1)
Why did David take the bones of Sha'ul?
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Malbim: One reason for the famine was that Sha'ul was not eulogized properly. (a) David took the bones to bury them honorably, in his ancestors' gravesite. (b) Through this, he eulogized him; refer to 21:13:1:1.
2)
Why is it written Telum Sham ha'Pelishtim, and we pronounce it Tela'um Shamah Pelishtim?
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Refer to 21:9:4:1.
