{"id":61042,"date":"2019-08-13T13:51:41","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T10:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=61042"},"modified":"2023-03-06T11:30:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T09:30:40","slug":"david-battles-the-philistine-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/david-battles-the-philistine-giants\/","title":{"rendered":"David Battles The Philistine Giants"},"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":[834,893,363],"acf":{"old_id":"61042","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33877,"related_cahpter":"284","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"But this time he needs help!","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The final part of our chapter (verses 15-22) relates David\u2019s continuing battles with the Philistines, beginning with one of the remaining Philistine giants: <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Again war broke out between the Philistines and Israel, and David and the men with him went down and fought the Philistines. David grew weary. And Ishbi-benob tried to kill David. He was a descendant of the Raphah [i.e. the \u201cRephaim\u201d \u2013 giants, see Deuteronomy 2:11, Joshua 11:22]. <br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and he wore new armor. But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David\u2019s aid. He attacked the Philistine and killed him. It was then that David\u2019s men declared to him on oath, \u2018You shall not go with us into battle any more, lest you extinguish the lamp of Israel (i.e. King David himself)!\u2019\u201d (verses 15-17).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Significantly, the story of David began with his vanquishing the Philistine giant, Goliath (1 Samuel, Chapter 17), and now comes full circle with his again facing another Philistine giant. However, in our chapter, King David, now growing old and tired, needs the assistance of his soldiers and particularly the aid of Abishai, his nephew and leader of David\u2019s forces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The medieval Midrash <em>Al Yithallel<\/em> elaborates dramatically on David\u2019s battle with the Philistine giant, Ishbi-benob. \u201c\u2018Let not the strong man glory in his strength\u2019\u201d (Jeremiah 9:23). This refers to David, who when fighting would kill eight hundred at a time (see 2 Samuel 23:8). And he would brag that there was none like him in the world. So, the Holy One, blessed be He, caused a deer to run before David, which he ran after. The land sped before him until it brought him to Ishbi-benob. The giant immediately grabbed David, cast him into the bottom of a cellar and sat on it to break him. Whereupon, David cried out to God: \u2018Widen my steps under me!\u2019 (Psalms 18:37). When Ishbi-benob had finished eating, he took up David and would throw him up into the air threatening to impale him on the point of his spear. In the meanwhile, a dove told Abishai that David was in trouble. Abishai mounted one of David\u2019s mules and came to his rescue. He fought off Ishbi-benob and killed him. Then Abishai brought David, weak and exhausted, to Jerusalem. This resulted in Israel swearing to King David: \u2018You shall not go with us into battle any more, lest you extinguish the lamp of Israel\u2019\u201d (21:17).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>image:\u00a0Osmar Schindler, &#8220;David und Goliath&#8221;, 1888 (detail) \/ wikimedia<\/p>\n","image":{"ID":61043,"id":61043,"title":"2sam21-schindler_goliath","filename":"2sam21-schindler_goliath.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2sam21-schindler_goliath.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/david-battles-the-philistine-giants\/2sam21-schindler_goliath\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"2sam21-schindler_goliath","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":61042,"date":"2019-08-13 10:51:25","modified":"2020-09-23 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