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Some two thousand years ago, during the era of the Hasmoneans, the menorah, became a prominent symbol of the eternity Jewish people and its connection to the land of Israel. \u00a0The staying power of the symbol is evidenced by the menorah outside the Knesset, with its detailed bronze reliefs depicting important Jewish events and personalities ranging from the Biblical period through the founding of the state of Israel. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The menorah\u2019s description in the Torah is also detailed, but surprisingly in its botanical design. All six of the outer <\/span>branches<\/span> were designed with \u201cthree cups shaped like <\/span>almond-blossoms<\/span>, each with <\/span>knobs <\/span>and <\/span>petals<\/span>.\u201d The middle branch contained four almond-blossoms also with the knobs and petals.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Commentaries throughout the ages have attempted to draw descriptions of the Menorah, were the branches curved, straight or bent in the middle? Where exactly were the calyxes? The only clue, perhaps, the relief on the arch of Titus in Rome depicting the Romans carrying the menorah in the period following the destruction of the Second Temple.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the early 20<\/span>th<\/span> century botanists Ephraim and Hannah Hareuveni emigrated from Russia to Israel. They believed that the plants in the Torah could be found growing in Israel, and they began collecting and classifying Biblical plants. In their searches they noticed a resemblance between the Torah\u2019s description of the Menorah (branches, calyxes, petals, and cups) and an oily plant that grows in Israel called the salvia palaestina.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Their son Nogah Hareuveni writes that when the salvia is pressed it looks just like the Menorah, with three branches emerging from the central branch, and the knobs growing directly from the stem and branches.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Following the description of the menorah Moses is told \u201cnote well and follow the patterns that you see on the mountain.\u201d The Talmud in tractate Menachot writes that Moses didn\u2019t understand the design of the Menorah, so God showed him a picture of it in fire. If the menorah\u2019s design reflects a plant that is endemic to Israel, then Moses would have never seen one, and found its design incomprehensible.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

After reading of Reuveni\u2019s discovery I am also no longer perplexed by the Menorah\u2019s design, but I am searching for a pressed salvia palaestina to display as my \u201cHanukkah bush\u201d right next to my menorah.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Pseudo-Rashi (1) provided a summary of this chapter, accounting for its placement after Chapter 17:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

After David sought to build the Temple but God told him that only his son would build it, David thought that since it would not be incumbent on him to build the Temple, but on his son, \u201cNow I will prepare everything for him to build it so everything will be ready.\u201d Then [Scripture] goes on to narrate how he fought with his enemies and dedicated their spoils to the construction of the Temple.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Malbim began his commentary on this chapter with the wry note: \u201cThis entire chapter is copied from 2 Samuel 8, with additions and alterations.\u201d One of these alterations concerns the booty David captured from Hadarezer, King of Aram.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Here we read: \u201cDavid captured 1,000 chariots and 7,000 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers of his force; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses except for 100, which he retained\u201d (4). Yet, 2 Samuel 8 states: \u201cDavid captured 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers of his force; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, except for 100 which he retained\u201d (4). Since the details concerning the foot soldiers are identical, it is somewhat perplexing to find a discrepancy in the number of horsemen and an outright contradiction whether he captured chariots at all.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Radak explained it as follows: \u201cIt would appear that there [Samuel] he counted only the high officers in the camp of Hadarezer, while in this book he counted all the horsemen.\u201d As for hamstringing the horses, Radak reminded us that kings of Israel are warned by Torah law: \u201cMoreover, he shall not keep many horses\u201d (Deut. 17:16). However, they are permitted to keep as many horses as are required for their chariots; in this case, one hundred.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Neither was David the first Israelite leader to confront this challenge: Joshua was specifically instructed to hamstring the horses (and burn the chariots) of the northern Canaanite coalition he defeated at Waters of Merom (Joshua 11:6). As we pointed out in our comments there:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

God ordered them to destroy the enemy\u2019s chariots and hamstring their horses to reinforce the point that the Israelites\u2019 fortunes of war depended not only on their growing military prowess but on their obedience to Him, as well.\u00a0 As the Psalmist put it: \u201cThese may [depend on] chariots and those may [depend on] horses, but we will [put our trust in] calling on the Lord our God\u201d (20:8).<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":51216,"alt":"","title":"dt20-chariots","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt20-chariots.jpg","width":1920,"height":806,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt20-chariots-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt20-chariots-300x126.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":126,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt20-chariots-768x322.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":322,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt20-chariots-1024x430.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":430,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt20-chariots.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":645,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt20-chariots.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":806,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt20-chariots-1200x504.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":504,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt20-chariots-1000x420.jpg","home_baner-width":1000,"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":"","tile_main_caption":"Dedicating The Spoils Of War","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"David doesn\u2019t put his faith in horses, or chariots","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":51216,"alt":"","title":"dt20-chariots","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt20-chariots.jpg","width":1920,"height":806,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt20-chariots-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt20-chariots-300x126.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":126,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt20-chariots-768x322.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":322,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt20-chariots-1024x430.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":430,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt20-chariots.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":645,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt20-chariots.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":806,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt20-chariots-1200x504.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":504,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt20-chariots-1000x420.jpg","home_baner-width":1000,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","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,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Writings","book":"I Chronicles","chapter":"18","chapter_main_number":"882","date":"20290115","wall_id":"882"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":4,"id":"99533","color":"#f6edf6","size":"1","name":"Did David\u2019s Sons Usurp The Priesthood? 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The end of chapter 8 of II Samuel contains an odd description of the role played by David\u2019s sons. \u201cBenaiah son of Jehoiada was commander of the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David\u2019s sons were priests\u201d (II Samuel 8:18). The Hebrew word \u201ckohen\u201d is used to describe their job. This word almost always is used in the context of a priest and priestly duties in the temple or tabernacle. The problem is that David\u2019s sons were not from the tribe of Levi and were not in the priestly class. The implication here is that they may have usurped the role of the priests.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The parallel verse in chapter 18 of Chronicles helps clarify what this word means.\u00a0 \u201cBenaiah son of Jehoiada was commander of the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David\u2019s sons were first ministers of the king\u201d (verse 19). 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In Chapter 18 of 1 Chronicles, we read about King David\u2019s military successes against his enemies. First he defeats the Philistines (18:1), then the Moabites (18:2), and then Hadadezer, king of Zobah-hamath (18:3). The chapter then describes how this led to David conquering the Arameans:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cAnd when the Arameans of Damascus came to the aid of King Hadadezer of Zobah-hamath, David struck down 22,000 of the Arameans. David stationed [garrisons] in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became tributary vassals of David. The LORD gave David victory wherever he went\u201d (1 Chronicles 18:5-6).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The mention of Damascus is not surprising. It is one of the oldest cities in the world, and was the main city of the Aramean people. What is noteworthy is how the name is spelled in Hebrew in these two verses. In both, it appears as <\/span>Darmesek<\/span><\/em>, as it does in a number of other verses in the book of Chronicles. However, in the vast number of occurrences in the Bible, it is spelled as <\/span>Damesek<\/span><\/em>, and that is how the city is called in Hebrew today.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

With these two variant spellings, naturally the question came up as to what the original version was. Some say that the city was first called <\/span>Damesek<\/span><\/em>, and later the \u201cr\u201d was added, as is found in other Hebrew words. For example, the Hebrew word <\/span>shevet<\/span><\/em>\u00a0- \u201crod, scepter,\u201d later became <\/span>sharvit<\/span><\/em>\u00a0in the book of Esther. This theory is supported also by the appearance of <\/span>Darmesek<\/span><\/em>\u00a0in Chronicles, one of the later books of the Bible.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

However, other scholars say that the spelling <\/span>Darmesek<\/span><\/em>\u00a0came first, but later the \u201cr\u201d sound dropped out.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Both spellings allow for the possibility that the name originally was composed of two words. <\/span>Damesek<\/span><\/em>\u00a0may have been <\/span>di-meshek<\/span><\/em>\u00ad <\/span><\/i>\u2013 \u201cthe one of <\/span>meshek<\/span><\/em>,\u201d and <\/span>Darmesek<\/span><\/em>\u00a0could have been <\/span>dar-meshek<\/span><\/em>\u00a0\u2013 \u201cthe place of <\/span>meshek<\/span><\/em>.\u201d The question is, what does <\/span>meshek<\/span><\/em>\u00a0mean?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

As it happens, that word only appears one time in the entire Bible, making a definition difficult. However, that same verse also mentions Damascus:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cBut Abram said, \u2018O Lord GOD, what can You give me, seeing that I shall die childless, and the one in charge <\/span>ben meshek\u00a0<\/span><\/em>of my household is Dammesek Eliezer\u2019\u201d (Genesis 15:2)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

While there are a number of different interpretations to the phrase <\/span>ben meshek<\/span><\/em>, the one offered here in the translation \u2013 \u201cin charge\u201d \u2013 is the most popular. It has connotations of both \u201cpossession\u201d and \u201cadministration.\u201d So some scholars suggest that Damascus was named for the commerce of the city.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The word <\/span>meshek<\/span><\/em>\u00a0has a number of meanings in Modern Hebrew. It can refer to a farm or a kibbutz, or \u201ceconomy\u201d \u2013 either of a household, or an entire nation. A related word, <\/span>mimshak<\/span><\/em>, in computer technology means \u201cinterface,\u201d since that is how the user administers the software.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

So instead of King David administering Aram in <\/span>Darmesek<\/span><\/em>, we use the <\/span>mimshak<\/span><\/em>\u00a0to administer our RAM\u2026<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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18:17 \u201cAnd Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherithites and the Pelethites, and David\u2019s sons were the first ones alongside the king.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is a substitution for \u201cand David\u2019s sons served as priests\u201d in 2 Samuel 8:18. The Chronicler is concerned to preserve the prerogatives of the priestly line, whereas in the early days of the monarch, it appears that members of the royal dynasty at times could perform priestly functions. \u201cThe first ones\u201d is a little ambiguous: while it probably indicates that they had some role as ministers or councillors, it could also conceivably mean the sons born early, as against the many sons David begot during his years in Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. Comp lit.<\/em> David\u2019s battles described here can also be found in 2 Sam. 8 - with some minor alterations, of course.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Why destroy?<\/em> Why does David choose not to take most of the chariots and horses of Hadadezer as booty, but rather to \u201cdecommission\u201d them, make them unusable for war? See verse 4 - to hamstring warhorses essentially means to turn them into draught animals. What\u2019s the problem with the king acquiring a lot of horses? See Deut. 17:16.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. The booty is earmarked<\/em>. The spoils of war that were taken from all the battles have one purpose: to become raw materials for the Temple, that David\u2019s heir will build - i.e, Solomon (verses 8, 10-11).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
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