Navi review perakim 23-26

Question 1

How many people are with Dovid when he goes to Adulam?

Answer 1

400

Question 2

How many people were with Dovid later on in the journey when he is going to קעילה (perek 23)?

Answer 2

600

Question 3

What action does Dovid take that a king of Yisrael is supposed to do? (think back to what the 2 purposes of a king are)

Answer 3

He goes to קעילה to fight the Pelishtim as a king is supposed to

Question 4

What does Shaul say that he is convinced that finding Dovid is the most important task. Passuk 7, 8, and 23

Answer 4

נכר אתו אלהים it is clear Hashem has given Dovid to me, כל עם למלחמה - The entire army I will bring to find him, וחפשתי אותו בכל אלפי יהודה - I will search every city in Yehuda

Question 5

What saves Dovid from Shaul? Who did Dovid get this from?

Answer 5

He asks the Urim V’tumim if Keilah will hand him over to SHaul. Dovid received this from Aviyatar the last remaining Kohen who lived

Question 6

Who does Dovid surprisingly meet up with again in perek 23?

Answer 6

Yohonatan to make another Covenant

Question 7

What are the names of the two cities of people that betray Dovid?

Answer 7

קעילה וזיף

Question 8

What dilemma does Shaul face at the end of perek 23? What does he decide to do?

Answer 8

If he should chase down Dovid or help the Jews fight the Pelishtim. He decides to go and fight the Pelishtim

Question 9

What is the place that Shaul made this decision called? Why is it called this?

Answer 9

סלע המחלקות –The rock of division (since Shaul was unsure what to do)

Question 10

Name the three places that Dovid runs to in perek 23

Answer 10

קעילה, נדבר זיף, מדבר מעון

Question 11

Where does Dovid flee to at the beginning of perek 24

Answer 11

עין גדי

Question 12

What is the vulnerable situation that Shaul puts himself in in Perek 24?

Answer 12

He goes to the bathroom alone in a cave

Question 13

What does Dovid do to Shaul in perek 24?

Answer 13

He cuts off the corner of his coat

Question 14

How does Dovid feel about cutting Shaul’s coat?

Answer 14

He feels intense guilt and his heart hurts

Question 15

Who else cuts the coat of Shaul? Why is it ok when this individual did it but not when Dovid did it?

Answer 15

Shmuel also did this to Shaul. Dovid is going to become king and he cannot give messages to Shaul in such a manipulative way. Shmuel was Shaul’s mentor so it was acceptable. Also according to Rashi Shaul tore SHmuel’s coat, while here Dovid tore the coat.

Question 16

What does Dovid say to show he didn’t kill BOTH the king and the individual Shaul?

Answer 16

Since he is still the ’משיח ה’ - king over Israel, Shaul was very modest and Dovid had mercy on him.

Question 17

Who does Dovid say Shaul is actually fighting? What does Dovid say to prove this?

Answer 17

SHaul is fighting himself against Hashem. Dovid proves this by saying that Shaul is chasing a flea - a nobody. This has nothing to do with Dovid.

Question 18

Who does Dovid say “why do you keep on listening to the words of a man?” Who is influencing Shaul?

Answer 18

דואג and Avner

Question 19

How does Shaul respond to Dovid when he finds out that Dovid didn’t kill him?

Answer 19

Shaul calls Dovid his son and cries. He says Dovid is correct and swears he will never harm Dovid again

Question 20

Perek 24: What two things that Shaul shows he sees the truth: Passuk 17 and Passuk 21

Answer 20

he calls Dovid his son - the boy who played music for him, he tells Dovid that he will be king and he asks Dovid to protect him

Question 21

In Perek 25, What 3 examples that made Dovid believe that the malchut is his now:What happens at the beginning of this perek, Who joined Dovid? (midrash), and what does he attempt to do

Answer 21

Shmuel dies, Many other שבטים - not only Yehuda joined Dovid, He attempts to build friendships as part of his מלכות

Question 22

What is the name of Dovid’s distant relative who he tries to make friendship with?

Answer 22

נבל

Question 23

What is the two connection Dovid to Naval?

Answer 23

Dovid helped shepard and protect His many sheep. He is a distant relative of Dovid and someone who Dovid wants to become close to.

Question 24

How does this relative respond to Dovid?

Answer 24

He mocks his attempts at getting the kingship and gives him no sheep or food.

Question 25

What was the potentially grave mistake that Dovid was about to make?

Answer 25

He was going to kill נבל

Question 26

What was Dovid’s justification for wanting to kill Naval?

Answer 26

נבל was being מרד במלכות- defying the kingship

Question 27

Who saved Dovid from making killing Naval? What type of person was she?

Answer 27

אביגיל the wife of נבל. She was a נביאה.

Question 28

Why was Avigail person exceptionally brave?

Answer 28

She was going to meet Dovid in the middle of the night alone when he was going to kill her entire family

Question 29

Who was Avigail trying to protect?

Answer 29

The מלכות of Dovid

Question 30

Who did Avigail say should take the blame for Naval’s mistake?

Answer 30

She takes the blame for Naval’s rudeness

Question 31

What does she say to Dovid to convince him that he should not kill Naval?

Answer 31

She tells Dovid that if he kills people out of revenge because of his personal relationships then he will turn out like Shaul and lose the מלכות

Question 32

What does this tell us about מלכות?

Answer 32

That מלכות ישראל to last forever it has to come and the king has to wait for it.

Question 33

How does Dovid respond to Avigail’s plea?

Answer 33

He is shocked by the mistake he almost made and blesses אביגיל for saving the מלכות

Question 34

What similar situation did Shaul find himself in as Dovid did with Naval? How did Dovid respond differently?

Answer 34

Shaul takes the mistake of אחימלך in נוב the city of Kohanim personally and kills all the Kohanim. Dovid does not take the mistake of נבל personally and does not kill him

Question 35

When Avigail goes home what does she see Naval doing? What does this tell us about Naval?

Answer 35

נבל is drunk. This tells us נבל was מרד במלכות because he doesn’t care that he went against the king’s command.

Question 36

What happens to Naval and Avigail at the end of the perek? How long after Dovid and Avigail’s encounter did these events happen.

Answer 36

At the end נבל dies after 10 days where he did not do teshuva. אביגיל shows her commitment to מלכות and marries Dovid

Question 37

Who tells Shaul where Dovid is again in Perek 26?

Answer 37

The זיפים. For a second time.

Question 38

Who responds the same and who responds differently in the Shaul-Dovid chase in perek 26?

Answer 38

Shaul responds the same and chases Dovid. Dovid responds differently and does not run away from Shaul.

Question 39

What does Dovid do this time differently with Shaul chasing him?

Answer 39

He spies on Shaul 2 - He runs TO instead of AWAY from Shaul

Question 40

Who is Dovid’s lead general and his brother who joins him to go to Shaul?

Answer 40

Lead General - יואב, Brother of the lead general – אבישי

Question 41

What is Dovid’s plan exactly when going towards and not away from Shaul?

Answer 41

To sneak into Shaul’s camp when they are sleeping and take his sword and water pitcher

Question 42

Rashi says Dovid swore that he would not kill Shaul again. What are his twoשבועה’s (promises) to assure this doesn’t happen:

Answer 42

Swears if אבישי kills Shaul then he will kill אבישי to protect the משיח ה: Swears to himself that he will not kill Shaul because he wants to kill Shaul so badly

Question 43

Who else does Dovid attack verbally when he confronts Shaul?

Answer 43

He attacks אבנר for not protecting Shaul enough

Question 44

Who does Dovid allude to that he is joining because of Shaul?

Answer 44

The פלישתים since Shaul is destroying the Jewish people

Question 45

Which two phrases tell us that Dovid is going to make this wild, unexpected move of joining the Pelisthim?

Answer 45

Passuk 15 -כִּי בָא אַחַד הָעָם לְהַשְׁחִית אֶת הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲדֹנֶיךָ - one person from the nation (of the pelishtim) was going to destroy the king Passuk 19 - לֵךְ עֲבֹד אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים - you are causing me to worship other gods by joining the pelishtim

Question 46

How does Shaul respond - again - to Dovid’s foil (meaning that Dovid shows that he could have killed him)

Answer 46

He calls Dovid his son and asks him to come back to his kingdom