{"id":59877,"date":"2019-07-21T16:14:53","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T13:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=59877"},"modified":"2023-02-13T16:57:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T14:57:09","slug":"what-goes-around-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/what-goes-around-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What Goes Around\u2026"},"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":[834,391],"acf":{"old_id":"59877","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":34243,"related_cahpter":"267","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Another (somewhat gruesome) example of David\u2019s honoring of Saul and the monarchy","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since our introduction to David back in 1 Samuel 16, we have been able to observe the consistency of his character. He was loyal to those who took his side, antagonistic, even vindictive, towards those who opposed him, and, above all else, he demanded respect for the institution he personified\u2014the monarchy. Those who expected to curry favor with him by disparaging Saul\u2014like the Amalekite in chapter 1 who told him that he had hastened his demise\u2014ended up incurring his wrath instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this chapter, we have a reprise of this tendency. Baanah and Rechab, captains in Saul\u2019s army (and, by implication of v. 2, fellow Benjaminites and, perhaps, even relatives), turned against Ish-Boshet and delivered his head to David\u2014quite literally\u2014in apparent expectation of a reward. David taught them a lesson via a <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kal va-homer<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a fortiori reasoning): If I exacted a price from one who reported Saul\u2019s death, a matter that occurred during a pitched battle, how much more so will I punish you who have taken a life under peaceful circumstances (10-11). Not only were they executed, but they were dismembered, a gruesome act of public shaming reminiscent of Adoni Bezek who would shame his defeated opponents by cutting off their fingers and toes\u00a0 (Judges 1:6), and then their corpses were put on public display, similar to the postmortem hanging of Haman and sons (Esther 9).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, yet another foreshadowing occurs, as we learn about Mephi-Boshet,* son of Jonathan, who was crippled when his nurse dropped him in her haste to escape David\u2019s expected vengeance. He is of no present consequence, but will reappear later in the book (chapter 9).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*Arguably (like Ish-Boshet), yet another symbolic name. 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