PEH716

PEH716

A question is raised about why the tribe of Benjamin remained with Judah during the division of the Israelite United Kingdom into the kingdoms of Judah and Israel. The questioner explains that although God had decreed that one tribe should remain with Judah (1 Kings 11:32), Benjamin had many connections to Israel and stood in contrast to Judah. For instance, Jeroboam, from the tribe of Ephraim, who had common ancestry with Benjamin, led Israel. Additionally, during the desert wanderings, the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin formed a strategic unity known as the "camp of Ephraim." Furthermore, two leaders from Benjamin, Shimei ben Gera and Sheba ben Bichri, led the rebellion against David and the tribe of Judah. David ben Raphael Meldola gives seven reasons why Benjamin remained with Judah. Among them, he states that Judah vouched for Benjamin and that the end of the exile would come through the tribes of Judah and Benjamin because the Messiah would come from Judah and the prophet Elijah, his forerunner, from Benjamin.

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1787-02-14

1787-03-20

Meldola

Meldola, David ben Raphael

AcohenDav

Acohen d'Azevedo, David