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II Shmuel 20: Two Wise Women and a General
The appearance of an אשה חכמה in II Samuel 20 immediately recalls the אשה חכמה of Tekoa in II Samuel 14. The parallels are striking: in both, Yoav faces a political crisis involving a dangerous individual whose fate is intertwined with that of a larger group, and in both a wise woman uses speech to avert death. Yet the second episode reverses the first. Tekoa argues, in effect, “save the individual so that you do not destroy the family”; Abel says, “give up the individual so that you do not destroy the community.” At the center of both stands Yoav. In chapter 14, Yoav recruits the Wise Woman…
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