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When you need to use the euphemism
King Saul wasn’t pleased with David’s success; he decided to chase after him in order to kill him. In 1 Samuel 24 David and his people hid in a cave in the wilderness of En Gedi. The cave in the history of the world is a place where miracles happens, the place where the man [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]