“Avner the son of Ner, commander of Sha’ul’s army, had taken Ish-Boshet the son of Sha’ul, brought him over to Machanayim, and made him king over Gil‘ad, the Ashuri, Yizre‘el, Efrayim, Binyamin and all Israel.”-2 Samuel 2:8-9 So we’re told that Ishbosheth became king over Gilead, the Asherites, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all of Israel. […]
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2S2-15: Why Judaism Honors Critical Thinking While Christianity Prefers Conformity
Yesterday, I shared some rabbinical reasoning on why Avner made Ishboshesh king when he knew Israel’s throne was already reserved for David. The ancient Hebrew sages say that two kings had to come from Jacob’s loins based on the following verse in the Book of Genesis: “And God said to him, ‘I am God Almighty; […]