Saul 2.0
Pieter Lasman, โThe Triumph of Mordechaiโ (1624; Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) In 1 Sam 15:3, Samuel commands Saul, the son of Kish, โGo, and strike Amalek, and devote to destruction everything that is his. Do not take pity on him, but kill man and woman, child and infant, ox and lamb, camel and donkeyโ (ืื ืืืืืชื ืืชึพืขืืืง ืืืืจืืชื ืืชึพืืึพืืฉืจึพืื ืืื ืชืืื ืขืืื ืืืืชื ืืืืฉ ืขืึพืืฉื ืืขืื ืืขืึพืืื ืง ืืฉืืจ ืืขืึพืฉื ืืืื ืืขืึพืืืืจ).โญ 1 โฌ Unfortunately, Saulโs subsequent engagement with the Amalekites heeded only Samuelโs order to โgo and strike Amalekโ (ืื ืืืืืชื ืืชึพืขืืืง).โญ 2 โฌย Saul โdid devote to destructionโ (ืืืจืื) the Amalekite people but captured alive Agag, the king. 3 Indeed, โSaul and the people had pity on Agag and on the best of the flock and the herd and their choice offspring, on the lambs, and on everything good, and they did not accept devoting them to destruction, but every despised and weak thing they devoted to destructionโ (ืืืืื ืฉืืื ืืืขื ืขืึพืืื ืืขืึพืืืื ืืฆืื ืืืืงืจ ืืืืฉื ืื ืืขืึพืืืจืื ืืขืึพืืึพืืืื ืืื ืืื ืืืจืืื ืืืึพืืืืืื ื ืืืื ืื ืืก ืืชื ืืืจืืื).โญ 4 โฌ Thus, Saul becomes the object of Samuelโs ire and forfeits the continuation of his kingdom. 5 ...