Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Chris Watts <dekruidnootjes AT eircom.net>]

Pere, my immediate reacion to tis verse is Yes it could be real.  By  
virtue of a number of conclusions that I draw:
1.   A great King it says, not a great army; meaning a well known and  
feared leader
2.  I am reminded of historical moments in history in Europe where  
the army outnumbered the occupants of a small town and had to besiege  
it for months.  Especially during the wars between the English and  
French in France during the early medieval period.
3.  Even small towns could have had very inaccessible points of entry  
for a would be attacker, and maybe the 'great king' did not want to  
waste valuable men in a straight forward frontal approach, even  
though he could have been successful he might then have become  
resented by his troops for such an enormous sacrifice for such a  
little town where this little town was no threat to him  
strategically, maybe the twon had just insulted this king and the  
king was more concerned about his pride than with obtaining any  
strategic value from such a move.


Chris Watts
Ireland



On 11 Jul 2013, at 12:06, Pere Porta wrote:

Dear b-hebrew listers,

concerning Ecc 9:14.
I think that the scenary descripton the author offers us in this  
verse is
something imagined...  not real.
Namely,
1. Is it logical that a GREAT king makes an attack on a LITTLE town?
2. Is it logical that this king builds BIG works of war round about al
LITTLE town?

 Is this a good reason to think that it is an imagined scenario and  
not a
real one?

Pere Porta