Two Accounts of Shaul's Death/2

Did the Amalekite Kill Shaul?

Exegetical Approaches

Overview

Sources: JosephusAntiquities 7:14:7About Josephus, RadakShemuel I 31:5Shemuel II 1:6-16About R. David Kimchi, RalbagShemuel I 31:4Shemuel II 1:6-10About R. Levi b. Gershon, AbarbanelShemuel I 31:1Shemuel I 31:4Shemuel II 1:5-16About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel

Who killed Shaul –

הַחֶרֶב and חֲנִיתוֹ –

הַמּוֹרִים and הָרֶכֶב וּבַעֲלֵי הַפָּרָשִׁים –

Why two stories –

David's double question –

Sources: Second option in RadakShemuel I 31:5About R. David Kimchi, First option in RalbagShemuel I 31:4About R. Levi b. Gershon, First option in AbarbanelShemuel I 31:1Shemuel I 31:4About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel, Prof. Moshe Tzvi SegalShemuel II 1:5-10About Prof. Moshe Tzvi Segal, Prof. Yehuda Elitzur"HaNa'ar HaMagid UMishpato BeTziklag"About Prof. Yehuda Elitzur, Dr. Yechiel Tzvi Moshkovitz"Sipuro Shel HaNa'ar HAmeleki"About Dr. Yechiel Tzvi Moshkovitz

Who killed Shaul –

Why kill the Na'ar –

Differences –

David's double question –

No mention of the lie –

The נֵּזֶר and אֶצְעָדָה –