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   clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jul-2024 06:50:52 JST clacke

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   • Noam writes

   @noam In the author's defense, the next chapter says "In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit." It's not intended to be a guide to good behavior, it's propaganda for monarchy and a warning about the kind of chaos it supposedly prevents. 😊

   (plus a guide to the etymomogy of some place names)

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     Noam writes (noam@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jul-2024 06:50:53 JST Noam writes

     #MythologyMonday - big cats

     Samson challenges his wedding guests to answer the riddle
     

     Out of the eater came something to eat,
     and out of the strong came something sweet.

     
     This is a reference to Samson's earlier adventures killing a lion, and later passing the same way and finding honeybees and honey in the corpse.

     The wedding guests extort the answer from Delilah, Samson's wife. As Samson lost the wager, he has to give his 30 guests a good suit each. He acquires them by killing thirty men. Ain't the Old Testament grand?