Tanach
Divrei HaYamim II 10:12-16 דברי הימים ב י׳:י״ב-ט״ז
Part of: Chapter 10
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וַיָּבֹא יָרׇבְעָם וְכׇל־הָעָם אֶל־רְחַבְעָם בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִשִׁי כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר הַמֶּלֶךְ לֵאמֹר שׁוּבוּ אֵלַי בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִשִֽׁי׃
So Yorov῾am and all the people came to Reĥav῾am on the third day, as the king had spoken saying, Come back to me on the third day.
So Yorov῾am and all the people came to Reĥav῾am on the third day, as the king had spoken saying, Come back to me on the third day.
וַיַּעֲנֵם הַמֶּלֶךְ קָשָׁה וַֽיַּעֲזֹב הַמֶּלֶךְ רְחַבְעָם אֵת עֲצַת הַזְּקֵנִֽים׃
And the king answered them roughly; and king Reĥav῾am forsook the counsel of the old men,
And the king answered them roughly; and king Reĥav῾am forsook the counsel of the old men,
וַיְדַבֵּר אֲלֵהֶם כַּעֲצַת הַיְלָדִים לֵאמֹר אַכְבִּיד אֶֽת־עֻלְּכֶם וַאֲנִי אֹסִיף עָלָיו אָבִי יִסַּר אֶתְכֶם בַּשּׁוֹטִים וַאֲנִי בָּעַקְרַבִּֽים׃
and he answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
and he answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
וְלֹא־שָׁמַע הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־הָעָם כִּֽי־הָיְתָה נְסִבָּה מֵעִם הָאֱלֹהִים לְמַעַן הָקִים יְהֹוָה אֶת־דְּבָרוֹ אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר בְּיַד אֲחִיָּהוּ הַשִּׁלוֹנִי אֶל־יָרׇבְעָם בֶּן־נְבָֽט׃
So the king did not hearken to the people: for it was brought about by God, that the Lord might perform his word, which he spoke by the hand of Aĥiyyahu the Shilonite to Yorov῾am the son of Nevat.
So the king did not hearken to the people: for it was brought about by God, that the Lord might perform his word, which he spoke by the hand of Aĥiyyahu the Shilonite to Yorov῾am the son of Nevat.
Rashi
וְכׇל־יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי לֹא־שָׁמַע הַמֶּלֶךְ לָהֶם וַיָּשִׁיבוּ הָעָם אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ ׀ לֵאמֹר מַה־לָּנוּ חֵלֶק בְּדָוִיד וְלֹא־נַחֲלָה בְּבֶן־יִשַׁי אִישׁ לְאֹהָלֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל עַתָּה רְאֵה בֵיתְךָ דָּוִיד וַיֵּלֶךְ כׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃ {ס}
And when all Yisra᾽el saw that the king would not hearken to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have no inheritance in the son of Yishay: every man to your tents, O Yisra᾽el: and now, David, look to thy house. So all Yisra᾽el went to their tents.
And when all Yisra᾽el saw that the king would not hearken to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have no inheritance in the son of Yishay: every man to your tents, O Yisra᾽el: and now, David, look to thy house. So all Yisra᾽el went to their tents.
Rashi
לאהליך ישראל. מוסב על מה לנו חלק בדוד מה לעזוב אהלינו ולילך אחריו לא כן אלא לכו כל ישראל איש לאהליו:
Each man to your homes, O Israel This refers back to, “What share do we have in David?” Why should we leave our homes and follow him? Not so, but all Israel, return each man to his home.
עתה ראה ביתך דוד. מוסב על ולא נחלה בבן ישי כלומר אין לנו בו נחלה אלא בבית המקדש שבירושלים שאנו זובחים בו ולראות בו בשלש רגלים:
Now see your house, David This refers back to, “And no heritage in Jesse’s son,” i.e., we have no heritage in him, but in the Temple in Jerusalem, where we sacrifice and appear on the three Pilgrimage Festivals.
ראה ביתך דוד. אין אנו צריכין לו לילך שם יהיה לך לבדך (וכל זה לא נראה לי) אלא ראה ביתך דוד אי איפשנו לא בך ולא בבית המקדש שלך:
see your house, David We do not need it to go there. Let it be yours alone. (But all this does not appeal to me) but, “See your house, David we have no desire either in you or in your Temple.”
כי היתה נסבה. למען הקים ה' את דברו כמו שמפורש (במלכים א יא) להסיר ממנו י' השבטים וליתן לירבעם וזהו לא יסור שבט מיהודה (ראשית מ"ט) לא ירד ממלכותו עד כי יבא שילה פתרון עד כי יבא יהודה שילה להמליך שם רחבעם ושם לו יקהת עמים להמליכו ושם נחלקה המלכות ואבד מלכות של עשר' השבטים ושכם עיר קטנה סמוכה לשילה כדכתיב (סוף שופטים) והנה חג לה' בשילה מימים ימימה במסילה העולה מבית אל שכמה וכתיב בירמיה משכם ומשילה ולכבוד משכן שילה נאספים לשכם שהוא ראוי לאסיפת בני אדם וסמוכה לשילה וכשנאספים בשכם אז יסור שבט מיהודה ששם המלכות נחלקה:
because it was brought about, etc. so that the Lord God might establish His word as is delineated in I Kings (11:31–37), to remove from him the ten tribes and to give them to Jeroboam, and this is the meaning of (Gen. 49:10): “The scepter will not depart from Judah” [meaning that] he will not be banished from his kingdom, “until he comes to Shiloh,” meaning until Judah comes to Shiloh to crown Rehoboam there, and there “peoples will gather to him” to crown him, and there the kingdom was divided, and the reign over the ten tribes was lost. Now Shechem is a small city adjacent to Shiloh, as it is written at the end of Judges (21:19): “Behold, there is a sacrifice before the Lord in Shiloh from time to time, etc. on the east side of the highway that goes up from Beth-El to Shechem,” and it is written in Jeremiah (41:5): “from Shechem (and) from Shiloh,” and in honor of the Tabernacle of Shiloh, they would gather in Shechem, which was fit for the people to assemble in, and it adjoined Shiloh. And when they would assemble in Shechem, the scepter would depart from Judah, for there the kingdom was divided.