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Monday, April 01, 2013
Why David Didn't Go to War with Ammon
In Sefer Shmuel (The Book of Samuel) 21:17, David is almost
killed in battle, so the people ask him to stay behind in Jerusalem next time
while they go out and fight, lest “The Light of Israel,” i.e. David, is
extinguished. This is further evidence
that the events in chapter 21 occurred at the beginning of David’s reign, as
this would explain why, back in chapter 10, David did not go out to war against
the Ammonites with the rest of the army.
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