Guiding Questions: I Samuel 14

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. Does the fact that Jonathan refers to the Philistines as “arelim” distance this operation from other solely military battles? (I Samuel 14:6)
  2. What was the nature of the “ephod” that the priest Ahiah was wearing?
  3. How did the “test” that Jonathan devised with his weapons carrier work?
  4. From a theological point of view, why was Jonathan successful? Compare his actions to the telling of “Saul’s sin.”
  5. What do you think about Saul’s demand that the people not eat until his revenge is complete?

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