1)

Why did he take a stick and stones?

1.

Malbim: David trusted so much in Hashem, he did not take any weapons, only what one uses to expel beasts. The blasphemer was like a beast in his eyes!

2)

Why did he take five stones?

1.

Radak (citing Midrash Shmuel 21:5): One was l'Shem Hashem, one was l'Shem Aharon, and three l'Shem the Avos. Hashem said, I should 'pay' (punish) him - he blasphemed Me! Aharon said, I should pay him - I am Go'el ha'Dam 1 . The Avos said, said, we should pay him - he reviled "Ma'archos Elokim Chayim", he wanted to uproot our children, and to uproot their Torah, which is their sustenance.

2.

Radak citing a Midrash: They are five for whom David had Kinah (zeal to avenge the insult to them) - the five Chumashim, Hashem's name and the memory of three greats of the world - Avraham, Yitzchak and Yakov.


1

Radak: Galyus killed the Kohanim Chofni and Pinchas, like it says in Tosefes Targum (verse 8). (Their sons should be the Go'elei ha'Dam! Perhaps their only sons were minors, e.g. Iy Kavod, who was born the day Eli died (1:4:21), about 10 years ago. - PF)

3)

What are "Chalukei Avanim"?

1.

Rashi: They are small, smooth stones.

2.

Radak citing Targum Yonasan: They are smooth stones, proper for a slingshot.

4)

What is Yalkut?

1.

Targum Yonasan: It is a Tarmil. Radak - this is a Kli of leather or cloth in which travelers put their food for the road.

2.

Radak: It is a Kli in which a slingshot shooter puts the stones that he is Loket to put in the slingshot. This is why it is called Yalkut!

5)

Why did he take both a shepherd's Kli and a Yalkut? Surely one could hold all five stones!

1.

Radak: Perhaps he had more stones in one Kli, and the five that he chose in the other Kli.

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