This time too, we will compare two battles – the battle of Israel’s defeat at “Afek” and the battle of Israel’s defeat at Gilboa. They took place at different times and in different places, but the Tanach connects them – when it tells us, without any reason, that in the second battle too, the Philistines gathered at “Afek.” The entire story is also described in exactly the same words and phrases. What is the educational message that the Tanach teaches us by comparing the two battles? And how does this relate to the issue of the hostages in Azza?
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