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As we pointed out at that time (chapters 16-17), David first appears before Saul as a lute player who succeeded in calming him whenever he was possessed of \u201can evil spirit\u201d (16:23). It was surprising, then, to discover in the very next chapter that as David defeated Goliath and decapitated him, Saul turned to Abner, his chief of staff, and asked \u201cwho is this lad\u2019s father?\u201d and Abner replied \u201cI swear I have no idea\u201d (17:55). When David eventually appeared before Saul, Goliath\u2019s head in hand, the king asked him directly and he replied \u201cI am your servant David son of Jesse the Bethlehemite\u201d (57). An exegetical suggestion to resolve this contradiction focuses on the emphasis placed on obtaining the name of David\u2019s father. While David was assumedly well-known to Saul and his entourage, his remarkable victory over Goliath invited some sort of royal promotion and that required knowledge of his lineage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subsequently, we got another, albeit oblique, glimpse into Saul\u2019s preoccupation with parentage when he rebuked his own son Jonathan as a \u201cson of perverse rebellion\u201d who, on account of his friendship with and support for David, was guilty of \u201cshaming your mother\u2019s nakedness\u201d (20:30).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this chapter, we can obtain yet another perspective. While David continued to refer to his relationship with Saul as one of servitude to a master (17, 18, 19), Saul referred to David three times as \u201cmy son\u201d (17, 21, 25).\u00a0 Having previously declared David a traitorous rebel and put a price on his head, Saul now seems to exhibit a greater paternal affinity towards his erstwhile nemesis than he has displayed towards his own offspring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NB &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addressing Saul, David made a strange accusation against his pursuers, claiming that \u201c[a] they have driven me out this day that I should not cleave unto the inheritance of the Lord, saying: [b] Go, serve other gods\u201d (19). The explicit equivalence between the two halves of the sentence persuaded the Talmud to declare that \u201cWhosoever resides in the Diaspora [a], resembles one who is godless [b]\u201d (Ketubot 110b).<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":59057,"id":59057,"title":"isam26-father penguin","filename":"isam26-father-penguin.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/isam26-father-penguin.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/sauls-preoccupation-with-paternity-and-parentage\/isam26-father-penguin\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"isam26-father-penguin","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":59056,"date":"2019-07-08 18:26:06","modified":"2019-07-08 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