Dovid HaMelech and the Famine of the Givonim
A three-year famine strikes in Dovid HaMelech's days. The Urim v'Tumim reveals it is for Shaul's failings, including the Givonim who starved after Nov fell.
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A three-year famine strikes in Dovid HaMelech's days. The Urim v'Tumim reveals it is for Shaul's failings, including the Givonim who starved after Nov fell.
Yehonasan sends Dovid off without food, Achimelech feeds him in Nov, and Doeg's slander leads Shaul to wipe out the city of kohanim.
After slaying Golias, Dovid tries to marry Shaul's daughters Meirav and then Michal by forgiving a debt, and Shaul twice disputes whether the kiddushin worked.
Doeg questions whether Dovid, a descendant of Rus the Moabite, may even join the Jewish people, until Amasa ben Yeter plants a sword in the Beis Midrash and declares the law.
Shaul's general Avner switches sides, and Dovid accepts him if he brings back Michal, whom Shaul had given to Palti ben Layish. The mission leads to Avner's murder.
Achimelech feeds the fleeing Dovid, Doeg informs, and Shaul wipes out the city of Nov. Hashem then holds Dovid accountable and offers him a choice of punishments.
Given Dovid's wife Michal by King Shaul, Palti ben Layish places a sword between them on the first night and keeps that boundary for over seven years.