The Book of Samuel: chapter 25 part 2 Whither Malchut Welcome to our twenty-eighth in a continuing series on the book of Shmuel or Samuel and the founding of Jewish monarchy. Episode 28: Avigail, Changes the course of Jewish History After a brief recap we continue our exploration of chapter 25 by peeling away the layers to arrive at the heart of the story. We explain the rationale for Naval, David and Avigail as well as pointing out the embedded references in the text to other stories from Tanach including Esav’s meeting with Yaakov and Ruth’s encounter with Boaz. Finally, we discuss the concept of David’s heart as being the reason for his chosenness (and the root of why God chooses anyone starting with Avraham) and we notice how with the encounter with Naval David’s heart is on the precipice of being corrupt, only by Avigail’s restoration of God consciousness is David saved, and by extension the entirety of Jewish kingship is set aright. All this and more. Thank you for joining us, I hope you enjoy this podcast and will consider sharing it with others. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/isaacson/support