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The second Jewish King, and the first from the tribe of Yehudah (Judah).
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Did Shlomo haMelech use the gold his father accumulated?
This is mentioned by a couple of the commentators on the verse in Melachim 1:7:51: "When all the work that King Solomon had done in the House of the LORD was completed, Solomon brought in the sacred d …
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What is the "benefit," if any, of having one's spleen removed?
Rashi is saying this based on a gemara in Sanhedrin 21b:
"The verse continues: “And he prepared for himself chariots and riders and fifty people to run before him” (I Kings 1:5). The Gemara asks: Wha …
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Ephrathites, such as David both from Ephraim as Yehudah?
The Midrash in Ruth Rabbah 2:5 says:
"Ephrathites": Rabbi Joshua son of Levi says: "Royals (palatini)", and Rabbi the son of Rabbi Nechemiah says: "Nobles (eugenistai)". Another interpretation: "Ephr …
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The Amalekite youth's capital punishment
Prof. Yehudah Elitzur wrote an essay on the subject. In his view, the Amalekite wasn't the son of a convert or even a ger toshav, but an actual 100% Amalekite. What was he doing there? He was a spy. T …
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Why was King David allowed to kill Phillistines?
Ramban on Devarim 2:23 wrote:
"...ומפני השבועה שנשבע אברהם לאבימלך לא יכלו ישראל ללכת בארצם ולהוציאם מארצם הבאתי עליהם כפתורים והשמידום וישבו תחתם ועכשיו אתם מותרים לקחת מידם...כי הכפתורים והפלשתים ה …
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Did Ibn Gabirol write a commentary on King David's Psalms?
There's a disagreement whether or not Ibn Gabirol authored a commentary on the Bible:
On one hand:
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy wrote (emphasis mine):
"We also have evidence in other medie …
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When did Adoniahu die?
From pshat, it happened shortly after Shlomo was crowned. According to Yalkut Me'am Lo'ez on Melachim, this was in the Hebrew year 2924. Similarly, the Yalkut says that Adoniyahu came to Bat-Sheva jus …
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Who is this person named "Rei" in the Haftarah of Parashat Chayei Sarah?
Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky wrote in his commentary on this verse (Emet L'Yaakov on Nach) (my translation):
"I do not know who are Shim'i and Re'i who were probably important people in the household of t …
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How did the altar indicate that the sons of Shaul were to be killed?
According to Rabbi Steinsaltz's commentary on the version in the Bavli, they were all passed near the Ark, brushing against it and whoever had to die stayed glue to the Ark and couldn't move. Therefor …
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Was it David's custom to go into battle without an armour?
I wrote an essay a couple of years ago that dealt, in part, with these questions.
The answer to your first question is: Yes and no. David's military uniform depended on which weapon he was using in ba …
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Animal R'aim of the midrash
R' Ahron Marcus, the Hebrew linguist, wrote in his book Barzilai1 on the origins and identification of several of the Tanachic animals, among them the Re'em. He rejects the various identifications of …
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