{"id":58883,"date":"2019-07-07T06:53:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T03:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=58883"},"modified":"2023-01-29T17:04:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T15:04:23","slug":"the-power-of-proverbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-power-of-proverbs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power Of Proverbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[363,899],"acf":{"old_id":"58883","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33877,"related_cahpter":"256","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"David\u2019s \u201cAncient Proverb\u201d combines the power of Scripture with the pithiness of a once popular adage","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our chapter finds David and his men hiding out in a cave in the area of En-Gedi. In a wonderfully dramatic scene, King Saul enters the same cave to relieve himself. David\u2019s men urge him to take this apparently \u201cGod-given\u201d opportunity to kill Saul, who has been seeking to kill David. But \u201cDavid went and stealthily cut off the corner of Saul\u2019s cloak\u2026He said to his men, \u2018The Lord forbid that I should do such a thing to my lord\u2014the Lord\u2019s anointed\u2014that I should raise my hand against him; for he is the Lord\u2019s anointed.\u2019 David rebuked his men and did not permit them to attack Saul\u201d (24:5-8).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Saul leaves the cave, David calls after him that he could well have killed him: \u201cMay the Lord judge between you and me! And may He take vengeance upon you for me, but my hand will never touch you. As the ancient proverb has it: \u2018Wicked deeds come from wicked men!\u2019 My hand will never touch you\u201d (verses 13-14). David\u2019s courageously sparing Saul\u2019s life, when he had a chance, succeeds in assuaging the king\u2019s fear that David will usurp the monarchy. Saul admits: \u201cI know now that you will become king, and that the kingship over Israel will remain in your hands\u201d (verse 21). At the end of our chapter, David and Saul part company reconciled, at least for the moment (verse 23, compare chapter 26 and on).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u201cancient proverb\u201d (<em>Mashal Ha-Qadmoni<\/em>) \u201cwicked deeds come from wicked men!\u201d is used by David to convince Saul that he has no intention of killing him, for David proclaims that he is not one of the \u201cwicked men\u201d who would take advantage of such a natural human situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Rashi on I Samuel 24:14, David\u2019s <em>Mashal Ha-Qadmoni<\/em> should be understood as \u201cThe Proverb of the Ancient One of the World (<em>Qadmono shel \u2018Olam<\/em>), the Torah, which is the Proverb of the Holy One, Blessed be He\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Midrash (Song of Songs Rabbah 1:1) elaborates on this and other biblical proverbs: \u201cYou find cases of a righteous father begetting a righteous son, a wicked father begetting a wicked son, a righteous father begetting a wicked son, and a wicked father begetting a righteous son. And each finds confirmation in a verse of Scripture, in a proverb, and in a rhetorical expression (<em>melitzah<\/em>)\u2026That a wicked father may beget a wicked son finds confirmation in Scripture, as it says: \u201cAnd now you, a breed of sinful men, have replaced your fathers, to add still further to the Lord\u2019s wrath against Israel\u201d (Numbers 32:14). This is further confirmed in a proverb: \u201cAs the ancient proverb has it: \u2018Wicked deeds come from wicked men!\u2019\u201d (I Samuel 24:14). And similarly, in a rhetorical expression: \u2018Whatever the <em>harpushita<\/em>\u2019 (some kind of pest) spawns, the <em>qarutzi<\/em> (some kind of vermin) is worse\u2019\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David\u2019s \u201cAncient Proverb\u201d combines the power of Scripture with the pithiness of a once popular adage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image: \u201cMashal Hakadmoni\u201d &#8211; Isaac ben Salomon Abi Sahula, Mashal ha-Kadmoni, Frankfurt an der Oder, 1693. 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