The shofet that wasn’t a shofet: The desperate years under avimelech | Rabbi Neil Winkler

I often almost commonly t tell you it's a fascinating story and we're going to start and all fascinating said parts about Vay anyway but the uh the stories in uh sh remarkable uh this one is certainly remarkable it's a very difficult one I started be last time giving a little um a little introduction uction to it. But um it's a troubling one. It is a troubling um years. I refer to this I title this the desperate years under Abi Melik. [snorts] Um and as you'll see, you'll know why. So just to begin, it's good that you should begin a a happy thing. Mr. Gomorrah in um it's a number of places Tim talks about rabba they say rabba when before he begins his shar with his students he would say he give something funny for him to sing and give it happy then it would start I used to do the exact same thing I never finished after the funny part though but you know but that's what I did We had a fun time as I have here. We finished the story of the heroic um Gon. Do you want the a um thing you have one? Good. If anyone else comes in, please no chase them out because I don't have anyone. Ah, come on. This is a breaking. We're breaking the records today. Look. Um, the Yeah. Mala Mala will say Leila. Leila. Uh, Gdome was the great hero. His victories and his successful uh leadership seem to be the closing with the and dudes clo does close almost with the ending of um with a very optimistic story um and phrase and that is this is not part of the Um it's not something which is down here in the source because I expected you to remember this when I told you this last time so forgot to put it down anyway and that is we are told the following and at the end of the um of the leadership era of Gdon it says because of Gdon uh the Israelites had were defeated by the Israelites and they didn't dare lift up their heads against Israel. They would didn't start up, you know, as opposed to Iran, you know, no matter how bad they get defeated, they come back, but not them. And that was and for 40 years there was peace in the land. When was the last time we had that here? 40 years of peace. Be made me giddone in these days and the time of Gdon. That's a great ending. Unfortunately, that wasn't the end of the paragraph. The closing verses of that eighth perk is what our first um source is. It says made you think that would be in the next se chapter. No mentioned it. After Gdon died, however, I put out the however that's been the Israelites again went astray following the Balim. The Bal which is a of course a false god and they adopted Balit as a god. The Israelites gave no thought to their god who s saved them from all the enemies around them. I mean, it was just after Gdon. Gdon dies. They forgot. I forgot. We don't know. Nor did they show loyalty to the house of Gdon in return for all the good that he had done for Israel. I love to I love to ask you these questions that I'm going to it's it's like where else do we find somebody who forgot the goodness of the one the last generation and they went ahead and they did it against them anyway >> huh >> yeah but that wasn't generation against generation that was a month and a half you know parro Oh, parro forgot he didn't say but he didn't know what happened to Yoseph and he started right so that was and I sort of say well you know you Egyptian what do you expect but he also said that it wasn't his people but here it is their people it's they had gone through a terrible time they had a great victory a great and he forgot all about it >> um history lessons that that you did. >> That's right. Yeah, >> I be a little young for that. But yeah, you know, and um so as we begin the story of aime and the ninth chapter and peret of sephim, you will begin to un to be convinced why I titled this section of the book as the the desperate years. the desperate years of um as we'll see these are stories filled with struggle not against a foreign enemy but against ourselves uh and we will sadly leave of much blood being spilt as we'll see for the simple dele I say the covert of power. That's where I started this. And then unfortunately I try to avoid this but I thought I woke up this morning thinking of something. I try to avoid avoid thinking because it gives me a headache and I thought I woke up I said no this is not good. It's not a good a good title for the thing because Abi Melik and the years of Abi Melik have been something that always disturbed me. It was put down in safer shaft team and say it show and more than anything art school has it down there as one of the shaft team. So who am I to disagree? I'm right. Um and it bothered me. So I wanted to give you I said you know maybe I should have given the title as the chauffe who was not a chauffe depicts ab aime very well. Let me tell you, I'm not just making it up, which I usually do, but this comes from the text. And again, because it was this morning that I decided to run this down, I couldn't put it in the sources over here. I'm gonna uh tell you I will actually read out to you what the text says in the uh in the second par ofim. There it says the following hashem. God raised up chieftains. See I thought the Hebrew was much easier than the English. He raised up chieftains. What do they have some? No, Indians were things he raised them. I he set up for Israel leaders. Of course, the the translation decided they were chieftains. We call them and that's what the Torah calls them. I mean, that's what the Tanak calls them. It says, it says that God set up. It says, that's what it was. That's why I always tell you that doesn't mean they were judges. They weren't judges. You know, they didn't come with black with black robes and sitting behind. That wasn't what they were. A chauffe was one who was a leader. Now, what was this? So, it tells us that's so nice of us. The told in the Tanakh what it is. So, we know what a chi should be. It says that these chim delivered Israel from those who plundered them, but they did not heed to their shim often and they went astray following other gods and bowing down to them. They were quick to turn aside from the way their ancestors had followed in obedience to God's commandments. They did not do right. When God raised up chauffe for um for them, God uh would be with that chauffe that chauffe and helping them and would save them from their enemies during that chauffe's lifetime for God would be moved to pity for uh by their moanings because of those who oppressed and crushed them crushed them. I left that next verse which was because a nice guy because the next work says says but they still kept on going it's wrong and every time there was no chauffe everything became corrupt but nonetheless this is what a chauffet is someone chosen by god one way or the other we saw in gdon there was a an an um a malak who came and spoke to them in dvorra he said god spoke to her uh you know So somehow even sometimes because as by by dent of the personality he was they this this this person becomes chosen by the people we'll see that int the story in Beng that we had and they become these a chauffe that was clearly chosen by god whether openly or because of the people good that's what a chauffe is but the story of Abi Melik proves that he was no savior of Israel. Um he defeats no foreign enemy. No foreign enemy was attacking Israel and he did not save them at all. He never followed God's commands from the very beginning. He was never really, as we'll see why I'm saying that, he was never really chosen as a leader. So far, he's doing okay. Didn't listen to God. Didn't save anybody. And he wasn't a leader. But they call him a chauffe. I'm telling you, art scroll is wrong. Basically, the fact that the Gammorra says yes in there, but he wasn't what the chauffe was, not according to what the text says it should be. But this is aime simply he was not really a chopi and you'll see the very beginning of um the f first five verses the pukim of the first uh of of the chapter of chapter nine that we have here finally as in the next source we'll see what we're talking about here first of all we find out something which actually was mentioned in the last paragraph there was his son called um Aimela. Okay, Aviamela, the son of Yerubal. Yerubal was another name for Gdon. If you recall in the story of Gdon, he he got that name be because when he or actually it was his father cut down the uh the altar of Baal against the people of Ofra who were very upset for it because they were they were worshiping that. And the father said, "What are you screaming at me and threatening my son?" And he said if Baal was a strong thing Ba will fight will fight against not you you know so he called him yu ba he fought against bal and that was given as his name for the for gel that happens very often in the ancient world that you get a name for it in the story of of kaneka also we have herkandos uh was not a good Jewish name you have a child but he said why are we going you know moi should we said, "What should we call him?" Call him Herkinus, you know, because he was a victorious over the Greek um general who was cursed. Okay. Anyway, so now we start the son of um Yubal. He went to his mother's brothers. I say the mother's brothers because it rhymed. I don't know why it's there. It was He was a son of Yubal also, but Yubal had many different mim wives. And he goes specifically to his re his real brothers and he said to them in hey guys you know what's more than the other guys who the other mothers. So it says he spoke to them and to the whole clan of his mother's family. These are the good guys for him. Now he said look put this question to all the citizens of I want you to be my spokesman and since we are the same family hey this is good for us and which is better for you to be ruled by all 70 sons of rebound and gon had 70 sons one. Can you imagine trying to find enough names for 70 sons? And somebody had in school I had parents who had three or four daughter uh sons and insisted that all of them had to start with a J. lucky they didn't have any of them back when he got so anyway um said so it's better for have seven to rule over us or or to be ruled by one oh and remember I'm your own flesh and blood very subtle guy and um his mother's brothers mother's brothers this is killing me um spoke all of this in behalf to all the citizens of so they you know did a lecturering and they went around they said you know we have a great guy here um and uh they were one over to Abi Melik for they thought he is our kinsman is that Mishba so you know good to have him to lead us now I also should answer I should mention this I don't think it's here um but it is mentioned before he was yeah a son of the mother well duh but the mother was not one of the real wives she he was she was a what we call a sha much like Hagar was but Hagar eventually get married so she was >> Huh Huh? >> No, I'm not. I'm fine. Oh, yes. It's called a concubine. That's correct. That's who she was. So, she Yeah, she was a son uh he was a son of Gdon and he had and the mother had this concubine had a number of sons also. But he that in the ancient world that's very important and you see that in the in the Torah, right? A concubine isn't necessarily considered on the same level as the regulo. The the magnificence of Yakov Au that still the people don't realize is that he treated the quote unquote concubis if you want to call them the as complete. they he married them, you know, Bilha and Zilpa uh and they were had they had equal but anyway um so he's a a son of a concubine and um they convinced the the Shites that he's a good guy to have. They gave him 70 shekels from the temple of uh of Bab. You understand that? That's of course an idol uh that they were worshiping. And with this Abi he had you know hired some worthless and reckless men. So you know he he understandably he um took money from the sh and he went and he used it for himself. Right. uh and they followed him. He then went to his father's house, not mother's mother's uh in back to Ofra and he killed his brothers, all the other ones are there. All the sons of Yubal, oh 70 of them in succession, one after the other. first you then on one stone I don't want to know what that that is meaning you know however however there was only yam a the youngest son of yubal he survived because he went into hiding so one is changed you know that sound interesting word with word another one you know whatever you're calling a kid call me old time what is that I know somebody Do you realize that the word yot it's almost like the word yatone >> it became an orphan anyway so there's number one of this great guy okay good beginning this is our show fate okay in his few sentences aim the least regarded son of the idol idolized hero Well, he took over a non-existing throne by murdering the 70 brothers in some wild act of fratricside really to why to prevent obviously those who could rightfully lay claim to the leadership of the tribe this way you know that's we we've read that before kill out you know so that uh I can be the king and not your best. That's what happens. Terrible. Now, do you understand his name? What was his name? Abi Mel. What does that mean? >> I my father was a king. But even more than that, it is a title. You know the word aime? I'm sorry. Sorry. Uh the idea of Avi Melik we find in brain right that was he aimel was the royal title of the kings ofim like there's a pharaoh for the there was a melame I don't think that daddy called him let's call you abi melik I would imagine this is what he eventually calls himself he makes himself the king. I am the leader and he does so very nicely. He murders everybody else. It's a convincing way of doing it. Yeah. That's how the the Muslims spread. Yeah. It's it's remarkable. Um anyway, the irony. Do you understand here? I didn't know the Taliban happened. Was Gdon, his father, a king? Was he ever a king? Do you remember what we learned? They asked him to be king and he says, "No, God is being your king." He Giddon refuses to even take on that title. He would never consider himself king. alone comes out of your mouth say my father was a king. No, he wasn't. And you're not either. So, so far you impressed with this nice guy here, huh? >> Terrific guy. This is horrible. Um, [clears throat] >> you're saying that the the ulterior motive that he has is for him. Did those people then killed were they good people or were they not so good? >> Never spoke to them. Um uh they were as far as we know they weren't wicked people that we know. Nowhere does it say and he took the wicked sons of Gdon. They were sons of Gdon. They were undoubtedly looked up to probably, you know, they, you know, probably got the first the first guys to on on the bus because, you know, so but they weren't bad, but they were looked up to and that was a threat for Aimela. Everybody else thought they they were the better ones. See, he says, "Well, you know, if if I remove all of them, I'll be the better one, basically is what it is." And um the only thing we know is that there's this this uh Yam still alive. By the way, we never again read anything about Yam. It's mentioned one more time as the fact that oh, Yam had done this, but we don't know anything about it. It was the youngest one and he was able >> Huh. >> Well, I'm sure by now the uh the Palestinians found him. Uh yeah. Um um but this uh this little boy or young man, shall I say, of your time was quite courageous and quite clever. And that's the next part. Um he taught to the people publicly and I kind of an allegory he said he sent to the um people of and uh it's actually known in Gumar and other place as the parable of the trees. Okay. And that's our next source. All right. The uh wonderful job of uh of murder uh of um no I would use the term no I won't use that term anyway. I believe that of Abi Melik was well known. becomes a leader now. And now what is this? He he stands on top of a hill does y and he cries out to the people all the citizens of and bilo which is they convened and he procla and proclaimed aimela king at the pillar of and when yam was informed he stood on top of harriim and called out in a long in a loud voice. Does anybody know about Harim? >> That's right. And what would happen in Harrisim? That's where they had the and the which Okay. Okay. And Harriim was where they the blessings. So that's interesting. But it's not far from how do I know that? A I read B says so in A but it tells a story of it says it says right it places where >> very good it's there's a beautiful village there down called Neora. Anyway, so he stands there and he says, this is a great one. He says, "Citizens of listen to me so that God may listen to you once upon a time. The trees went to anoint a king over themselves. They said to the olive tree, "Rign over us." But the olive tree replied, "Have I from who God and humans are honored stopped yielding my rich oil that I should go and wave over the the the trees?" Basically saying, "What the heck is trees?" You nobody God likes what I have oil to how many every the Torah every thing was has a she on it, you know. But even in the ancient world, you know how important oil was in the ancient world. It was used as a monetary thing. You would look because oil that's how that's how important it was and valuable that it was. So the he says so the aisle tree said no I don't want to re of course hinting that's you know his father again don't also said that. So the trees went and said to the fig tree, "Oh, you could come and reign over us." But the fig tree said, "Have I stopped yielding my sweetness, my delicious fruit that I should go and wave over the trees? What do the trees?" Nothing. No, I should do that. So the trees went to the vine. H So you come and reign over us. But the vine replied, "Have I stopped yielding my new wine which gladdens God and humans that I should go and wave over the trees?" The three of them perhaps most uh uh um I won't say famous of the trees but the most important ones in the ancient world that gives up beautiful fruits and stuff very important. of wine in the ancient world for the to this day are very important and they all said no. The best of the trees say no. And what happened? It goes on to say to the thorn bush you know he he was the volunteers himself. The thorn bush said to the trees if you are acting um acting I'm sorry honorably in anointing me king over you. So come take shelter in my shade. But if you don't, he says, may fire issue from the thorn bush and consume the cedars of Lebanon. What's the point? A thorn bush, what fruit does it give? Nothing. It's [clears throat] dry and you know, big mistake to put a fire under it because it just it can fire down everything. He says, "So, if you don't come and hide underneath this tiny little bush that's all thorns and everything, I'm going to kill all of you. I'll I'll burn you down." That's his parable about what aime has been doing. You nobody was the least important of everything when everybody else important said no. He said you're telling them you have to come to me or else I'm going to kill you. She says, "Now then if you um um acted honorably and loyally in making a king, if you have done right by your yubal and his house and have reququited him according to his deserts, considering that my father fought for you and saved you from the Midionites at the risk of his life, and now you have turned on my father's household, killed his sons 70 and set up because he's your kinsman. That's why you're doing it. Your real father, not because your mother, your father was a hero. My your father saved you. But because he's so therefore that if I say you have this day acted honorably and loyally towards Yubal and his house, have joy in Abel, may he likewise have joy in you. But if not, may fire issue from Abi Melik, right? Because the talking about the thorn bush making may and consume the citizens of and may fire issue from the citizens of and consume kill. You should kill each other. You should kill each other. we would say, you know, a a curse on both of your houses. Um, and with that, Yam fled. He ran to be air and there he stood because of his father, his brother Abel say chase after him. That's it. So this is what happened. It's a very powerful thing. Guts like I said gutsy how brilliant actually and is it going to help everyone? Who knows? You know mom Dia said the worst things and happened to him. So all right. So does it have any written does it have well as it does turn out the words of goam though he's never again mentioned or quoting at all in this whole story really created an impact a real impact upon the citizenry of Shahim understand the citizeny of Jess whatever they were and they were listening to um AI Milik's uh friends or better yet his brothers and who knows how many brothers he had there and they were very influencing and that's who it was. So they said, "Okay, fine. That's like a a lot of people vote that way. All right, fine with me. Good." And that's what happened here. But they begin to think of what he was just saying. And look at what happens is the next source. You notice I put it down as the attempted rebellion. What happens now? Very interesting. Aimel held sway over Israel for three years. Why? They couldn't say that he led Israel or he ruled Israel for three years, but they had to go through the Hebrew words led way over Israel for three years. This is amazing. How long did was Gdon and then seven 40 years and what's his name? Um um Ahwood Ben it was 80 years and Dvora and it was 40 years right three years thank God three years that was who he had so God in created discord between Abi Malik and the citizens of the B once in a while says okay little help for you and he sits up uh the citizens who now broke faith with aimed un undoubtedly it doesn't say this but it would seem to be because of what Yam had told them that made them think wait a minute or wait a minute you know he's right right um and uh doing so the crime Abime committed against the 70 sons of their brother now might be avenged that's why God hadn't had this set up right as well as against the citizens of who had assisted in slaying of his brothers. They weren't all, you know, there were they were innocent citizens. That right? They didn't do anything wrong. 5,000 from Hamas and also 3,000 regular non Hamas came over on October 7th and murdered and killed and raped. But they were just citizens. They were just, you know, still. So the citizens of Shrem planted ambushes against him being Mel um on the hilltops and being great guys as they were they robbed whoever passed by him. You know if you're in the on the hills on the top you can attack those on the on the roads. That's what the uh Arabs did in 194647 trying to enter into the Jews to enter inlay. They had the highline and they used to neb you still see the um trucks and the the buses on the sides of how many were were destroyed trying to get into and help the Jews there who were starving really. Okay. Word of this reached of hima. And then we have another guy, another outstanding fellow name was Gal and and I should have put the [clears throat] in between the a and a but I was too lazy. Anyway, when Gal and his companions passed through, the citizens of gave him support. So g now good to be against. They went out into the fields trod out the vintage of their vineyards and made a festival. Yay. God is here. Yay. Yeah. Whatever. Right. They entered the temple of their god. Notice the small g. Thank you. And as they ate and drank, they reviled the aimela. He's a stinker. He's a bad guy. you know, and they were having a good time. That was it. G said he just had come in, but he was also a leader and he sees they're all behind him and he says, "Yeah, I could do something with this." He now is going to become the head of the uh the opposition to Abi Melik. He said, "Who is Abi? And who are we? We should serve him, right? this same son of Yu Bal and his lieutenant Zul Zul was his lieutenant they once served the ent the entourage of Kamore the father of that you don't see that but if you know something in the Torah you know the story of course in Islah of and Tamar being kidnapped and raped And she was benamore is the head of so of course this is these are hundreds of year later but nonetheless but whether it is the lineage of ham that he's talking about or merely the fact that he was really a you know he w he was with the bad guys you know and that thing whatever he says why should we serve him he just gives you know oh if only this people were under my command, I would get rid of Abi Melik. M would challenge Abel, fill up your ranks and come out here. Join me. Let's go. See, when I said in the beginning it was a story of ego and a story of power. It wasn't just Abi Melik. This guy now comes in. But I'm happy because it's against Amy Melik. Okay, don't get happy. But over the years, the discontent against Abimea grew. Whether his treatment of his citizens, his lack the lack of security that he didn't give, or the out the outlandish spilling of blood constantly, the violence that he did, whatever, all now turned against his rule, which now leads to a civil war. Welcome to Shaft. Welcome to the israel that finally came into the holy land into their land and within x amount of now they're fighting each other. Now you know they're Jewish. >> They didn't get rid of their idols and stuff. >> Oh no, please. >> Of course you think God's getting around. He says he God was saying a a curse on both of your you die. You're all bones here. And that's what's going to happen by the way. Oh, and I'm sorry I gave away your head. >> Well, when's the last time you woke up? You have you have an idol over there someplace. >> So, um, you got Ben. What are you worried about? Uh anyway, um that's what happens now. A civil war, which is the next uh uh the um uh the next I'm sorry, source that you have the source E just when you think think you're going we're going to get them wrong. when Zulu the governor of the city, Zulu was the also assistant, shall we say, the lieutenant of um Aimela, he said when he heard the words of Gal, he was furious. He sent messages to Avi saying, "Hey, Gal and his uh companions have come to and are inciting this whole city against you. So go out at night with your forces and h and hide yourselves in the fields early next morning advance on the ceiling on the city. Gal and his troops will then come out against you and you can do to him whatever you wish. So Abime and his troops set out at night and placed themselves against uh in four hiding places. When Gal came out and stood at the entrance of the city, um Abel and his friend and his men emerged from his cam camouflage and Gal saw the troops and told Zu, "Oh, look, the troops are coming down from the hilltops." He didn't know that Zuul was already, you know, was already told aim. So his wool said to him, "No, no, just the shadows of the hills sing to you like people that's not really people there, right?" Um, so G spoke again. Look, the troops are coming now from Tabor and another column is coming from Alon. Then Zul said, "Oh, so where is your boast?" He said, "Who is Milik? We should serve him. Aren't these the chips troops that you sneered at? Go out and fight with them." So G went and led the men of and battled Abime but he had to flee as Aimelik um pursued him and good news more people died stayed in go back to while Zul expelled Gal and his men from and now uh Well, let's see. We're doing Yeah, we can do this. I mean, Mel's uh ongoing violence is a good way of putting it. Um his heavy-handed military rule grants him a victory over his opponents, but as we will see, not for very long. Um, as we see in number F, you know, on the top of 22 um it says um yeah, the next day people went out into the fields and this was reported to Avi. So he took his troops uh divided them into three columns and lay in ambush in the fields. when he saw the people coming out of the city, he pounced him uh upon them and struck them down and struck them down. This is a different thing. This is after he got rid of Gal. Now the regular people just came out, but he gets again a mel that's him. And while Avi and the column that followed him dashed ahead and took up a position at the entrance of the city gate, the other two columns rushed uh upon all that were in the open and struck them down. Aim fought against the city all that day. Now he takes again against the whole city. The city that had taken over and was going to make him the leader, right? he know how to wipe him out. Uh he captured the city, massacred the people in it, raised down the ch the town and sort of with salt so that they can again he can they cannot grow things when they do it with salt you know. Um when all the citizens of the tower of learned of this they went into the tunnel of the temple of now it's Elburit when was informed that all the citizens of the tower of tower of had gathered there he and all troops he had with him went up uh onto Mount Zmun Salmon it was and taking an axe in his hand Um, Abal lpped off a tree limb and lifted it onto his shoulder. Then he said to the true troops that accompanied him, "What you saw me do, do also." Which is interesting what Gdon said. Okay. So each of the troops lapped down a branch. They marched behind Ablik, laid them against the tunnel and set fire through the tunnel over their heads. I told you it was a great story, wasn't it? >> Yeah. >> Thus all the people of a tower of Shrem perished about 1,000 men and women. This is a great story, huh? This is a chauffe three years only. Look what he did. Just outrageous. But the butchery continues. Just in case you thought that, right? Consider how many fell in the space of these three years of rain, years of desperation for the the Israelites. That's why I called it a terrible time. >> It's a excellent question. Um, which I try to say whenever we see these stories about the shaft team, don't think this is what's happening in Israel. It's a specific area. It could this this hell could be happening around they were making they could making a falafel in in you. No problem. It's part of the problem with the lack of unity. It's part of the punishment God gives when he told them get rid of your foreigners so that you can now be one nation. You can uh you can worship me. And instead they listened to whatever their foreigners were. I call them foreigners. They were probably of course the ones who were there um were worshiping and they they worshiped that. So all of this is all because of that one little thing in the beginning and what Yoshua told them said make sure you get rid of all of these um pagans and idoltors. And that's what um Moshe told Yoshua to tell the people and people tell them. And for the one generation with the zukim, that's what they did. Uh but only a few Yehuda, but the rest of the tribes didn't do it. So that's why these are very very that's I I get very unhappy with people who think well Israel was it was is peaceful and for 40 years. It wasn't peaceful. That area that had had this problem that had peace. the other if you don't hear that there was fighting so you assume that was what it was that's why by the way I said this I'm sorry I'm nervous with the arts school >> somewhere else >> because it's not look they would take it from the from the it's not a problem I understand from but how can the idea that 40 years now 40 years are over and this happened I don't know if that's true that's you know 40 form but what happens now up in Gilad which is when we was that did it overlap on this oh no but that's why the timing here is really difficult to know but they say about 350 years whatever who am I to say but I'm right anyway anyway good um here we come and this is really the the um the downfall of aime I know you're looking forward to this. Okay. I mean proceeded to TV. He uh encamped there, occupied it. Within the town was a fortified tower and men and women took refuge there. H sounds familiar from the last story. They shut themselves in and went up on the roof of the tower. Aime pressed forward to the tower and of course he attacked it. Um approaching the door of the tower to set it on fire. Same thing he did before with the tunnel. Sure. His name is in Simar. Um and um he approached the door of the tower, but a woman from on top of the tower dropped an upper middle stone on Ahmed Malik's head and cracked this sull. It was a terrible really difficult headache he got. Was really um deserves it. >> Understand, you know, the millstones where they ground the wheat and stuff and make flour out of it. You know, there's a lower one and upper one. The lower one, especially the very very heavy one. Um, and the upper one is a little lighter because they had to put it they had they had to roll around and around and around. While you're rolling it, you can take it out and roll it. and she rolled it out of the window and talk about a good spot. He's the target was phenomenal. She threw it down and it hit me who was right at the door there trying to on his head was a really it was um hit him on his head. crushing headache. Uh, and he cried out to his attendant, "Draw your dagger and finish me off." So they shouldn't got to be say that a woman killed me. >> Even dying is still such a stupid >> ego. But then in the ancient but in the ancient world, I understand that. But it was God who was saying, "Yeah, get yourself there. You're not only going to die laugh at you, kiddo." Yeah. And um so a sentence stabbed him and he died which was nice of him. Uh when not the attendant Melik was nice enough to die. Uh when they saw that aimel was dead everyone went home. You know put on TV now and it was easy now. Thus Hashem repaid Abi Melik for the evil he had done by slaying his 70 brothers. There's one of a couple thousand other people. Yeah. Likewise, God repaid this people of for all their wickedness. And so the curse of Yotam was fulfilled. It's the only other time you see that name. He said, meaning at the very end, he said, "May you both kill each other." And it's exactly what happened. God is clever sometimes. He comes and does these things very well. I'm sorry I had to give you the story, but I had to see you because it's in a a reflection of what was going on in Israel here. It's horrific times that area especially. But people were grabbing for for leadership and and why because part of chaim I will tell you and once again I'm right this is the problem with the lack of a king. There was a lack of a king. I mean I have a class someone gave that was gone right or wrong for not taking on the throne. But get on right or wrong for denying that to become maybe he should have because that's what happened and if you have any question about me I'll be very unhappy but look at the last four I think chapters or five chapters of no maybe last two three not once not twice at least five times it says the same thing over again in these days and by the way that meant not only in the last the years but the whole time there's no king in they do whatever they want to do because there was no king and why does end with those words not once not twice but five times because comes and eventually gets a king they were pretty smart when they put the Tanakh That's exactly what the whole point of his shift is. You see what happens when you don't do what God said. You could have had the proper king had you got gotten rid of the others and then one two three you have a mikdash and hello everybody's happy. That's why the garra says clearly that really the tanakh should have just six books. the five books of Moshe and Yahushua because really what should have happened at the end of Yahosua was they would come in they would chase away the uh idoltors the pagans they would have only a worship of God will be very happy they'll give them the how to build a you know they'll get a plumber from the uh >> from the plumber from the airplane and we'll have build mikdash and the gman that's what should have happened when you go through the rest of tan certainly of the whole thing is all about Israel's sins and what happens then because of that you know yeah the story of of of David begins to build the the dynasty the the king and then he has slow-mo and that was it there's a breakup of that and there's now there's there's a breakup of all of Israel and everything in Malik Malim better all of the terrible things that occur. There's not one time when it goes to to describe the kingship of the northern kingdom that it says and he was a good king. You have it in the Huda about half the time but not in the north and that's what they were the first ones to get exiled. But just to understand that's exactly and shim is in effect telling you why this is all happening. This is what happened and because of this this happens. That's what I'm here for and that's what you're here for. Thank you so much.