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Gidon and Shaul
Introduction
Content Parallels
Gidon and the Early Stages of Shaul's Career |
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Gidon's Battle and Shaul's Battle at Michmas |
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Avimelekh and Shaul |
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Literary Allusions
Gidon and the Early Stages of Shaul's Career |
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Gidon's Battle and Shaul's Battle at Michmas |
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Avimelekh and Shaul |
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Analysis
- Degree of similarity –
- Distinctive phrases –
- Gidon and the Early Stages of Shaul's Career – The language of the prophet's rebuke is found only in these two places. The phrase "שְׁלֹשָׁה רָאשִׁים" and the term "אַשְׁמֹרֶת" are also found only rarely.1
- Gidon's Battle and Shaul's Battle at Michmas – The phrases "sent back to their tents" ("שִׁלַּח אִישׁ לְאֹהָלָיו") and "man's sword in his fellow" ("חֶרֶב אִישׁ בְּרֵעֵהוּ") appear only in these stories.2 The phrase "as many as sand on the sea shore" ("כַּחוֹל אֲשֶׁר עַל / שֶׁעַל שְׂפַת הַיָּם לָרֹב"), while not unique, is also found only rarely.3
- Avimelekh and Shaul – The term "bad spirit" ("רוּחַ רָעָה"), the phrase "standing" ("וַיַּעֲמֹד") on "top of a mountain" ("בְּרֹאשׁ הַר" / "עַל רֹאשׁ הָהָר"), and the request "שְׁלֹף חַרְבְּךָ" appear only in these stories. The term arms-bearer ("נֹשֵׂא כֵלָיו") and the verb stab (דקר) are also found only rarely in Tanakh.4