Guiding Questions: I Samuel 17

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. Is there significance to the fact that David was from the tribe of Judah?
  2. What might “he will make his father’s house free in Israel” mean? Compare the meaning of the word “chorim” — “free” in I Samuel 17:25 with Ecclesiastes 10:17.
  3. How did the rock that David slung at Goliath hit him? Was he not wearing a copper helmet?

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Perek Yomi materials originally produced by the USCJ and Dr. Morton K. Siegel.
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