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Samuel sets up a very intricate to-do list for Saul after his initial inauguration. Everything comes to pass and Saul joins a band of traveling prophets and begins to have visions with them. Samuel gathers the nation together for a lottery in front of the <\/span>Urim v\u2019Tumim<\/em> <\/span>to \u201cselect\u201d the new king. There have been lotteries before, in the book of Joshua, one to determine who was responsible for the defeat against Ai, and multiple lotteries to divide the land. This time, the lottery is meant to select the next king. The function of the lottery is to emphasize that God made the decision. However, Samuel already knew who the king was going to be and already anointed him! Samuel also had the respect and gravitas to announce the next king from God. Why would Samuel need to run a lottery here?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The secondary function of the lottery is to provide added drama and suspense to the moment. This lottery is run almost the same as the lottery in Joshua after the defeat at Ai. There, the drama grew to provide a runway for the guilty party to admit their guilt before the final lot was drawn. The problem here is there is no need for anyone to confess to anything, but the buildup may have led to Saul\u2019s running away and hiding. It is possible that because the people knew that Samuel was not supportive of the idea of a king that his choice may be suspect. In addition, Saul is not from the tribe of Judah, but rather from the tribe recently condemned to annihilation. These two things would have thrown the whole selection into doubt. Therefore, God needs Samuel to go through the pageantry to select a king.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It is also possible that God is specifically reenacting certain events in the past to send a message. Using the lottery evokes the lottery that split the land into multiple tribes. Standing before the <\/span>Urim v\u2019Tumim<\/em> <\/span>also evokes the battle selection in the civil war at the end of Judges. Those two events, in different ways, divided the nation. This lottery and questioning of the <\/span>Urim v\u2019Tumim<\/em> <\/span>is meant to unite the nation under one king.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The oil is dripping, the prophet is kissing, the king stands anointed \u2013 and utterly alone.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There will be other kings and other anointments in the Israelite future. There will be good kings and bad kings, short kings and tall kings, God-chosen kings and self-appointed usurpers. But there will never be another first king of all of Israel. And without any precedents to follow, how is Saul to know what to do next?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Saul can\u2019t simply emulate the kings of other nations: Samuel will make it very clear in chapter 12 that the Israelite king must follow a unique path \u2013 God\u2019s path \u2013 to survive and thrive. Neither can Saul emulate the judges, whose leadership was limited to certain tribes and certain periods. Samuel clearly expects Saul to follow his own instructions and will rebuke him whenever he strays from them. But these instructions don\u2019t cover all that Saul must do, nor tell him how to go about it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And so the king stands anointed, and for a moment, utterly alone.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But in the next moment, Samuel offers Saul something more than oil and kisses. He charts a course for a journey that will transform Saul into \u201canother man\u201d, one with an inner compass; a man who will be able to act \u201cwhen the occasion arises,\u201d knowing the God is with him (10:6-7).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

How is a journey supposed to achieve this? What is the meaning of all the \u2018signs\u2019 Saul must meet before he transforms?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Perhaps the answer lies in what the journey might remind him of.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cWhen you go from me today,\u201d says Samuel, and his usage of the root \u201ch.l.ch\u201d for \u2018going\u2019 evokes Abraham and Rebecca, who heeded a call to rise and go. \u201cYou will meet two men near the tomb of Rachel in the territory of Benjamin,\u201d he continues, paying tribute to the mother who died to give her son \u2013 Saul\u2019s ancestor \u2013 life. \u201cThere you will be met by three men\u201d brings to mind the men who came to visit Abraham, and \u201cmaking a pilgrimage to God to Bethel\u201d \u2013 the day Jacob named Bethel after realizing that \u201csurely the Lord is present in this place.\u201d (Genesis 28:16)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Each word in Samuel\u2019s instructions invites Saul to contemplate the past. There are no kings for Saul to learn from, but there are other role models that can guide him on his path, other experiences he can learn from. And Saul must journey through these memories before he can experience prophecy and become \u201canother man\u201d, one who is indeed the first king \u2013 but can act wisely, nonetheless.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In verse six of this chapter Samuel informs Saul about his impending ascendance to the status of prophet and then king. Regarding the former, Samuel says that when Saul begins to prophesy, \u201cthe spirit of God will pass over you and you will be transformed into another person.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, in his <\/span>Seven Principles of Jewish<\/span> Leadership<\/span><\/em> speaks of the difference between prophets and kings. Kings have power, which lifts a king above his people, while prophets wield influence, which lifts people above their former selves. Samuel alludes to this transformative nature of prophecy by applying that principle to the prophets themselves. By the very act of prophesying, in addition to the influence he will have over others, Saul himself will be transformed into a different person.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the very next verse (v7) Samuel counsels Saul to \u201cdo as your hand shall find (\u201cact when the occasion arises\u201d - JPS), for God is with you.\u201d Rav Amnon Bazak (Virtual Beit Midrash) theorizes that Samuel is giving Saul independence to act according to his own best judgement. In essence, Samuel is stepping back to make room for a new leader, while expressing his faith in his successor. Another of Rabbi Sacks\u2019 <\/span>Seven Principles<\/span><\/em> is believing in the people you lead. Here Samuel is demonstrating his faith in the person he is preparing for leadership, effectively practicing positive mentorship. Samuel is enabling Saul\u2019s success by articulating his ability to lead as well as his autonomy to do so, giving Saul faith in himself.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Artscroll translation of verse seven is \u201cdo for yourself as best you can.\u201d Though this translation also implies that Saul should use his own judgement to influence his followers, it includes what is perhaps the second most powerful gift a leader can give a follower or successor. Assuming the necessary skills and motive are in place, leaders need permission to believe that their best effort is an authentic representation of the most they can give.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But the most powerful piece of Samuel\u2019s advice to Saul is \u201cfor God is with you\u201d. It hearkens back to the Exodus story of Nachshon Ben Aminadav who had to take the first step into the roiling Red Sea before God could split the water, or the Genesis story of Jacob who had to physically prepare for war before praying for God\u2019s help. In this case Saul needs to genuinely do the best he can, using his best judgment, and then know that God will be with him. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

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It's easy to sleep right through the 16.2 sqm town of Tonopah Nevada with its mostly monotonous desert views, but a tall sign stands out:<\/span> Mizpah Hotel<\/span><\/a>. Built in 1907, it is a product of the great Nevada silver boom when it was known as the \u201cGrand Old Lady\u201d for its elegant service, comfort, and amenities. The five-story hotel was the tallest building in Nevada until 1929 and featured the first electric elevator west of the Mississippi. What caught my eyes, though, was its name.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Mitzpah is the place where Samuel gathers the People to offer words of rebuke before speaking about the upcoming new king. Radak (R. David Kimchi) writes: \u201cWhy did the people gather there? Because an altar and a \u201c<\/span>beit tefilla<\/span><\/em>\u201d (house of prayer) were there\u201d. Last time they gathered at Mitzpah, they were called to repent before the war with the Philistines which, led by Samuel, they won. Maybe Samuel gathers them here again to remind them that it is not human kingship that will determine their fate but walking in God\u2019s path.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It is most likely that this Mitzpah was in the tribe of Benjamin area, associated with two possible high points north of Jerusalem: Tel en-Nasbeh (8 miles away) and Nebi Samuel (4 miles away)<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Mitzpah, which Samson Raphael Hirsch translates as watchtower (from <\/span>tz.p.h<\/span><\/em>.<\/em> to look out), first appears in the Tanach much earlier in the Book of Genesis (31:49) as a mark between Jacob and Laban, his father in law, when Jacob journeys back to the Land of his forefathers. The Vilna Ga\u2019on teaches that Jacob and Laban built a couple of monuments: a <\/span>Gal-ed<\/span><\/em> and the <\/span>Mitzpah<\/span><\/em>. Gal-ed<\/em> from the root of <\/span>g.l.h<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/i> \u2013 to reveal, and <\/span>Mitzpah<\/span><\/em> from <\/span>tz.f.n<\/span><\/em>. to hide (like <\/span>Tzafun<\/span><\/em> at the Pesach Seder, when we look for the <\/span>Afikoman<\/span><\/em>), symbolic of the need to set boundaries. This Mitzpah was most likely in Gilead, on the eastern side of the Jordan.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

For some, the word \u201c<\/span>Mizpah<\/span><\/a>\u201d has come to connote an emotional bond between people who are separated (either physically or by death). There is Mizpah jewelry which is often made in the form of a coin-shaped pendant cut in two with a zig-zag line bearing the words \"The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another\".<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Samuel must have had the same hope: to bring the people together for a better future ahead. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The accession of Saul to the position of king takes place in three stages: \u00a0a private anointing by Samuel (1 Sam 10:1), a public ceremony (1 Sam 10:17-27), and an even more public event (1 Sam 11:14-16).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The private anointing is followed by Samuel\u2019s long speech in vv. 2-8, in which he informs Saul of a series of three events that will befall him. \u00a0The first is the encounter with the two men at the grave of Rachel, who will notify him that his father\u2019s lost donkeys (the subject of ch. 9) have been found (v. 2). \u00a0The second is the meeting with the three men on pilgrimage, en route to Bethel (vv. 3-4). And the third is the encounter with the band of prophets, at which point the spirit of the Lord will descend upon Saul (vv. 5-6). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

At the conclusion of the speech, we read \u201cand all these signs came to pass on that day\u201d (v. 9). \u00a0For the first two, we actually have only this comment, though for the third scene, the entire episode is described in detail. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

In a very influential article written in 1956, Martin Buber observed that each of the three scenes corresponds to events that occurred on the journey which brought Saul to Samuel in ch. 9 \u2013 though with reversal.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In ch. 9, scene one, Saul\u2019s father\u2019s donkeys were lost. \u00a0Now in ch. 10, they have been found. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

In ch. 9, scene two, Saul informs his attendant that they had run out of bread (1 Sam 9:7). \u00a0Now in ch. 10, Saul receives two loaves of bread from the men headed to Bethel (1 Sam 10:4) \u2013 even if this action is only anticipated in Samuel\u2019s speech, for the act itself is not actually described (see above).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In ch. 9, scene three, Samuel was ascending the shrine in the city of Ramah, when Saul and his attendant encountered him (1 Sam 9:14). \u00a0Now in ch. 10, a band of prophets descends from the shrine (see v. 5).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Once these three scenes transpire (especially the third one), Samuel further informs Saul, \u201cand you will turn into another man\u201d (v. 6). \u00a0Or, as the narrator states, \u201cand God turned him (with or into) another heart\u201d (v. 9). My English translation is less smooth here for v. 9, but I wish to convey that the same Hebrew verb, <\/span>h-p-k<\/span><\/em> \u2018turn, overturn, invert, etc.\u2019, is used in both passages.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The perceptive reader, who has been paying attention to the individual scenes bridging chs. 9-10, will realize that the use of the verb <\/span>h-p-k<\/span><\/em> \u2018turn, overturn, invert, etc.\u2019, in vv. 6 and 9, echoes the reversals of the three scenes described above. \u00a0In rather brilliant fashion, our master <\/span>literatus<\/em> <\/span>has used the episodes within the extended narrative as a reflection of the main protagonist, Saul, who is transformed into the king of Israel.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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At the close of the previous chapter, Samuel took Saul aside and intimated that he had something to tell him. As this chapter opens, we learn that the message he sought to convey to him was that God had chosen him to rule over Israel (1). Samuel continued, however, and delivered to Saul a somewhat enigmatic instruction:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When you leave me today, you will find two men by the tomb (<\/span>kevurat<\/span><\/em>) of Rachel, near the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. They will say to you: The donkeys that you went to seek have been found, and your father has ceased caring for the donkeys, and is anxious about you, asking: What shall I do about my son? (2).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Implicit in Samuel\u2019s instructions (which also mention Bethel and allude to Kiryat Ye`arim) is that Zelzah is north of Jerusalem. Recall, too, a famous verse: \u201cHark! A bitter cry can be heard in the Ramah. Rachel is mourning the loss of her children\u201d (Jeremiah 31:14). An otherwise unspecified Ramah (heights) usually refers to the home of Samuel\u2014likewise north of Jerusalem. In Genesis 35:19-20, however, Rachel\u2019s death is set \u201con the road to Ephrat, which is Bethlehem\u201d south of Jerusalem, and Jacob erected a monument over her tomb (<\/span>kevurat<\/span><\/i>) that is visible \u201cto this very day,\u201d as any visitor to Bethlehem can attest.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This very conundrum confounded Ramban (Nahmanides, 1194-1270). In his Torah commentary (to Genesis 35:16), he originally wrote that Rachel\u2019s tomb is situated at some (unspecified) distance from Bethlehem. After his arrival in the Land of Israel (c. 1267), however, he added:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is what I thought previously. Now that I have merited to come to Jerusalem, praise to the beneficent God, I can see with my own two eyes that the distance between Rachel\u2019s\u2019 tomb (<\/span>kevurat<\/span><\/em>) and Bethlehem is less than a mile, contradicting my original interpretation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Regardless of where Rachel was actually buried, Saul was a Benjaminite and, assumedly, held the tomb of his ancestress in singular regard. By directing him there, Samuel may have been inviting him to connect with his tribal roots and, perhaps, to draw from them the strength and support he would need to initiate and sustain his rule.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

My personal inclination is to identify <\/span>kevurat Rachel<\/span><\/em> with the Muslim shrine called Nebi Samwil, situated on an elevation just north of Jerusalem (\u201cnear the border of Benjamin\u201d), regarded as the burial site of the Prophet Samuel. Since Samuel\u2019s Ramah was actually further north, in the Ephraim hill country in which he was born, it is possible that Muslim tradition got the two confused. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Staged without witnesses on the outskirts of town, the clandestine anointment of Saul by Samuel is followed in the narrative by a public coronation at Mizpah which again serves to underscore Saul\u2019s natural reluctance to assume power that has been so unexpectedly thrust upon him. In the presence of all the people, a divination procedure was enacted in the form of casting a lot meant to reveal the monarch already selected by God. The lot fell first on the tribe of Benjamin, and then on the clan of Matrit, and finally, from among that clan, the lot fell on Saul. After the identity of the new king was this made known, a strangely embarrassing moment ensued. Saul, the chosen one, couldn\u2019t be located: \u201cand they sought him but he was not to be found\u201d (1 Sam 10:22). When he was discovered at last hiding among the gear, the people dragged Saul to a kingship that he had unequivocally never sought for himself:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cAnd they ran and fetched him from there, and he stood forth amidst the people, and he was head and shoulders taller than all the people. And Samuel said to all the people, \u201cHave you seen whom the Lord has chosen? For there is none like him in all the people.\u201d And all the people shouted and said, \u201cLong love the king!\u201d (1 Sam 10:23-24).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In this oddly graceless coronation ceremony, distinguished by Samuel\u2019s residual resentment and Saul\u2019s embarrassingly humble demeanor, a handsome but ambitionless king-designate was grudgingly enthroned.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Unlike someone long preparing to assume power, Saul didn\u2019t move swiftly to exploit the momentum of his coronation and consolidate his authority. The public gathering at Mizpah ended in anticlimactic dispersal: \u201cSamuel sent all the people away to their homes. And Saul, too, returned to his home in Gibeah, and the stalwart fellows whose hearts God had touched went with him\u201d (1 Sam 10:26-27). It is no wonder that Saul\u2019s slinking back into private life was followed with words of derision spat out by some skeptical and oppositional voices among the people: \u201cAnd worthless fellows had said, \u2018How will this one deliver us?\u2019 And they spurned him and brought him no tribute, but he pretended to keep his peace\u201d (1 Sam 10:27). But why exactly does the author of Samuel make sure that we see Saul as wholly devoid of lofty ambition and craving for power? It is sometimes said that the only one who can be trusted with power is the one who doesn\u2019t seek it. Yet our author, in these passages, obviously wished to convey a diametrically contrary thought. The account of Saul\u2019s first two coronations prepares us to see how the intoxicating appeal of supreme power will overtake even a character as naturally uncalculating, unassuming and unenterprising as Saul. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Excerpts from The Beginning of Politics: Power in the Biblical Book of Samuel<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Moshe Halbertal and Stephen Holmes, Princeton University Press, 2017, pp.20-22. By permission of the author.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\"And Samuel mustered the people to the Lord at Mitzpah\" (10:17).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This national assembly is the second of the three episodes that inaugurate Saul\u2019s kingship. One should not leap too quickly to the conclusion that these are merely a stitching together of variant sources. From the writer\u2019s viewpoint, the institution of monarchy, with Saul as first king, is both a difficult and dubious process, and it cannot happen all at once. First there is the clandestine anointment, followed by an initiatory experience, under the nose of the Philistine prefect. Then there is a public proclamation of the king, at which time sufficient forces can be marshaled to bolster him against the Philistines.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\u201cMusic in Torah\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Kyna Levi: Explore places music appears in the Bible. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. Saul - no comment, but there is a change<\/span><\/i>\u2026 In the story, Saul makes no verbal response to his being crowned king. But he seems to have undergone a deep inner transformation: \u201cAs [Saul] turned around to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart\u201d (v. 9).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Samuel - is there a change<\/span><\/i>? What can we learn from Samuel\u2019s kiss in verse 1? Is he giving the kingship a real chance? Or is he just fond of Saul?<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Rachel\u2019s tomb<\/span><\/i>. The first sign given to Saul is that he will meet people at \u201cRachel\u2019s tomb\u201d (v. 2). Geographically speaking, this doesn\u2019t totally square well with the identity of Rachel\u2019s Tomb as south of Jerusalem, near the Judaean Bethlehem. But conceptually, remember that Rachel was mother to Benjamin, the father of Saul\u2019s tribe.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Samuels\u2019 instructions in the first act<\/span><\/i>. The orders that Samuel gives Saul in verse 8, will critically influence the rest of the story: \u201c\u2018After that, you are to go down to Gilgal ahead of me, and I will come down to you to present burnt offerings and offer sacrifices of well-being. Wait seven days until I come to you and instruct you what you are to do next.\u2019\u201d Remember that for when chapter 13 rolls around in three days...<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. Now are you satisfied?<\/i> Depends on who you ask. The applauders (v 24) or the scorners (v 27). And perhaps the story itself, which doesn\u2019t present Saul\u2019s own voice, and shows him \u201chiding among the baggage\u201d (v. 22) \u00a0is ambivalent about whether Saul is up to the task.<\/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 10","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":"10","chapter_main_number":"242","date":"20260803","wall_id":"242"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false}],"static_cube_title":"","static_cube_brief":"","static_cube_color":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall\/57507"}],"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=57507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}