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Sunday, May 8, 2016

Reflection - Ahinoam from Jezreel - Woman of the Bible

Source Website: http://www.moshereiss.org/articles/22_david.htm
By Rabbi Moshe Reiss, moshereiss@moshereiss.org, Bible Commentator


Ahinoam, said to come from Jezreel, is King David’s wife and the mother of his eldest son, Amnon. All references to her occur with, or in close literary proximity to Abigail.
PHOTO: Ahinoam, said to come from Jezreel, is King David’s wife and the mother of his eldest son, Amnon. All references to her occur with, or in close literary proximity to Abigail.
Only one other character named Ahinoam appears in the Hebrew Bible (Saul’s wife; 1 Samuel 14:50). Because she is roughly a contemporary of David’s wife, it is possible that “Ahinoam of Jezreel” is Saul’s wife Ahinoam. Citing God’s words (via the prophet Nathan) to David, “I gave you … your master’s wives” (2 Samuel 12:8).
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Who is Ahinoam?  King Saul wife was named Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaatz (1 Samuel 14:50). Is it reasonable that these are two different women with the same very odd name?  Why would a daughter be named the brother of Noam? Given the uniqueness of the name it appears David married Saul’s wife. But Saul is still alive! In the following verse we are told that David married Ahinoam Saul arranges a second marriage for Michal to Palti ben-Laish (1 Samuel 25:43-44).  Was Saul reacting to David’s kidnapping his wife? Does this reflect ‘what is good for the goose is good for the gander’? It basically means what is good for one type is also (or equally) good for another type (even if the two types have differences between them). [What you have done to me I do to you also].
Who is Ahinoam?
PHOTO: Who is Ahinoam?
King Saul wife was named Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaatz (1 Samuel 14:50). The Bible also tells us that when David married Abigail it adds that he also married Ahinoam of Jezreel (1 Samuel 25:43-44). Is it reasonable that these are two different women with the same very odd name? Given the uniqueness of the name it appears David married Saul’s wife.
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When Nathan, the prophet admonishes David for having taken Bathsheba he says in the name of God ‘I gave you your master’s household and your master’s wives into your arms’ (2 Samuel 12:8).  The master is clearly Saul. What does ‘wives’ imply if not that Ahinoam, wife of Saul, became David’s wife? After Saul and Ishbosheth’s deaths David may have taken their concubines but nothing in the text suggests that. The only known concubine of Saul, Rizpah was taken by Abner (2 Samuel 3:7) and David allowed her children (as well as Merab’s) to be killed by the Gibeonites (2 Samuel 21:8-9). In one of Saul’s angry outbursts against Jonathan he calls him the ‘son of a rebellious woman’ (1 Samuel 20:30). Is Saul referring to his wife who went with David? [10]

 David's retaliation for the Gibeonites included the execution of two of Saul's sons by Rizpah and five of the sons of Merab, Saul's eldest daughter.


PHOTO: During the reign of David, there was a famine for three successive years; so David sought the face of the Lord. The Lord said, “It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death.” (Now the Gibeonites were not a part of Israel but were survivors of the Amorites; the Israelites had sworn to spare them, but Saul in his zeal for Israel and Judah had tried to annihilate them.) (2 Samuel 21:1-2). 

David's retaliation for the Gibeonites included the execution of two of Saul's sons by Rizpah and five of the sons of Merab, Saul's eldest daughter. The dead were left hung as a public warning for all to see. Rizpah kept a horrendous (horrifying) watch for five months over the bodies of her sons, protecting them from being devoured by wild birds and animals. Her action must have prompt King David to "gathered up the bones of those who had been killed and exposed" and buried them at Zelah with the bones of Saul and Jonathan  (2 Samuel 21:10-13).

But what could Rizpah do? The deaths of her sons had left her in a particularly vulnerable position; she was now only a widow and a childless one at that. Her sons were the property of the Gibeonites. She couldn’t ease her pain and grief by the normal tender ministrations of washing the bodies, wrapping them in oils and spices, followed by a burial in a family grave. Her sons were just left to be fodder for the appetites of vultures or large animals. [2]

The Bible said "After that, God answered prayer in behalf of the land." (2 Samuel 21:14)
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Did David with his enormous charm and magnetic charisma succeed in seducing Michal and Ahinoam? Is it possible that Michal’s rage noted above is a reaction to finding her mother in David’s bed? Did David inherit or kidnap Saul’s wife and then marry her as a partial means of obtaining his kingship? Several scholars have indeed suggested that the two Ahinoam’s are the same person. [11]

Alternatively if Ahinoam is not Saul’s wife David’s taking additional wives could be considered by Saul and Michal as a rejection of the Saulide connection and the creation of a new alliance with Abigail and Hebron. That could explain the conflict between David and Michal over the Ark incident.


Bathsheba
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Bathsheba, Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904)
PHOTO: Bathsheba, Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904)
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Prayer For The Journey.
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Reflection - Ahinoam - Woman of the Bible
By Rabbi Moshe Reiss, moshereiss@moshereiss.org, Bible Commentator



Reference
[1] David's Wives: Love, Lust and Power, By Rabbi Moshe Reiss, moshereiss@moshereiss.org, Bible Commentator, http://www.moshereiss.org/articles/22_david.htm

[2] A Woman Of Extraordinary Strength and Resolve, Posted by Shari Hervold on Monday, 16 February 2015, http://friendsneedingfriends.blogspot.sg/2015/02/a-woman-of-extraordinary-strength-and.html

[10] Levenson and Halpern, JBL, pg. 515.

[11] Jon Levenson, CBQ, pgs. 27-28 and James C. Vandererkam, David’s Complicity in the Deaths of Abner and Eshbaal, Journal of Biblical Literature, vol. 99/4, 1980, pg. 528.

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Saturday, May 7, 2016

Reflection - Abigail, Good in Discretion and Beautiful in Form - Woman of the Bible

Source Website: http://www.moshereiss.org/articles/22_david.htm
By Rabbi Moshe Reiss, moshereiss@moshereiss.org, Bible Commentator


Beautiful Abigail Who Acted With Discretion
PHOTO: Beautiful Abigail Who Acted With Discretion
 “Good in Discretion and Beautiful in Form”
Abigail was altogether different from Nabal. Her name means “My Father Has Made Himself Joyful.” Many a father is proud to have a beautiful daughter, but a wise father is far happier to discern inner beauty in his child. All too often, a person blessed with outward beauty fails to see the need to develop such qualities as discretion, wisdom, courage, or faith. Not so with Abigail. The Bible praises her for her discretion as well as for her beauty (1 Samuel 25:3).
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Abigail is the wife of Nabal (whose name denotes a fool or glutton - it is difficult to believe this a real name), a wealthy landowner in the Hebron. She is noted as wise and beautiful (1 Samuel 25:3) especially in contrast to her husband.  Nabal asks ‘Who is this David and who is the son of Jesse? (1 Samuel 25:10-11). Everyone in Israel was familiar with David and his status as first a hero and then his rebellion against Saul. His question is rhetorical and foolish. His slaves tell his wife of their master’s foolishness and she decides to take matters into her own hands. Her wisdom and beauty are apposite his drunkenness and foolishness. [7] She has been compared to the wise woman of Proverbs 31:10-31 based on her these texts. The Talmud considered her the most important of David’s wives and the most beautiful, placing her next to Sarah, Rebekah, Leah and Rachel, the Matriarchs.


Nabal refused to even feed the hungry men that were with David.
PHOTO: Nabal refused to even feed the hungry men that were with David. All they had asked for a piece of bread. He ordered them off of his property. His slaves tell his wife of their master’s foolishness and she decides to take matters into her own hands. When Abigail heard what happened, she immediately went to David’s camp and apologized. Her wisdom and beauty are apposite his drunkenness and foolishness.
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When Nabal refuses David request for provisions for his army (in his war against Saul), David prepares to kill him. Abigail intercedes on her husband’s behalf and supplies David with the necessary provisions. She begs David in the name of the Lord who she notes will make him king not to shed her husband’s blood. David responds ‘Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt’ (1 Samuel 25:33).  She is the first person to declare David to be King though he is at the moment only a mere renegade. She prevents God’s chosen from murdering her husband. She then tells David that he will become King of Israel and asks to be remembered. This wealthy woman refers to herself four times in her brief talk as ‘your maidservant’ (1 Samuel 25:24,25,27,31).


Please, let your slave girl speak in your ears
PHOTO: “Please, let your slave girl speak in your ears”
She took responsibility for the problem and asked David to forgive her personally. She realistically acknowledged that her husband was as senseless as his name implied, perhaps suggesting that it would be beneath David’s dignity to chastise such a man. She expressed her trust in David as God’s representative, recognizing that he was fighting “the wars of God.” She also indicated that she knew of God’s promise regarding David and the kingship, for she said: “God . . . certainly will commission you as leader over Israel.” Further, she urged David not to take any action that might bring bloodguilt upon him or that might later become “a cause for staggering (deeply shock)” - evidently referring to a troubled conscience (1 Samuel 25:24-31). Kind, moving words!
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Abigail courageously told Nabal what she had done to save his life
PHOTO: Abigail courageously told Nabal what she had done to save his life
Again showing both courage and discretion, she waited until the next morning when the influence of the wine had ebbed. He would be sober enough to understand her, yet possibly more dangerous in his temper as well. Still, she approached and told him the whole story. No doubt she expected him to explode in fury, perhaps violence. Instead, he just sat there, not moving (1 Samuel 25:37).
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David listens carefully and blesses her. Her husband dies of ‘natural’ causes - he drinks himself to death as a reaction to Abigail having provided the needs for David army. The text also tells us that the Lord struck him down (1 Samuel 25:38). David subsequently marries her and inherits Nabal’s valuable estate. [8] Abigail is the only wife actively requested by David in marriage (1 Samuel 25:40). It is clear that David admired and perhaps even loved Abigail. They have a son, Kileab, but both mysteriously and surprisingly disappear rather quickly from David’s life.


Here is your slave girl
PHOTO: “Here is your slave girl,” she responded, “as a maidservant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”
Besides the release from a bad marriage, Abigail had another blessing in store. When he learned of the death of Nabal, David sent messengers to propose marriage. “Here is your slave girl,” she responded, “as a maidservant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.” Clearly, she was not changed by the prospect of  becoming David’s wife; she even offered to be a servant to his servants! Then we read again of her hastening, this time to ready herself to go to David (1 Samuel 25:39-42).
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David through Nabal’s widow gained some legitimacy and rules the territory of Hebron.  Control of Hebron was a key to David’s success and reign. [9]

When the text tells us that David married Abigail it adds that he also married Ahinoam of Jezreel (1 Samuel 25:42-43).


Ahinoam, said to come from Jezreel, is King David’s wife and the mother of his eldest son, Amnon. All references to her occur with, or in close literary proximity to Abigail.
PHOTO: Ahinoam, said to come from Jezreel, is King David’s wife and the mother of his eldest son, Amnon. All references to her occur with, or in close literary proximity to Abigail.
Only one other character named Ahinoam appears in the Hebrew Bible (Saul’s wife; 1 Samuel 14:50). Because she is roughly a contemporary of David’s wife, it is possible that “Ahinoam of Jezreel” is Saul’s wife Ahinoam. Citing God’s words (via the prophet Nathan) to David, “I gave you … your master’s wives” (2 Samuel 12:8).
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David and Abigail Met, and Later Got Married (1 Samuel 25)
PHOTO: David and Abigail Met, and Later Got Married (1 Samuel 25)
After Nabal’s refusal to provide food, David had planned on killing Nabal and his household, but he relented because of Abigail.  So Abigail saved her foolish husband and her household by her wisdom.

"Dear Lord, Thank You for letting us know that we don’t need to have an important position to make a difference. We need not have to carry a great deal of authority but yet able to play a supporting role to assist others behind the scenes. No one may know about it, but the service can make a BIG difference just like Abigail’s did. Amen!" [2]
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By Rabbi Moshe Reiss, moshereiss@moshereiss.org, Bible Commentator



Reference
[1] David's Wives: Love, Lust and Power, By Rabbi Moshe Reiss, moshereiss@moshereiss.org, Bible Commentator, http://www.moshereiss.org/articles/22_david.htm

[2] Teaching Kids Key Life Learnings from 100 Biblical Characters: No. 44 – Abigail, Posted on 11 January 2016 by Liz Hagler, http://hookedonthebook.com/teaching-kids-key-life-learnings-from-100-biblical-characters-no-44-abigail/

[7] J.D. Levenson and B. Halpern, The Political Import of David’s Marriages, JBL, 99/4, 1980 and J.D. Levenson, I Samuel as Literature, CBQ, 40, 1978. pgs. 511-513.

[8] George Nicol, ‘David, Abigail and Bathsheba, Nabal and Uriah’, Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, 1998, #1.

[9] According to the Book of Chronicles David has a sister named Abigail (1 Chronicles 2:13-16). But her husband is named Ithra (or Jether) (1 Chronicles 2:17). After Nabal’s death did David’s sister rule over Hebron? Were there two Abigail’s - one David’s third wife and one his sister, who were sisters-in-law? Or is possible that they are the same person? That implies that David married his sister after the death of his rival Nabal to inherit her estates. Could David marry his sister - it was not unheard of in the ancient mid-east. Levenson, CBQ, pg. 27.

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1 Chronicles 2:13-16 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Chronicles+2%3A13-16&version=NIV

1 Chronicles 2:17 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Chronicles+2%3A17&version=NIV

1 Samuel 14:50 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+14%3A50&version=NIV

1 Samuel 25 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+25&version=NIV

1 Samuel 25:3 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+25%3A3&version=NIV

1 Samuel 25:10-11 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+25%3A10-11&version=NIV

1 Samuel 25:24,25,27,31 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+25%3A24%2C25%2C27%2C31&version=NIV

1 Samuel 25:24-31 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+25%3A24-31&version=NIV

1 Samuel 25:33 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+25%3A33&version=NIV

1 Samuel 25:37 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+25%3A37&version=NIV

1 Samuel 25:38 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+25%3A38&version=NIV

1 Samuel 25:39-42 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+25%3A39-42&version=NIV

1 Samuel 25:40 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+25%3A40&version=NIV

1 Samuel 25:42-43 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+25%3A42-43&version=NIV

2 Samuel 12:8 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+12%3A8&version=NIV

Proverbs 31:10-31 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+31%3A10-31&version=NIV

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