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Saul\u2019s next campaign, here in chapter 14, borrows and rearranges elements from another story in Judges \u2013 the story of Jephthah. Like Jephthah (who, incidentally, gained his position of leadership by defeating the Ammonites, like Saul after him), Saul made a vow that doomed his own child to die.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each of these variations alludes to prior events but removes their tragic sting. Saul\u2019s campaign against the Ammonites resembles the Israelite campaign against his own tribe in Judges 20-21, but forges a wholly different kind of unity. In Judges, the people united around torn human flesh; Saul rallies them around torn oxen. In Judges, they cemented their unity by vowing to kill whoever wouldn\u2019t join them; Saul cements the people\u2019s unity by vowing to destroy the property of those who wouldn\u2019t join them \u2013 not their lives. Most importantly, in Judges the Israelites united to kill some of their own; Saul, by contrast, united the people to save an Israelite city &#8212; the very city that the Israelites destroyed due to their vow in Judges. Similarly, when Saul prepares to execute his son the people intervene and break the pattern. They declare that \u201cnot a hair of his head shall fall to the ground!&#8221; (14:45), and stop Saul from following in Jephthah\u2019s footsteps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While both variations alter the previous stories in ways that allow a happy ending, Saul plays profoundly different roles in each reprise. In chapter 11, he is the man who breaks the older, tragic pattern. In chapter 14 Saul becomes part of the problematic pattern, and it falls to the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;am<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 the nation \u2013 to make the crucial change instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The difference between Saul\u2019s roles in these variations illuminates both his decline \u2013 and his success. The man who started his reign by showing initiative and leadership can no longer think outside the box. He will assume an increasingly reactive role in coming chapters, leaving the stage clear for the boldness of a young shepherd with a sling and five smooth stones. But at the same time, the mere fact that the people act as one to save Jonathan demonstrates Saul\u2019s lasting success. The unity he forged against Ammon survived beyond that one first battle. 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