Sa mu el 252 The juxtaposition of the incidents, as presented above, the al - ternating descriptions, the resemblance in situation and the verbal associations linked in a chiastic order generate a comparative structure linking the two units of narrative and establishing the contrasting behavior of the two leaders when they are in distress ( Garsiel 1985 a : also Bodner 2008 : 310 – 311 ) . Nonetheless, David “strength - ; 137 – 133 ens himself ,” asks Abiathar to bring the ephod and inquires of the Lord . Receiving clear direction, he obediently pursues the Amalekites . At the beginning, he sets out at the head of six hundred men, but he ends up with just four hundred warriors to fight and rescue the women and children . His control of his wild and quarrelsome warriors is evinced by the fair distribution of the booty which he insists on distributing between the four hundred warriors who actually fought the Amalekites and the two hundred who fell out and were left to On other occasions,...
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