I Shmuel 11: Righteous Outrage

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Aug 4, 2026 · 2m

The references to the Concubine at Giva story in chapter 11 are impossible to miss. The most obvious one is Shaul’s dismemberment of his ox. “He took a yoke of oxen and cut them into pieces, which he sent by messengers throughout the territory of Israel, with the warning, ‘Thus shall be done to the cattle of anyone who does not follow Saul and Samuel into battle!’” (וַיִּקַּח צֶמֶד־בָּקָר וַיְנַתְּחֵהוּ וַיְשַׁלַּח בְּכׇל־גְּבוּל יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּיַד הַמַּלְאָכִים לֵאמֹר אֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנּוּ יֹצֵא אַחֲרֵי שָׁאוּל וְאַחַר שְׁמוּאֵל כֹּה יֵעָשֶׂה לִבְקָרוֹ) (verse 7). Shaul is furious to hear that a…