מי אני
I am the brother of a general. Another general killed me
What is one lesson we learn from the Navi? Where in the Navi do we see it?
[Pick any good answer]
Avner killed Asael
Yoav was mad at Avner
לָקַ֗ח אֶת־אִ֥ישׁ בּ֙שֶׁת֙ בֶּן־שָׁא֔וּל וַיַּעֲבִרֵ֖הוּ מַחֲנָֽיִם: (ב:ח)
אבנר
נְטֵ֚ה לְךָ֙ עַל־יְמִֽינְךָ֙ א֣וֹ עַל־שְׁמֹאלֶ֔ךָ (ב:כא)
I wasn’t happy when I heard Shaul was dead. I mourned and killed the man who said he killed Shaul.
דוד
Why did Shaul want someone other than the Plishtim to kill him?
He didn't want a Chillul Hashem
The Plishtim were coming to kill Shaul
Shaul asked the man to kill him
וָאֲבִיאֵ֥ם אֶל־אֲדֹנִ֖י הֵֽנָּה: (א:י)
"אדני"
דוד
הַאֶעֱלֶ֗ה בְּאַחַת֙ עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה (ב:א)
דוד אל ה'
I was David’s good friend and he said a Kinnah for me
יהונתן
In what city did David rule? How did he know to go there?
Chevron, he asked Hashem
Dovid heard Shaul and Yonatan were dead
He said a קינה( sad poem)
ויהיו לאגדה אחת (ב:כה)
בני בנימין
כִּ֥י לוּלֵ֖א דִּבַּ֑רְתָּ כִּ֣י אָ֚ז מֵֽהַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ נַעֲלָ֣ה הָעָ֔ם אִ֖ישׁ מֵאַחֲרֵ֥י אָחִֽיו (ב:כז)
יואב אל אבנר
Shaul asked me to kill him, but I refused. I killed myself when I saw Shaul was dead
Weapon carrier
What happened at ברכת גבעון ?
the 2 armies met up, and they each sent 12 people to "play a game" and all 12 died, starting the war.
Doeg/ the man killed Shaul
David killed him
אֵ֚יךְ נָפְל֣וּ גִבּוֹרִ֔ים (א:יט)
שאול ויהונתן
אֵ֚יךְ לֹ֣א יָרֵ֔אתָ לִשְׁלֹ֙חַ֙ יָֽדְךָ֔ לְשַׁחֵ֖ת אֶת־מְשִׁ֥יחַ ה': (א:יד)
דוד אל האיש/ דואג
I was a general. Someone was mad at me because I killed a “Rodef” that came after me.
What are the 2 versions of Shaul's death and how did we reconcile them?
1) Shaul killed himself after the weapon carrier refused.
2) Doeg/ the man killed Shaul
Either Doeg lied or Shaul didn't actually die when he fell on his sword and asked Doeg to finish it.
The people of Yavesh Gilad bury Shaul
David said he would do Chessed with them
וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ יַחְדָּ֑ו (ב:טז)
the 24 fighters
אֵ֥י מִזֶּ֖ה תָּב֑וֹא (א:ג)
דוד אל האיש/ דאג