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76-651: The hill country of Manasseh or Manasseh hill country, sometimes fully capitalised, is named for its location within the allotment of the biblical Tribe of Manasseh , itself named after its biblical forefather, Manasseh or Manasses . During the Ottoman Period , the Menashe Hills formed part of Turabay Emirate (1517-1683), which encompassed also the Jezreel Valley , Haifa , Jenin , Beit She'an Valley , Mount Carmel , northern Jabal Nablus , and

152-579: A concubine named Rizpah , daughter of Aiah , who bore him two sons, Armoni and Mephibosheth . Saul died at the Battle of Mount Gilboa , and was buried in Zelah , in the region of Benjamin . Three of Saul's sons – Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua – died with him at Mount Gilboa. His surviving son Ish-bosheth became king of Israel , at the age of forty. At David's request Abner had Michal returned to David. Ish-bosheth reigned for two years, but after

228-572: A 2013 essay, which points toward recent archaeological evidence emerging from excavation sites in Jerusalem by Eilat Mazar and in Khirbet Qeiyafa by Yosef Garfinkel . Archeology, however, seems to confirm that until about 1000 BCE, the end of Iron Age I , Israelite society was essentially a society of farmers and stockbreeders, without any truly centralized organization and administration. Accounts of Saul's behavior have made him

304-527: A King after the time of Musa ( Moses ). God appointed Talut as their King. Saul was distinguished by the greatness of his knowledge and of his physique; it was a sign of his role as King that God brought back the Ark of the Covenant for Israel . Talut tested his people at a river; whoever drank from it would not follow him in battle excepting one who takes [from it] in the hollow of his hand. Many drank but only

380-434: A choice young man, and goodly ( 1 Samuel 9:2 ) is in this view interpreted as meaning that Saul was not good in every respect, but goodly only with respect to his personal appearance. According to this view, Saul is only a weak branch , owing his kingship not to his own merits, but rather to his grandfather, who had been accustomed to light the streets for those who went to the beit midrash , and had received as his reward

456-588: A group of ecstatic prophets playing music, they are overcome by the Spirit of God and join in giving prophetic words. Saul sends more men, but they too join the prophets. Eventually, Saul himself goes and also joins the prophets. After relieving the siege of Jabesh-Gilead, Saul conducts military campaigns against the Moabites , Ammonites , Edomites , Aram Rehob and the kings of Zobah , the Philistines , and

532-475: A heavenly voice ( bat kol ) was heard, proclaiming: Saul is the chosen one of God . His anger at the Gibeonites ( 2 Samuel 21:2 ) was not personal hatred, but was induced by zeal for the welfare of Israel. The fact that he made his daughter remarry ( 1 Samuel 25:44 ) finds its explanation in his (Saul's) view that her betrothal to David had been gained by false pretenses, and was therefore invalid. During

608-526: A popular subject for speculation among modern psychiatrists. George Stein views the passages depicting Saul's ecstatic episodes as suggesting that he may have suffered from mania. Martin Huisman sees the story of Saul as illustrative of the role of stress as a factor in depression. Liubov Ben-Noun of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, believes that passages referring to King Saul's disturbed behavior indicate he

684-412: A private and a public selection process. Having been anointed by Samuel, Saul is told of signs indicating that he has been divinely appointed. The last of these is that Saul will be met by an ecstatic group of prophets leaving a high place and playing the lyre , tambourine , and flutes . Saul encounters the ecstatic prophets and joins them. Later, Saul sends men to pursue David, but when they meet

760-495: A son of Jesse , from the tribe of Judah , enters the story: from this point on Saul's story is largely the account of his increasingly troubled relationship with David. Saul offered his elder daughter Merab as a wife to the now popular David, after his victory over Goliath, but David demurred. David distinguishes himself in the Philistine wars. Upon David's return from battle, the women praise him in song: implying that David

836-445: A spear at David as he played the harp for Saul. David becomes increasingly successful and Saul becomes increasingly resentful. Now Saul actively plots against David. Saul offered his other daughter, Michal in marriage to David. David initially rejects this offer also, claiming he is too poor. Saul offers to accept a bride price of 100 Philistine foreskins , intending that David die in the attempt. Instead, David obtains 200 foreskins and

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912-579: Is consequently married to Michal. Jonathan arranges a short-lived reconciliation between Saul and David and for a while David served Saul "as in times past" until "the distressing spirit from the Lord" re-appeared. Saul sends assassins in the night, but Michal helps him escape, tricking them by placing a household idol in his bed. David flees to Jonathan, who arranges a meeting with his father. While dining with Saul, Jonathan explains David's absence, saying he has been called away to his brothers. But Saul sees through

988-639: Is described as settling on the east of the Jordan River , leaving the absence of the western half of Manasseh in these passages still unaccounted for. Critical scholars argue that the two sections had different origins, noting that in the First Book of Chronicles separate tribal rulers were named for the western half tribe and the eastern half tribe . Saul Saul ( / s ɔː l / ; Hebrew : שָׁאוּל ‎ , Šāʾūl ; Greek : Σαούλ , Saoúl ; transl.  "asked/prayed for" )

1064-650: Is finishing sacrificing and reprimands Saul for not obeying his instructions. Several years after Saul's victory against the Philistines at Michmash Pass, Samuel instructs Saul to make war on the Amalekites and to "utterly destroy" them including all their livestock in fulfilment of a mandate set out: Having forewarned the Kenites who were living among the Amalekites to leave, Saul goes to war and defeats

1140-470: Is not universally accepted and there is insufficient extrabiblical evidence to verify if the biblical account reflects historical reality. While several scholars believe that the existence of the United Monarchy is corroborated by archaeological evidence, although with considerable theological exaggerations, others, like Israel Finkelstein , believe it to be a late ideological construct. In

1216-534: Is not universally accepted, as what is known of both comes exclusively from the Hebrew Bible . According to the text, he was anointed as king of the Israelites by Samuel , and reigned from Gibeah . Saul is said to have committed suicide when he fell on his sword during a battle with the Philistines at Mount Gilboa , in which three of his sons were also killed. Saul's son Ish-bosheth succeeded him on

1292-521: Is that the Book of Joshua has no value in the historical reconstruction. They see the book as an ideological retrojection from a later period—either as early as the reign of Josiah or as late as the Hasmonean period." "It behooves us to ask, in spite of the fact that the overwhelming consensus of modern scholarship is that Joshua is a pious fiction composed by the deuteronomistic school, how does and how has

1368-417: Is the greater warrior. Saul fears David's growing popularity and henceforth views him as a rival to the throne. Saul's son Jonathan and David become close friends. Jonathan recognizes David as the rightful king, and "made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul." Jonathan even gives David his military clothes, symbolizing David's position as successor to Saul. On two occasions, Saul threw

1444-656: Is traditionally identified with king Saul. Muslims believe that (as in the Bible) he was the commander of Israel. According to the Qur'an, Talut was chosen by the Prophet Samuel (not mentioned by name explicitly, but rather as "a Prophet" of the Israelites) after being asked by the people of Israel for a King to lead them into war. The Israelites criticized Samuel for appointing Talut, lacking respect for Talut because he

1520-468: The coup de grâce . David has the Amalekite put to death, advancing the theme that David will never kill the Lord's anointed king (c.f. 1 Samuel 24, 26). The victorious Philistines recover Saul's body as well as those of his three sons who also died in the battle, decapitate them and display them on the wall of Beth-shan. They display Saul's armour in the temple of Ashtaroth (an Ascalonian temple of

1596-502: The Amalekites . A biblical summary states that "wherever he turned, he was victorious". In the second year of his reign, King Saul, his son Jonathan, and a small force of a few thousand Israelite soldiers defeated a massive Philistine force of 3,000 chariots, 6,000 horsemen, and more than 30,000 infantry in the pass of Michmash . After the battle, Saul instructs his armies, by a rash oath, to fast. Methodist commentator Joseph Benson suggests that "Saul's intention in putting this oath

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1672-670: The Apostle Paul indicates that Saul's reign lasted for forty years. According to the Hebrew Bible , Saul was the son of Kish , of the family of the Matrites , and a member of the tribe of Benjamin , one of the twelve Tribes of Israel . It appears that he came from Gibeah . Saul married Ahinoam , daughter of Ahimaaz , with whom he sired at least five sons ( Jonathan , Abinadab , Malchishua , Ishvi and Ish-bosheth ) and two daughters ( Merab and Michal ). Saul also had

1748-802: The Assyrians in the 720's BC, and many members of the tribe were exiled; others fled south to the Kingdom of Judah. Either way, the manner of their exile and dispersal led to their further history being lost . However, several modern day groups claim descent, with varying levels of academic and rabbinical support. Both the Bnei Menashe and the Samaritans claim that some of their adherents are descended from this tribe. Although Machir and Gilead, as individuals, are described in biblical genealogies as father and son, and as son and grandson of Manasseh, in

1824-521: The Blessing of Jacob , and elsewhere ascribed by textual scholars to a similar or earlier time period, (e.g., Joshua 17:14–18 ) Ephraim and Manasseh are treated as a single tribe, with Joseph appearing in their place. From this it is regarded that originally Ephraim and Manasseh were considered one tribe—that of Joseph . As part of the Kingdom of Israel , the territory of Manasseh was conquered by

1900-673: The Jewish Study Bible (2014), Oded Lipschits states the concept of the United Monarchy should be abandoned, while Aren Maeir highlights the lack of evidence about the United Monarchy. However, in his books Beyond the Texts (2018) and Has Archeology Buried the Bible? (2020) William G. Dever has defended the historicity of the United Monarchy, maintaining that the reigns of Saul, David and Solomon are "reasonably well attested". Similar arguments were advanced by Amihai Mazar in

1976-599: The Amalekites. Saul kills all the men, women, children and poor quality livestock, but leaves alive the king, Agag , and best livestock. When Samuel learns that Saul has disobeyed and plundered the livestock for self-gain, he informs Saul that God has rejected him as king. As Samuel turns to go, Saul seizes hold of his garments and tears off a piece; Samuel prophesies that the kingdom will likewise be torn from Saul. Samuel then kills Agag himself. Samuel and Saul each return home and never meet again after these events. After Samuel tells Saul that God has rejected him as king, David ,

2052-639: The Canaanites). But at night the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead retrieve the bodies for cremation and burial. Later on, David takes the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan and buries them in Zela, in the tomb of his father. The account in 1 Chronicles summarises by stating that: There are several textual or narrative issues in the text, including the aforementioned conflicting accounts of Saul's rise to kingship and his death, as well as plays on words, that biblical scholars have discussed. The birth-narrative of

2128-494: The Jewish community dealt with these foundational narratives, saturated as they are with acts of violence against others?" Recent decades, for example, have seen a remarkable reevaluation of evidence concerning the conquest of the land of Canaan by Joshua. As more sites have been excavated, there has been a growing consensus that the main story of Joshua, that of a speedy and complete conquest (e.g. Josh. 11.23: 'Thus Joshua conquered

2204-592: The area was not very populated. While Manasseh hill country (Ramat Menashe) is part of the mountain range, it is just 200 m above sea level on average, and peaks at 400 m. The plateau is bordered by the Jezreel Valley to the northeast, Wadi Milh (the Yokne'am Stream) to the northwest, Wadi Ara to the southeast, and the Nadiv Valley to the southwest. The Manasseh Hill Country , known in Hebrew as Ramot Menashe,

2280-575: The birth-narrative of Samuel , which some scholars believe originally described Saul's birth. The biblical accounts of Saul's life are found in the Books of Samuel : According to the Hebrew text of the Bible , Saul reigned for two years, but Biblical commentators generally agree that the text is faulty and that a reign of 20 or 22 years is more probable. In the New Testament book of Acts 13:21 ,

2356-428: The blame for Saul's death. In the narrative of Saul's private anointing in 1 Samuel 9:1–10:16, Saul is not referred to as a king ( melech ), but rather as a "leader" or "commander" ( nagid ) Saul is only given the title "king" ( melech ) at the public coronation ceremony at Gilgal . Various authors have attempted to harmonize the two narratives regarding Saul's death. Josephus writes that Saul's attempted suicide

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2432-478: The blessing of the first son was conferred by a grandfather rather than by the father, despite prevailing custom (great patriarchs supersede custom). Though the biblical descriptions of the geographic boundary of the House of Joseph are fairly consistent, the descriptions of the boundaries between Manasseh and Ephraim are not, and each is portrayed as having exclaves within the territory of the other. Furthermore, in

2508-418: The city to siege. David realizes that the citizens of Keilah will betray him to Saul. He flees to Ziph pursued by Saul. Saul hunts David in the vicinity of Ziph on two occasions: The Philistines make war again, assembling at Shunem , and Saul leads his army to face them at Mount Gilboa . Before the battle he goes to consult a medium or witch at Endor . The medium, unaware of his identity, reminds him that

2584-647: The coast, has been recognised as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a population of lesser kestrels , with some 40 breeding pairs estimated in 1991. Localities in Ramot Menashe include 32°35′N 35°8′E  /  32.583°N 35.133°E  / 32.583; 35.133 Tribe of Manasseh According to the Hebrew Bible , the Tribe of Manasseh ( / m ə ˈ n æ s ə / ; Hebrew : שֵׁבֶט מְנַשֶּׁה‎ ‎ Ševet Mənašše, Tiberian: Šēḇeṭ Mănašše )

2660-524: The connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation In the Biblical account, Joseph is one of the two children of Rachel and Jacob , a brother to Benjamin , and father to both Ephraim, and his first son, Manasseh; Ephraim received the blessing of the firstborn, although Manasseh was the eldest, because Jacob foresaw that Ephraim's descendants would be greater than his brother's. Here

2736-532: The conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes. According to biblical scholar Kenneth Kitchen, this conquest should be dated slightly after 1200 BCE. Some modern scholars argue that the conquest of Joshua, as described in the Book of Joshua, never occurred. "Besides the rejection of the Albrightian 'conquest' model, the general consensus among OT scholars

2812-473: The conquest of the land by Joshua until the formation of the first Kingdom of Israel in c. 1050 BC. No central government existed, and in times of crisis the people were led by ad hoc leaders known as Judges (see Book of Judges ). With the growth of the threat from Philistine incursions, the Israelite tribes decided to form a strong centralised monarchy to meet the challenge, and the Tribe of Manasseh joined

2888-630: The death of Abner, was killed by two of his own captains. During a famine, God told king David that the famine happened because of how Saul treated the Gibeonites . The Gibeonites told David that only the death of seven sons of Saul would compensate them for losing their livelihood after the priests at Nob were killed under Saul's orders. David then granted the Gibeonites the jurisdiction to individually execute Saul's surviving two sons and five of Saul's grandsons (the sons of Merab and Adriel). The Gibeonites killed all seven, and hung up their bodies at

2964-406: The etymology and multiple references to the root of the name seems to fit Saul instead. The majority explanation for the discrepancy is that the narrative originally described the birth of Saul, and was given to Samuel in order to enhance the position of David and Samuel at the former king's expense. The Bible's tone with regard to Saul changes over the course of the narrative, especially around

3040-419: The faithful ventured on. In the battle, however, David slew Goliath and was made the subsequent King of Israel. The Qur'anic account differs from the Biblical account (if Saul is assumed to be Talut) in that in the Bible the sacred Ark was returned to Israel before Saul's accession, and the test by drinking water is made in the Hebrew Bible not by Saul but by Gideon . The historicity of Saul's kingdom

3116-421: The king has made witchcraft a capital offence , but he assures her that Saul will not harm her. She conjures a spirit which appears to be the prophet Samuel , and tells him that God has fully rejected him, will no longer hear his prayers, has given the kingdom to David and that the next day he will lose both the battle and his life. Saul collapses in fear, and the medium restores him with food in anticipation of

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3192-531: The lifetime of Saul there was no idolatry in Israel. The famine in the reign of David ( 2 Samuel 21:1 ), seemingly blamed on Saul, was in fact the people's fault, for not according Saul the proper honours at his burial. In Sheol , Samuel reveals to Saul that in the next world, Saul would dwell with Samuel, which is a proof that all has been forgiven him by God. In the Quran , the character Ṭālūt ( Arabic : طالوت )

3268-564: The most valuable parts of the country; additionally, Manasseh's geographic situation enabled it to defend two important mountain passes— Esdraelon on the west of the Jordan and Hauran on the east. In c. 732 BCE, Pekah , king of Israel (Samaria) allied with Rezin , king of Aram , and threatened Jerusalem . Ahaz , king of Judah , appealed to Tiglath-Pileser III , the king of Assyria , for help. After receiving tribute from Ahaz, Tiglath-Pileser sacked Damascus and Israel, annexing Aram and

3344-474: The name 'Ṭālūt' means 'Tall' (from the Arabic "tūl") and refers to the extraordinary stature of Saul, which would be consistent with the Biblical account. In explanation of the name, exegetes such as Tha'labi hold that at this time, the future King of Israel was to be recognised by his height; Samuel set up a measure, but no one in Israel reached its height except Ṭālūt (Saul). In the Qur'an, Israelites demanded

3420-444: The new kingdom with Saul as the first king. After the death of Saul, all the tribes other than Judah remained loyal to the House of Saul, but after the death of Ish-bosheth , Saul's son who succeeded him to the throne of Israel, the Tribe of Manasseh joined the other northern Israelite tribes in making Judah's king David the king of a re-united Kingdom of Israel. However, on the accession of David's grandson Rehoboam , in c. 930 BC

3496-412: The next day's battle. Saul's death is described by the narrator (and also in 1 Chronicles 10) but a conflicting account is given by a young Amalekite . The defeated Israelites flee from the enemy and Saul asks his armour bearer to kill him, but the armour bearer refuses, and so Saul falls upon his own sword. But the Amalekite tells David he found Saul leaning on his spear after the battle and delivered

3572-584: The northern part of the Sharon plain . During the late Ottoman period, the largest dispersal in the Mannaseh Hills was of people from Egypt , with another significant group being those from Hebron (Khalilia). These migrants likely settled in the area following the withdrawal of Ibrahim Pasha 's forces and sustained themselves through vassalship in the local effendi communities or by residing in temporary or seasonal hamlets. Despite this immigration,

3648-531: The northern tribes split from the House of David and from Saul's tribe Benjamin to reform Israel as the Northern Kingdom . Manasseh was a member of the Northern Kingdom until the kingdom was conquered by Assyria in c. 723 BC and the population deported. From that time, the Tribe of Manasseh has been counted as one of the ten lost tribes of Israel. The Bible narrates that following the completion of

3724-406: The old have sinned, why should the young suffer; and if men have been guilty, why should the cattle be destroyed? It was this humaneness which cost him his crown. And while Saul was merciful to his enemies, he was strict with his own people; when he found out that Ahimelech , a kohen, had assisted David with finding food, Saul, in retaliation, killed the remaining 85 kohanim of Ahimelech's family and

3800-520: The passage where David appears, midway through 1 Samuel. Before, Saul is presented in positive terms, but afterward his mode of ecstatic prophecy is suddenly described as fits of madness, his errors and disobedience to Samuel's instructions are stressed and he becomes a paranoiac. This may indicate that the David story is inserted from a source loyal to the House of David; David's lament over Saul in 2 Samuel 1 then serves an apologetic purpose, clearing David of

3876-404: The people how they should slaughter cattle. As a reward for this, God himself gave Saul a sword on the day of battle, since no other sword suitable for him was found. Saul's attitude toward David was excused by arguing that his courtiers were all tale-bearers, and slandered David to him; and in like manner he was incited by Doeg against the priests of Nob —this act was forgiven him, however, and

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3952-406: The promise that one of his grandsons should sit upon the throne. The second view of Saul makes him appear in the most favourable light as man, as hero, and as king. In this view, it was on account of his modesty that he did not reveal the fact that he had been anointed king; and he was extraordinarily upright as well as perfectly just. Nor was there any one more pious than he; for when he ascended

4028-514: The prophet Samuel is found at 1 Samuel 1–28. It describes how Samuel's mother Hannah requests a son from Yahweh , and dedicates the child to God at the shrine of Shiloh. The passage makes extensive play with the root-elements of Saul's name, and ends with the phrase hu sa'ul le-Yahweh , "he is dedicated to Yahweh." Hannah names the resulting son Samuel, giving as her explanation, "because from God I requested him." Samuel's name, however, can mean "name of God," (or "Heard of God" or "Told of God") and

4104-499: The report of any other eyewitness, some scholars theorize that the Amalekite may have been lying to try to gain favor with David. In this view, 1 Samuel records what actually happened, while 2 Samuel records what the Amalekite claimed happened. Two opposing views of Saul are found in classical rabbinical literature. One is based on the reverse logic that punishment is a proof of guilt, and therefore seeks to rob Saul of any halo which might surround him. The passage referring to Saul as

4180-443: The rest of his hometown, Nob. The fact that he was merciful even to his enemies, being indulgent to rebels themselves, and frequently waiving the homage due to him, was incredible as well as deceiving. But if his mercy toward a foe was a sin, it was his only one; it was his misfortune that it was reckoned against him, while David (who had committed many sins) was so favored that it was not remembered to his injury. In some respects Saul

4256-514: The ruse and reprimands Jonathan for protecting David, warning him that his love of David will cost him the kingdom, furiously throwing a spear at him. The next day, Jonathan meets with David and tells him Saul's intent. The two friends say their goodbyes, and David flees into the countryside. Saul later marries Michal to another man. Saul is later informed by his head shepherd, Doeg the Edomite , that high priest Ahimelech assisted David, giving him

4332-428: The sanctuary at Gibeah. For five months their bodies were hung out in the elements, and the grieving Rizpah guarded them from being eaten by the beasts and birds of prey. Finally, David had the bodies taken down and buried in the family grave at Zelah with the remains of Saul and their half-brother Jonathan. Michal was childless. The only male descendant of Saul to survive was Mephibosheth , Jonathan's lame son, who

4408-456: The south from Manasseh's territory in the north. The modern Israeli settlement of Karnei Shomron is built near this gulch, which runs in an easterly-westerly direction. According to the Torah , the tribe consisted of descendants of Manasseh , a son of Joseph , from whom it took its name. Some critics , however, view this as a postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of

4484-409: The sword of Goliath, which had been kept at the temple at Nob . Doeg kills Ahimelech and eighty-five other priests and Saul orders the death of the entire population of Nob. David had left Nob by this point and had amassed some 300 dissatisfied men, including some outlaws. With these men David rescues the town of Keilah from a Philistine attack. Saul realises he could trap David and his men by laying

4560-676: The territory east of the Jordan (tribes of Reuben , Gad and East Manasseh in Gilead), including the desert outposts of Jetur , Naphish and Nodab . The population of these territories were taken captive and resettled in Assyria, in the region of the Khabur River system. ( 2 Kings 16:9 and 15:29 ) The diminished kingdom of Israel was again invaded by Assyria in 723 BCE and the rest of the population deported. The riverine gulch, naḥal Ḳanah (Joshua 17:9) , divided Ephraim's territory in

4636-461: The throne and was later murdered by his own military leaders, and then his son-in-law David became king. The biblical narrative of Saul's rise to kingship and his death contains several textual inconsistencies and plays on words that scholars have discussed. These issues include conflicting accounts of Saul's anointing and death, changes in the portrayal of Saul from positive to negative following David's introduction, and etymological discrepancies in

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4712-444: The throne he was as pure as a child, and had never committed sin. He was marvelously handsome; and the maidens who told him concerning Samuel ( 1 Samuel 9:11–13 ) talked so long with him in order to observe his beauty for longer. In war he was able to march 120 miles without rest. When commanded to smite Amalek ( 1 Samuel 15:3 ), Saul said: For one found slain the Torah requires a sin offering ; and here so many shall be slain. If

4788-533: The view of some critical scholars Machir and Gilead are treated as the names of tribes which are different from one another in the Song of Deborah . (Tradition regards these as region names with the region Gilead being named so, long before the grandson of Manasseh.) Additionally, Manasseh is absent from the poem; in the Elohist texts Manasseh is also frequently absent, while Machir is mentioned. Additionally, Machir

4864-399: The western half-tribe, only slightly touching at one corner—the southwest of East Manasseh and the northeast of West Manasseh. West Manasseh occupied the land to the immediate north of Ephraim, thus just north of centre of western Canaan , between the Jordan and the coast, with the northwest corner at Mount Carmel , and neighbored on the north by tribes Asher and Issachar . East Manasseh

4940-483: The whole country, just as the L ORD had promised Moses') is contradicted by the archaeological record, though there are indications of some destruction at the appropriate time. In the Book of Joshua , it is claimed that at its height, the territory Manasseh occupied spanned the Jordan River , forming two "half-tribes", one on each side; the eastern half-tribe was, by most accounts, almost entirely discontiguous with

5016-538: Was a monarch of ancient Israel and Judah and the first king of the United Monarchy , according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament . His reign, traditionally placed in the late eleventh century BCE, supposedly marked the transition of the Israelites from a scattered tribal society ruled by various judges to organized statehood. The historicity of Saul and the United Kingdom of Israel

5092-1853: Was afflicted by a mental disorder, and lists a number of possible conditions. However, Christopher C. H. Cook of the Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, UK recommends caution in offering any diagnoses in relation to people who lived millennia ago. ( Shamshi-Adad dynasty 1808–1736 BCE) (Amorites) Shamshi-Adad I Ishme-Dagan I Mut-Ashkur Rimush Asinum Ashur-dugul Ashur-apla-idi Nasir-Sin Sin-namir Ipqi-Ishtar Adad-salulu Adasi (Non-dynastic usurpers 1735–1701 BCE) Puzur-Sin Ashur-dugul Ashur-apla-idi Nasir-Sin Sin-namir Ipqi-Ishtar Adad-salulu Adasi ( Adaside dynasty 1700–722 BCE) Bel-bani Libaya Sharma-Adad I Iptar-Sin Bazaya Lullaya Shu-Ninua Sharma-Adad II Erishum III Shamshi-Adad II Ishme-Dagan II Shamshi-Adad III Ashur-nirari I Puzur-Ashur III Enlil-nasir I Nur-ili Ashur-shaduni Ashur-rabi I Ashur-nadin-ahhe I Enlil-Nasir II Ashur-nirari II Ashur-bel-nisheshu Ashur-rim-nisheshu Ashur-nadin-ahhe II Second Intermediate Period Sixteenth Dynasty Abydos Dynasty Seventeenth Dynasty (1500–1100 BCE) Kidinuid dynasty Igehalkid dynasty Untash-Napirisha Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt Smendes Amenemnisu Psusennes I Amenemope Osorkon

5168-462: Was five years old at the time of his father's and grandfather's deaths. In time, he came under the protection of David. Mephibosheth had a young son, Micah, who had four sons and descendants named until the ninth generation. The First Book of Samuel gives three accounts of Saul's rise to the throne in three successive chapters: André Lemaire finds the third account probably the most reliable tradition. The Pulpit Commentary distinguishes between

5244-524: Was not aware, but was nevertheless liable for its breach, until popular intervention allowed Jonathan to be saved from death on account of his victory over the Philistines. During Saul's campaign against the Philistines, Samuel said that he would arrive in seven days to perform the requisite rites. When a week passed with no word of Samuel, and with the Israelites growing restless, Saul prepares for battle by offering sacrifices. Samuel arrives just as Saul

5320-432: Was not wealthy. Samuel rebuked the people for this and told them that Talut was more favored than they were. Talut led the Israelites to victory over the army of Goliath , who was killed by Dawud (David). Talut is considered a divinely appointed king. The name 'Ṭālūt' has uncertain etymology . Unlike some other Qur'anic figures, the Arabic name is not similar to the Hebrew name ( Sha'ul ). According to Muslim exegetes ,

5396-492: Was officially added to UNESCO 's World Network of Biosphere Reserves in 2011. The region was credited with encompassing "a mosaic of ecological systems that represent the Mediterranean Basin's version of the global evergreen sclerophyllous forests, woodlands and scrub ecosystem types." A 2,500 ha tract of agricultural country with oak trees, on the western slopes of Mount Carmel, some 5 km from

5472-459: Was one of the twelve tribes of Israel . After the catastrophic Assyrian invasion of 720 BCE, it is counted as one of the ten lost tribes . Together with the Tribe of Ephraim , Manasseh also formed the House of Joseph . Their banner is a black flag with an embroidered unicorn. According to the Tanakh, the Tribe of Manasseh was a part of a loose confederation of Israelite tribes from after

5548-423: Was stalled because he was not able to run the sword through himself, and that he therefore asked the Amalekite to finish it. Later biblical criticism has posited that the story of Saul's death was redacted from various sources , although this view in turn has been criticized because it does not explain why the contradiction was left in by the redactors. But since 2 Samuel records only the Amalekite's report, and not

5624-470: Was superior to David, e.g., in having only one concubine ( Rizpah ), while David had many. Saul expended his own substance for the war, and although he knew that he and his sons would fall in battle, he nevertheless went forward, while David heeded the wish of his soldiers not to go to war in person. According to the Rabbis, Saul followed the rules of ritual impurity prescribed for the sacrifice, and taught

5700-556: Was the northernmost Israelite group east of the Jordan until the siege of Laish farther north by the tribe of Dan ; other neighboring tribes were Gad on the south and Naphtali and Issachar on the west. East Manasseh occupied the land from the Mahanaim in the south to Mount Hermon in the north, and including within it the whole of Bashan . These territories abounded in water, a precious commodity in Canaan , thus constituting one of

5776-501: Was undoubtedly to save time, lest the Philistines should gain ground of them in their flight. But the event showed it was a false policy; for the people were so faint and weak for want of food, that they were less able to follow and slay the Philistines than if they had stopped to take a moderate refreshment". Jonathan's party were not aware of the oath and ate honey , resulting in Jonathan realizing that he had broken an oath of which he

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