Tanach
Melachim I 11:26-28 מלכים א י״א:כ״ו-כ״ח
Part of: Chapter 11
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וְיָרׇבְעָם בֶּן־נְבָט אֶפְרָתִי מִן־הַצְּרֵדָה וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ צְרוּעָה אִשָּׁה אַלְמָנָה עֶבֶד לִשְׁלֹמֹה וַיָּרֶם יָד בַּמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
And Yerovom, the son of Nevot, [was] from the tribe of Ephraim, from Tsereidoh, and his mother’s name was Tseruah, a widow. He was a servant to Shlomo and he raised his hand against the king.
And Yerovom, the son of Nevot, [was] from the tribe of Ephraim, from Tsereidoh, and his mother’s name was Tseruah, a widow. He was a servant to Shlomo and he raised his hand against the king.
Rashi
וְזֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־הֵרִים יָד בַּמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה בָּנָה אֶת־הַמִּלּוֹא סָגַר אֶת־פֶּרֶץ עִיר דָּוִד אָבִֽיו׃
It was about this matter that he raised his hand against the king: Shlomo had built up the Millo, and had closed up the breaks of the city of Dovid, his father.
It was about this matter that he raised his hand against the king: Shlomo had built up the Millo, and had closed up the breaks of the city of Dovid, his father.
Rashi
וזה הדבר. אשר הוכיחו עליו:
It was about this matter. Concerning which he rebuked him.
שלמה בנה את המלוא. ובבנין זה סגר את פרץ העיר דוד, שהיה הפרץ אחורי המלוא, אמר לו: אביך פרץ פרצות בחומה ליכנס בו עולי רגלים, ואתה גדרת אותה, לעשות אנגריא לבת פרעה, להושיב שם עבדיה ומשרתיה (סנהדרין קא ב):
Shlomo had built up the Millo. And with this building, he closed up the breach of the City of Dovid which was behind the Millo.11See above 9:24. He said to him, “Your father made breaches in the wall for the festival pilgrims to enter, and you closed it up, to create a labor force for Pharaoh’s daughter, to station there her menservants and maidservants.”12Maseches Sanhedrin 101b and Rashi there.
וְהָאִישׁ יָרׇבְעָם גִּבּוֹר חָיִל וַיַּרְא שְׁלֹמֹה אֶת־הַנַּעַר כִּֽי־עֹשֵׂה מְלָאכָה הוּא וַיַּפְקֵד אֹתוֹ לְכׇל־סֵבֶל בֵּית יוֹסֵֽף׃ {ס}
This man Yerovom was a man of great valor; and Shlomo had seen that this young man, did his work with diligence, and appointed him over all the [tax] burdens of the House of Yosef.
This man Yerovom was a man of great valor; and Shlomo had seen that this young man, did his work with diligence, and appointed him over all the [tax] burdens of the House of Yosef.
Rashi
וירא שלמה את הנער. קודם לכן:
And Shlomo had seen that this young man. Prior to this.
כי עושה מלאכה הוא. מהיר במלאכתו וזריז:
Did his work with diligence. Quick in his work and diligent.
לכל סבל בית יוסף. (תרגום:) לכל מסקי מיסין דבית יוסף, מנשה ואפרים, לפי שמשבט אפרים היה:
Over all the [tax] burdens of the House of Yosef. [Targum Yonoson rendered,] “over all the taxpayers of the House of Yosef,” [i.e.,] Menashe and Ephrayim, because he was from the tribe of Ephrayim.
וירם יד במלך. הוכיחו ברבים:
And he raised his hand against the king. He rebuked him in public.10He was correct in rebuking him about building up the Millo, but he was wrong for doing it in public. See Maseches Sanhedrin 101b and Rashi there.