9781108494359 - Portraying Violence in the Hebrew Bible: A Literary and Cultural Study, published by Cambridge University
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In fact, Saul had at least two other sons still alive at that time - Armoni and Mephibosheth, sons of Saul who David later on extradited to the Gibeonites (2 Sam 21)For example, King David avenged the death of Saul's sole remaining son Ish-Bosheth after his father and brothers had died, and because Jonathan's only remaining son Mephibosheth was crippled (2 Sam 4:4-12).
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The biblical expression אין לו דם actually refers to a man who has forfeited his right to live, not to an innocent person who retains the protection of the law. Similarly, the rabbinic expression יש לו דמים refers to a person who cannot be killed (i.e., an innocent person). Thus, the author has gotten this completely backwards.A common way to express guilt is to say of the murderer that 'he has blood' (ישׁ לו דמים). By contrast, an innocent person 'has no blood' (e.g. 35:27).
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