Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Not so quick, Rolf,

The text says "your sons" not "all your sons". 
Three out of four fits.

Karl W. Randolph.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rolf Furuli" <furuli AT online.no>
> 
> Dear Mark,
> 
> It is not the duty of the linguist or the philologian to decide from
> whom prophecies come. However, the prophecy you refer to came true only
> in part. The Israelites suffered a terrible defeat and Saul and his
> three sons died, but Saul's son Ishboshet did not die. So, if the
> prophecy came from Samuel, he was partly wrong.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Rolf Furuli
> University of Oslo
> 
> 

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