“Mountains of Gilboa — may there be on you no dew, no rain, no fields with good crops; because there the shields of the heroes were dishonored, the shield of Sha’ul was no longer rubbed with oil.“ -2 Samuel 1:21 I wanna show you something interesting in the last part of verse 21. The Complete […]

“Mountains of Gilboa — may there be on you no dew, no rain, no fields with good crops; because there the shields of the heroes were dishonored, the shield of Sha’ul was no longer rubbed with oil.” -2 Samuel 1:21 Over the next couple of days, let’s take a look at this grand eulogy that […]

“Then David pronounced this lament over Sha’ul and over Y’honatan his son, in order to teach the people of Y’hudah [not to underestimate] archery (the lament has been written down in the book of Yashar):”-2 Samuel 1:17-18 In verse 18, we’re told that David’s beautiful eulogy was recorded in the SEFER YASHAR or the “Book […]

“Then David pronounced this lament over Sha’ul and over Y’honatan his son, in order to teach the people of Y’hudah [not to underestimate] archery (the lament has been written down in the book of Yashar):”-2 Samuel 1:17-18 We’re told David did a special thing to commemorate Saul’s death. He was so moved he composed a […]

In the story about the Amalekite messenger killing Saul, we have a problem. It differs from the account of the same story in 1st Samuel 31. If you recall, in 1st Samuel 31, we’re told Saul didn’t get killed by anyone. Instead, he killed himself because his armor bearer refused to kill him, even though […]