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# The secret of the LORD is for those who fear Him, And He will make them know His Covenant" (Psalm 25:14).
20 October 2022; 25 Tishrei, 5783.
Contents:
1. A Recent Arrival of the Finns in Finland?
2. When General Allenby Saved Sukkot
3. Who are the sons of David mentioned in the Bible?
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1. A Recent Arrival of the Finns in Finland?
Calvin KEPHART, "Races of Mankind, Their Origin and Migration," NY, 1960, p. 317:
# Shortly after A. D. 700, because of the irruption of Turanian hordes (the Tartars and others) in western Siberia and eastern Russia, the Finns were dislodged from their above-mentioned abode. The main body of the Finns (the Suomi) moved westward to their present territory of Karelia, Finland, and nearby regions. #
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2. When General Allenby Saved Sukkot
https://blog.nli.org.il/en/hoi-allenby-sukkot/
Brit-Am Introductory Note:
On December 11, 1917, Gen. Edmund Allenby�s forces officially liberated Jerusalem from the Ottoman Turks.
The Turks had been allied with Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire against the Allies. They had ruled over the Middle East including Iraq, Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, what became known as Palestine. The victory of Allenby followed the Balfour Declaration and what was to lead to the British Mandate and the future State of Israel. A small number of Jews had already been living in the country and had suffered under Turkish rule. Chaim Weizmann the de facto leader of the Secular Zionists arrived int he country to discuss matters with the British administration.
In September 1918, just before the Feast of Succot, Weizman was about to take the train to Cairo, in Egypt, to meet Allenby.
Two elderly religious Jews approached him and asked him to facilitate a shipment of myrtle branches. Myrtles, together with palm-tree stems, willow-leaf branches, and citrons (etrogs), are needed for the celebration of Succot.
This is what happened:
Extract:
Chaim Weizmann waited patiently for the one train that could take him to Cairo that day.
As the departure time approached, so too, did two seemingly ancient men. Weizmann estimated that their combined age must have been 180.
The Zionist leader had come to the Land of Israel as head of the Zionist Commission, a delegation of prominent figures tasked with gauging and laying down initial foundations for a Jewish state following the British government�s Balfour Declaration the previous autumn.
The First World War was still raging and the Commission, which a few iterations later would become the Jewish Agency, faced a host of problems. The heterogenous group was ripe for internal division, with members from different countries and ideological persuasions. Its role and authority rather vague, the local British military command was all but unsupportive despite official backing from London. Poverty and disease were rampant and the internal politics of the small local Jewish community needed to be addressed, as did the concerns and opposition of the local Arab population, which the Commission sought to engage in productive dialogue.
.... Yet, while poverty, disease and conflict may indeed have troubled the men, those were not the issues about which they had come to talk to Weizmann.
"Do you not know that the Feast of Tabernacles [Sukkot] is almost upon us, and we have no myrtles?," they asked, referring to one of the 'Four Species' required to properly observe the holiday in accordance with Jewish law.
'Though I was familiar enough with the need for myrtles. it had somehow slipped my mind, and it had not occurred to me to include this particular job among the many chores of the Zionist Commission, operating in the midst of a bloody war,� Weizmann recalled in his memoirs.
Not fazed, he responded, 'Surely you can get myrtles from Egypt,' to which the old men looked pained:
- "one must have myrtles of the finest quality. These come from Trieste [Italy]. In a matter of high religious importance, surely General Allenby will be willing to send instructions to Trieste for the shipment of myrtles."
Weizmann explained that the world was at war and that Trieste was located in enemy territory.
"But this is a purely religious matter," one of the men responded, "a matter of peace. Myrtles are, indeed, the very symbol of peace."
.... The countless other issues at stake and meetings in Cairo all but drove the myrtle promise from Chaim Weizmann's mind. Yet then, just before his boat sailed and he took leave of General Allenby, the legendary liberator of Jerusalem (not Trieste) exclaimed:
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"By the way, about those myrtles! You know, it is an important business; it's all in the Bible; I read it up in the Book of Nehemiah last night. Well, you'll be glad to hear that we have lifted the quarantine, and a consignment of myrtles will get to Palestine in good time for the Feast of Tabernacles!"
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3. Who are the sons of David mentioned in the Bible?
https://www.gotquestions.org/sons-of-David.html
Extract:
ANSWER
First Chronicles 3:1- 9 lists the sons of David. The list reads like this:
"These were the sons of David born to him in Hebron:
The firstborn was Amnon the son of Ahinoam of Jezreel;
the second, Daniel the son of Abigail of Carmel;
the third, Absalom the son of Maakah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;
the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
and the sixth, Ithream, by his wife Eglah.
These six were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months.
David reigned in Jerusalem thirty-three years, and these were the children born to him there:
Shammua, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon. These four were by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel. There were also Ibhar, Elishua, Eliphelet, Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet - nine in all. All these were the sons of David, besides his sons by his concubines. And Tamar was their sister."
Breaking down this list, we first have David's six sons born in Hebron: 1) Amnon, 2) Daniel, 3) Absalom, 4) Adonijah, 5) Shephatiah, and 6) Ithream.
Next, we have the thirteen sons born to David in Jerusalem: 7) Shimea, 8) Shobab, 9) Nathan, 10) Solomon, 11) Ibhar, 12) Elishama, 13) Eliphelet, 14) Nogah, 15) Nepheg, 16) Japhia, 17) Elishama, 18) Eliada, and 19) Eliphelet.
In addition to the nineteen sons David had by his wives were a number of unnamed sons David fathered through his concubines. He also had a daughter named Tamar. Another son named Jerimoth is mentioned in 2 Chronicles 11:18, although it is unclear whether he is one of the sons mentioned above (using another name) or one of David�s sons by a concubine.
David also had a son with Bathsheba before she bore Solomon. This son died seven days after his birth (2 Samuel 12:16-23), and it is possible that he is not included in this list. If so, the sons of David with his wives would total at least 20. To that total we would add all the unnamed sons of his concubines.
At least three of David's sons died during David�s lifetime. In addition to the death of Bathsheba's first son were the deaths of his sons Amnon and Absalom. Another son, Adonijah, was executed shortly after David�s death for trying to usurp the throne (1 Kings 2:25).