David and His Allies

Tanakh

וַיַּבֵּ֧ט הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֛י וַיִּרְאֶ֥ה אֶת־דָּוִ֖ד וַיִּבְזֵ֑הוּ כִּֽי־הָיָ֣ה נַ֔עַר וְאַדְמֹנִ֖י עִם־יְפֵ֥ה מַרְאֶֽה׃  

"And the Philistine looked out and saw David, and taunted him, for he was a lad, and ruddy, beautiful of appearance." — Sh'muel Aleph (Samuel I) 17:42; 1995 Schocken Bible Everett Fox translation

Date Made:

March 23, 2025

Description

David, the man, the legend, the ancestor for the Jewish kings but he's not quite there yet. To start with, he's David the shepherd boy, son of Yishai.

Name

David's name means "beloved, lover, beloved" which serves as a parallel to Shaul's name meaning "asked for/requested." Within David's name also has the Hebrew characters for two or double (דּוּ) and other prepositions if they are given different vowels. The same vowelization can also mean "uncle."

Tanakh

וַיִּמָּלֵ֣ט בֵּן־אֶחָ֗ד לַאֲחִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ בֶּן־אֲחִט֔וּב וּשְׁמ֖וֹ אֶבְיָתָ֑ר וַיִּבְרַ֖ח אַחֲרֵ֥י דָוִֽד׃

"But one son of Ahimelekh son of Ahituv escaped—his name was Evyatar; he got away to David." — Sh'muel Aleph (Samuel I) 22:20; 1995 Schocken Bible Everett Fox translation

Talmud

וּמְנָלַן דִּכְלָה זַרְעֵיהּ דְּדָוִד? דִּכְתִיב: ״וַעֲתַלְיָה אֵם אֲחַזְיָהוּ רָאֲתָה כִּי מֵת בְּנָהּ וַתָּקׇם וַתְּאַבֵּד אֵת כׇּל זֶרַע הַמַּמְלָכָה״. וְהָא אִשְׁתְּיַיר לֵיהּ יוֹאָשׁ? הָתָם נָמֵי אִשְׁתְּיַיר אֶבְיָתָר, דִּכְתִיב: ״וַיִּמָּלֵט בֵּן אֶחָד לַאֲחִימֶלֶךְ בֶּן אֲחִטוּב וּשְׁמוֹ אֶבְיָתָר״. אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר רַב: אִלְמָלֵא לֹא נִשְׁתַּיֵּיר אֶבְיָתָר לַאֲחִימֶלֶךְ בֶּן אֲחִיטוּב, לֹא נִשְׁתַּיֵּיר מִזַּרְעוֹ שֶׁל דָּוִד שָׂרִיד וּפָלִיט.

"Apropos David’s prayer that his descendants cease, the Gemara asks: And from where do we derive that David’s descendants ceased to exist? It is derived from a verse, as it is stated: “And Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, and she arose and destroyed all the royal descendants” (II Kings 11:1). The Gemara asks: But didn’t Joash remain alive, and therefore, not all of David’s descendants ceased to exist? The Gemara answers: There too, in the massacre in Nov, Abiathar, one of the priests, remained alive, as it is written: “And one of the sons of Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped” (I Samuel 22:20). Rav Yehuda says that Rav says: Were it not for the fact that Abiathar remained alive for Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, there would have been no remnant or refugee remaining from the descendants of David." — Sanhedrin 95b:4; William Davidson Talmud Koren-Steinsaltz translation

Description

Evyatar comes from the cursed line of Eli

Date Finished: 

May 13, 2025

Name

Evyatar means "my father is great" most likely referring to Achitub/Achimelech but if referring to Pinchas ben Eli, incredibly ironic.