye.' He uses this to show that while David was stuck in Ziklag fighting the wrong battles, doubt crept in and severed his vision — costing him his family and possessions.
Why does Pastor Coffey say God told David to 'pursue' without specifying to pursue the enemy?
Coffey argues that God deliberately left the word 'pursue' open-ended because God was done with David chasing enemies. Instead, God was redirecting David to pursue the promise — and once David's focus shifted from the enemy to the promise, he not only recovered everything he lost but also gained spoil he never even fought for.
How close was David to becoming king when everything fell apart at Ziklag?
Coffey notes that at the very moment David was in his deepest despair at Ziklag, Saul and Jonathan were dying on a nearby battlefield. David was roughly 72 hours away from being named king — he had no idea that while he was fighting the Amalekites, the crown was already on its way to him.
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