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The death of Saul- part 1
In 1 Samuel 31 there is a description of Saul’s death. Saul saw that his three sons died by the philistines, and he was afraid of them, as written in 1 Samuel 31:2-3- “וַיַּדְבְּקוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים, אֶת-שָׁאוּל וְאֶת-בָּנָיו; וַיַּכּוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים, אֶת-יְהוֹנָתָן וְאֶת-אֲבִינָדָב וְאֶת-מַלְכִּישׁוּעַ–בְּנֵי שָׁאוּל. וַתִּכְבַּד הַמִּלְחָמָה אֶל-שָׁאוּל, וַיִּמְצָאֻהוּ הַמּוֹרִים אֲנָשִׁים בַּקָּשֶׁת; וַיָּחֶל מְאֹד, מֵהַמּוֹרִים.” “And the [...]
Unearthed: An Evil Episode in Jeremiah’s Life
Photo: Gabi Laron, Institute of Archeology, The Hebrew University. Courtesy of Dr. Eilat Mazar Another biblical personality was unearthed this month in the City of David’s on-going excavation in Jerusalem. This time, it was a Minister by the name of Gedaliah Ben Pashur. His name appears along with three other Ministers in Jeremiah 38:1 (Shephatiah, [...]
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The death of Saul- part 2
In 1 Samuel 31 it is clear that Saul killed himself because he was afraid of the Philistines. However, if we are reading 2 Samuel 1, we can learn a different story about Saul’s death. Some will say that the story in the 2 Samuel 1 is very ironic, because according to the verses that [...]