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Traditionally there are seven female Biblical characters designated as prophetesses: Sarah, Miriam, Deborah, Hannah, Abigail, Huldah, and Esther. Hannah never speaks directly with God, and she never has a vision. So whence her prophetic status? That could stem from her prayer:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

He raises the poor from the dust, Lifts up the needy from the dunghill, Setting them with nobles, Granting them seats of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD\u2019s; He has set the world upon them\u201d (verse 8).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This verse might sound familiar. It appears in Psalms 113 (which is part of the liturgy in the Hallel service).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Samuel, Hannah\u2019s son, will anoint two kings, Saul and David. One might have thought that the first two kings of Israel would come from prominent families. Perhaps they would be wealthy \u2018power children\u2019 of other leaders at the time. Instead, both David and Saul come from smaller families. They were both lifted from the dust and set as nobles with seats of honor. King David cites Hannah\u2019s prayer perhaps as an acknowledgement that her prophecy came true. The text tacitly acknowledges this in the first verse of chapter 3: \u201cYoung Samuel was in the service of the LORD under Eli. In those days the word of the LORD was rare; prophecy was not widespread.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The prophecy of Hannah was special because it came at a time when God was not connected to the people and the people were not connected with God. Years later, through her son, Hannah\u2019s prophecies came true.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Our attention is drawn to the long speech by the unnamed man of God (a type of prophetic figure) to the priest Eli, condemning the gluttony and insincerity of his sons, and by extension of Eli himself (vv. 27-36). Such is not the manner by which priests should comport themselves.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

For their sins, the family of Eli will not continue in the priesthood, but instead, God will establish for Himself a <\/span>kohen ne\u02beeman<\/em> <\/span>\u2018faithful priest\u2019, with an envisioned <\/span>bayit ne\u02beeman<\/em> <\/span>\u2018enduring lineage\u2019 (lit. \u2018house\u2019), who will walk before the <\/span>mashiach<\/span><\/em> \u2018anointed one\u2019<\/span> (v. 35). The prophecy anticipates Zadok, who will emerge as the key priestly figure during the time of David and Solomon (2 Samuel 8:17, etc.; 1 Kings 4:4, etc.) and whose progeny will be considered by later Jewish tradition as the legitimate priestly lineage (Ezekiel 40:46, 43:19; 44:15; 48:11). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Note further the lexical linkages between our passage in 1 Samuel 2 and 2 Samuel 7:16, where a similar promise is made to David regarding eternal kingship:\u00a0<\/span>ne\u02beeman betcha<\/span><\/em> \u2018enduring will be your lineage\u2019 (lit. \u2018house\u2019). \u00a0In short, the biblical ideal, beginning here in 1 Samuel 2, envisions royal and priestly lines walking step-in-step throughout the ages as the model of ancient Israelite leadership.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In contrast to the prestige which will devolve upon the new priestly house, the next verse, v. 36, details what will happen to Eli\u2019s descendants. \u00a0Whoever remains of Eli\u2019s house will be poor and destitute, in search of the smallest <\/span>\u02beagorat kesef<\/span><\/em> \u2018payment of silver\u2019 and the most basic <\/span>kikkar le\u1e25em<\/em> <\/span>\u2018loaf of bread\u2019. \u00a0Recall that the priests owned no land and thus had no real livelihood beyond their role as cultic officiants. \u00a0They were dependent solely on the gifts and sacrifices offered in the Temple\/Tabernacle for food and sustenance. \u00a0Eli\u2019s descendants, accordingly, will beg for priestly work, even the most basic (such as cleaning up the blood and guts after the rituals had occurred), in order to eat \u2013 not \u2018a loaf of bread\u2019 (as earlier in the verse), but even a <\/span>pat le\u1e25em<\/em> <\/span>\u2018morsel of bread\u2019 (at the end of the verse). \u00a0In light of the gluttonous actions described earlier in the chapter in vv. 15\u201316, the punishment fits the crime.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Nowhere in the Bible is the nexus between language and literature seen more readily than here. 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In our chapter, Hannah intones a prayer of thanks for the birth of her longed-for son, Samuel. In exulting God\u2019s powers, Hannah sings: \u201cThe Lord causes death and resurrects. He brings down to She\u2019ol and raises up\u201d (I Samuel 2:6).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

According to the Talmud (Sanhedrin 92b), this verse was sung by the dead whom Ezekiel resurrected in the Valley of the Dry Bones. Rabbi Eliezer said: The dead whom Ezekiel resurrected stood up and uttered song: \u201cThe Lord causes death\u201d in righteousness and \u201cHe resurrects\u201d in mercy. But Rabbi Joshua said that they sang the verse exactly as it was originally sung by Hannah: \u201cThe Lord causes death and resurrects. He brings down to She\u2019ol and raises up\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

This leads to a discussion about the historical reality of the resurrection of the dry bones (Ezekiel Chapter 37). \u00a0Rabbi Judah said: Truly this was just a parable -- foretelling the communal resurrection of the Jewish people by their return to the Land of Israel. Rabbi Nehemiah said to him: If the resurrection happened truly, why say it was just a parable; and if it was just a parable, why say it happened truly? \u2014 But actually, in truth, it was just a parable. Rabbi Eliezer the son of Rabbi Yosi the Galilean disagreed: The dead whom Ezekiel resurrected went up to the Land of Israel, married wives and begat sons and daughters. Rabbi Judah ben Bathyra rose to his feet and said: I am one of their descendants, and here are the Tefillin that my grandfather bequeathed to me from them!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Mishnah (Sanhedrin 10:1) teaches that anyone who claims that the \u201cResurrection of the Dead\u201d (tehiyyat ha-metim<\/em>) is not derived from the Torah forfeits his place in the World to Come. Of the many rabbinic proofs that Resurrection is derived from the Torah, the following is particularly applicable to Hannah\u2019s singing that the Lord resurrects (I Samuel 2:6): Resurrection may be derived from the verse, \u201cHappy are they who dwell in Your house, they shall praise You forever \u2013 Selah\u201d (Psalms 84:5). This verse does not say that \u201cthey praised You\u201d but that \u201cthey shall praise You forever\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

To this day, mention of the biblical and rabbinic doctrine of the Resurrection of the Dead is incorporated repeatedly in the second benediction of the core Amidah prayer: \u201cYou are mighty forever, O Lord. You resurrect the dead. You are powerful to save. [You cause the wind to blow and the rain to fall]. You sustain the living with lovingkindness. You resurrect the dead with great mercies. You support the falling, heal the sick and free the captives. And You keep faith with those who sleep in the dust. Who is like unto You, O Master of Mightiness? And who resembles You? -- a king who causes death and resurrects and who causes salvation to sprout up! You are trustworthy to resurrect the dead. Blessed are You, O Lord, who resurrects the dead\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In the previous chapter, Hannah\u2019s request of God for a child is repeatedly called a prayer (v.10, 12, 27). Here, her thanksgiving song in celebration of his birth is identified the same way (v.1). Small wonder, then, that the Talmud (Berakhot, <\/span>passim<\/span><\/em>) regards Hannah\u2019s prayer as so exemplary that it becomes a paradigm for Jewish prayer, in general.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A quick perusal of that song reveals that up to the end of its final verse, its theme, fittingly, is the reversal of fortunes. Just as the childless Hannah was blessed with a son (\u201cthe barren bore seven,\u201d v.5), so can the poor anticipate riches (7-8), the pious can expect rescue from the hands of the wicked (9), and even the dead can foresee resurrection (according to an admittedly clumsy reading of v.6: \u201cThe Lord takes life and [then] grants it\u201d). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The conclusion, however, appears to be out of sorts. How does the birth of Samuel connect with \u201cHe will give strength unto His king, and exalt the strength of His anointed\u201d (10)?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And as long as we are inquiring into dissonant elements in the narrative, why is the uplifting saga of Samuel\u2019s birth followed immediately by the dispiriting notice that \u201cEli\u2019s sons were ignoble men who knew not the Lord\u201d (12)?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Since our reading of Samuel follows that of Judges, we already have an answer that will address both our questions. In <\/span>our retrospective on the Book of Judges<\/span><\/a>, we commented:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The concluding verse of the book, a repetition of \u201cIn those days there was no king in Israel,\u201d links the two halves of the final portion [of Judges] to one another and also serves as a segue into the Book of Samuel, as we shall shortly see.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Samuel was destined to be the catalyst to redress the state of anarchy into which he was born, hence, his mother\u2019s (intuitive? prophetic?) allusion to an Israelite king (God\u2019s anointed). The reference to Eli\u2019s sons\u2019 contemptibility, on the other hand, is a foreshadowing of Samuel\u2019s inability to appoint his own sons as his successors on account of their base character (\u201chis sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after unjust gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice,\u201d 8:3). Thus, God instructed him to coronate Saul as Israel\u2019s first king, (chapter 9).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The main story line of the book of I Samuel charts the people of Israel\u2019s journey from the anarchic political state of the Book of Judges where \u201cevery man did what was right in his eyes,\u201d to a centralized monarchy.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But a subplot of the book traces the transition from the chaotic and corrupt religious reality at the end of Judges, exemplified by Micah\u2019s personal shrine at Dan that was hijacked by stronger political forces, towards a dedicated priesthood with higher standards of integrity.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The rottenness of Israel\u2019s religious institutions was typified by the Hophni and Phineas, the sons of Eli, \u201cscoundrels\u201d who served as priests at Shiloh. Chapter 2 describes how Eli\u2019s sons abused their offices by stealing meat from people who brought sacrifices:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When anyone brought a sacrifice, the priest\u2019s boy would come along with a three-pronged fork while the meat was boiling, and he would thrust it into the cauldron, or the kettle, or the great pot, or the small cooking-pot; and whatever the fork brought up, the priest would take away on it. (I Samuel 2:13-14.)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In addition to enriching themselves at the expense of worshippers, Eli\u2019s sons exploited their positions to \u201clie with the women who performed tasks at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting,\u201d (I Samuel 2: 22)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This sounds like a clear case of powerful men using their standing in a hierarchy to force themselves sexually on female subordinates. God is outraged at these sins and announces that as a consequences Eli and his descendants will be cut off forever from religious leadership in Israel.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Not all the rabbis of the Talmud however, agreed that Eli\u2019s sons were guilty of sexual sin with women in the sanctuary. Arguing against the plain meaning of the biblical verse, Rav said that Eli\u2019s sons did not sleep with the women. (Shabbat 55b) The Talmud explains that he read the word <\/span>yishkavun<\/span><\/em>, not as \u201cslept with\u201d but as \u201cdelayed\":<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cSince the sons of Eli delayed sacrificing the bird-offerings (of women who had given birth, a pair of doves brought as part of the purification process,) and this delay caused the women not to go to their husbands, the verse ascribes to Hophni and Phineas liability as if they had lain with them\u201d (Shabbat 55b).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

According to Rav, Eli\u2019s sons were guilty of negligence and carelessness in carrying out their priestly duties, which caused suffering to women who were returning to their husbands after giving birth.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Today, we must affirm the plain meaning of the verse, We are all too aware of the perniciousness of leaders, including shamefully, religious leaders, sexually exploiting people they work with.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But let us also understand Rav. 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The first section of 1 Samuel is preoccupied not with the prophet Samuel, rather with his mother, the prophetess Hannah. Hannah\u2019s movements and murmurings fill the page, as she cries and prays for a son, and then prays and gives thanks to God for granting her wish and giving her Samuel. Hannah is a round character who is anything but passive.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the biblical commentary submerged in <\/span>\u201cOpen Closed Open\u201d<\/span><\/a>, the late Israeli poet, Yehuda Amichai, locates in this perpetual motion \u201cprogression in the prayer of Hannah. From crying out loud with an embittered soul\u2026to crying quietly; and from crying quietly to praying out loud, and from praying out loud to praying quietly \u2013 only her lips moving and she is drunk from the prayer in her body.\u201d Perhaps Amichai\u2019s most interesting comment on this evolution concerns 1 Samuel chapter 2, which he refers to as \u201ca final development: She sits and God prays to her, the prayer of Hannah.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is an unusual reading, as the text plainly states that it was Hannah who prayed, not God. Apparently, Amichai is riffing off of the way that this text is remembered in Jewish tradition, as \u201cthe prayer of Hannah\u201d (<\/span>tefillat Hannah<\/span><\/i>). The undefined relationship between those two words \u2013 prayer and Hannah \u2013 allows Amichai to suggest that God prayed the prayer of Hannah, thereby expressing the Amichaiian idea that sometimes God prays to people rather than the other way around: \u201cBut when my father prayed, he would stand in his place, erect, motionless, and force God to sway like a reed and pray to him.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\r\n

What might it mean to think of the Prayer of Hannah as a prayer God directs at Hannah? Theologically, it could express the idea that as a prophetess, the very words that came out Hannah\u2019s mouth in her prayer were in fact Divine. Even more poignantly, thinking about the Prayer of Hannah as God\u2019s prayer reveals how Hannah\u2019s supplication for a son who would go on to lead the Israelites was really a fulfillment of God\u2019s own desire. Indeed, when the verse states \u201cI rejoice in your deliverance\u201d (1 Samuel 2:1), it is genuinely unclear whether it is Hannah rejoicing in God\u2019s deliverance, or the other way around. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\u201cAnd a little cloak would his mother make him and would bring up to him year after year when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice\u201d (2:19). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Commentary: <\/span>And a little cloak would his mother make him<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n

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\u201cThe Other Women of the Bible\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Robert Gamer: Explore lesser-known female characters in Tanakh.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cTexts of Affliction, Bitterness, and Complaint: Job, Naomi, Hannah\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Penina Weinberg: Compare painful Biblical stories. <\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Go deeper into the chapter....","tile_main_caption":"Sefaria Source Sheets - I Samuel 2","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Click to get links to learning resources","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":42232,"alt":"","title":"sefaria-words-sunburst","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","width":608,"height":395,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst-300x195.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":195,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","medium_large-width":608,"medium_large-height":395,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","large-width":608,"large-height":395,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","1536x1536-width":608,"1536x1536-height":395,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","2048x2048-width":608,"2048x2048-height":395,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","post_full_size-width":608,"post_full_size-height":395,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","home_baner-width":608,"home_baner-height":395}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"Sefaria word sunburst visualization","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"I Samuel","chapter":"2","chapter_main_number":"234","date":"20260722","wall_id":"234"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":15,"id":"56782","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Points to Ponder - I Samuel 2 ","post_title":"Points to Ponder - I Samuel 2","slug":"points-to-ponder-i-samuel-2","old_id":"56782","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":38102,"post_title":"929-English","slug":"929-english","old_id":"38102","first_name":"","last_name":"929-English","description":"","short_description":"","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":38333,"alt":"","title":"\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","width":1513,"height":860,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-300x171.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":171,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-768x437.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":437,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-1024x582.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":582,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","1536x1536-width":1513,"1536x1536-height":860,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","2048x2048-width":1513,"2048x2048-height":860,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-1200x682.png","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":682,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-739x420.png","home_baner-width":739,"home_baner-height":420}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"234","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"","post_main_content_content":"

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  1. One opposite the others<\/span><\/i>. The boy Samuel grows in age and holiness, while the sons of Eli become degenerate. These two opposing axes define the narrative arc of the chapter.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Cohanic dis-order<\/span><\/i>. Verse 13 describes <\/span>mishpat hakohanim<\/span><\/i>, \u201cthe way of the priests\u201d here, \u00a0so that we take note of just how far these priests are from the ideal <\/span>mishpat hakohanim<\/span><\/i>, \u201claw of the priests,\u201d from 63 chapters ago in Deuteronomy 18.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. The little robe<\/span><\/i>. \u201cHis mother would also make a little robe for him and bring it up to him every year\u201d (verse 19). Samuel\u2019s robe, which was so lovingly made for him by his other, renewed each year in the family gathering, will become one of Samuel\u2019s trademarks.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Crimes ethical and theological<\/span><\/i>. Throughout the chapter both the sons of Eli and Samuel are tested in their human relations and in their relationship with God. The sons of Eli fail on both counts. Samuel gets high marks. Note in particular Eli\u2019s rebuke of his sons. He says that sins against God are the worse of the two: \u201cIf a man sins against a man, the LORD may pardon him; but if a man offends against God, who can obtain pardon for him?\u201d (verse 25).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. Old age is a blessing<\/i>. And so the egregious behavior of the sons of ELi includes the punishment \u201cthere shall never be an elder in your house\u201d (verse 32).<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","post_main_content_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"I Samuel 2","tile_main_caption":"Points to Ponder","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Insights and questions for personal reflection and group discussion","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"I Samuel","chapter":"2","chapter_main_number":"234","date":"20260722","wall_id":"234"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall\/56578"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wall"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}