Tanach
Melachim I 2:41-3:2 מלכים א ב׳:מ״א-ג׳:ב׳
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וַיֻּגַּד לִשְׁלֹמֹה כִּי־הָלַךְ שִׁמְעִי מִירוּשָׁלַ͏ִם גַּת וַיָּשֹֽׁב׃
And it was told to Shlomo that Shimi had travelled from Yerusholayim to Gas and returned.
And it was told to Shlomo that Shimi had travelled from Yerusholayim to Gas and returned.
וַיִּשְׁלַח הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיִּקְרָא לְשִׁמְעִי וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו הֲלוֹא הִשְׁבַּעְתִּיךָ בַיהֹוָה וָאָעִד בְּךָ לֵאמֹר בְּיוֹם צֵאתְךָ וְהָֽלַכְתָּ אָנֶה וָאָנָה יָדֹעַ תֵּדַע כִּי מוֹת תָּמוּת וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלַי טוֹב הַדָּבָר שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃
And the king sent and summoned Shimi, and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by Adonoy, and warn you, saying, ‘On the day you go out and go anywhere know for sure that you will die?’ And you said to me, ‘the word is good, I have heard.’
And the king sent and summoned Shimi, and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by Adonoy, and warn you, saying, ‘On the day you go out and go anywhere know for sure that you will die?’ And you said to me, ‘the word is good, I have heard.’
Rashi
וּמַדּוּעַ לֹא שָׁמַרְתָּ אֵת שְׁבֻעַת יְהֹוָה וְאֶת־הַמִּצְוָה אֲשֶׁר־צִוִּיתִי עָלֶֽיךָ׃
Why then did you not abide by the oath of Adonoy and the commandment that I commanded you?”
Why then did you not abide by the oath of Adonoy and the commandment that I commanded you?”
Rashi
את שבועת ה'. אשר השבעתיך בה':
The oath of Adonoy. Which I made you swear in the name of God.
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־שִׁמְעִי אַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ אֵת כׇּל־הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר יָדַע לְבָבְךָ אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ לְדָוִד אָבִי וְהֵשִׁיב יְהֹוָה אֶת־רָעָתְךָ בְּרֹאשֶֽׁךָ׃
And the king said to Shimi, “You know all the evil that was known to your heart, that you did to my father, Dovid. And Adonoy shall bring your evil upon your own head.
And the king said to Shimi, “You know all the evil that was known to your heart, that you did to my father, Dovid. And Adonoy shall bring your evil upon your own head.
וְהַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה בָּרוּךְ וְכִסֵּא דָוִד יִהְיֶה נָכוֹן לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃
And may Shlomo Hamelech be blessed, and the throne of Dovid be established before Adonoy forever.”
And may Shlomo Hamelech be blessed, and the throne of Dovid be established before Adonoy forever.”
וַיְצַו הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת־בְּנָיָהוּ בֶּן־יְהוֹיָדָע וַיֵּצֵא וַיִּפְגַּע־בּוֹ וַיָּמֹת וְהַמַּמְלָכָה נָכוֹנָה בְּיַד־שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃
And the king commanded Benoyohu ben Yehoyodoh and he went out and struck him and he died. The kingdom was thus established in the hand of Shlomo.
And the king commanded Benoyohu ben Yehoyodoh and he went out and struck him and he died. The kingdom was thus established in the hand of Shlomo.
Rashi
והממלכה נכונה וגו'. כלומר, לא נענש על כל אלה:
The kingdom was thus established, etc. I.e., he was not punished for all these [actions].
וַיִּתְחַתֵּן שְׁלֹמֹה אֶת־פַּרְעֹה מֶלֶךְ מִצְרָיִם וַיִּקַּח אֶת־בַּת־פַּרְעֹה וַיְבִיאֶהָ אֶל־עִיר דָּוִד עַד כַּלֹּתוֹ לִבְנוֹת אֶת־בֵּיתוֹ וְאֶת־בֵּית יְהֹוָה וְאֶת־חוֹמַת יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם סָבִֽיב׃
Shlomo became the son-in-law of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. he married the daughter of Pharaoh and brought her to the City of Dovid, until he finished building his house and the House of Adonoy, and the wall surrounding Yerusholayim.
Shlomo became the son-in-law of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. he married the daughter of Pharaoh and brought her to the City of Dovid, until he finished building his house and the House of Adonoy, and the wall surrounding Yerusholayim.
Rashi
ויתחתן שלמה. וכל זמן שהיה שמעי רבו קיים, לא נתחתן בו, מכאן אמרו (ברכות ח א): לעולם ידור אדם במקום רבו:
Shlomo became the son-in-law. As long as Shim’i, his teacher, was alive, he did not enter into marriage [with Pharaoh’s daughter]. From here, [our Sages derived and] declared, that a person should always live in the vicinity of his teacher.1Based on the juxtaposition of Shimi’s death and Shlomo’s marriage to Pharaoh’s daughter. See Maseches Berachos 8a.2In order to remain under his teacher’s guidance and influence.
עד כלותו לבנות וגו'. ואחר כך בנה לה בית:
Until he finished building, etc. And afterwards he built a house for her.3Alternatively, after he finished building the Beis Hamikdosh, Shlomo moved Pharaoh’s daughter out of the City of Dovid which had become sanctified by the presence of the Ark.—Radak
רַק הָעָם מְזַבְּחִים בַּבָּמוֹת כִּי לֹֽא־נִבְנָה בַיִת לְשֵׁם יְהֹוָה עַד הַיָּמִים הָהֵֽם׃ {פ}
However, the people still sacrificed on improvised altars, for a house had not yet been built to the Name of Adonoy until those days.
However, the people still sacrificed on improvised altars, for a house had not yet been built to the Name of Adonoy until those days.
Rashi
מזבחים בבמות. לשם שמים, כל הרוצה בונה מזבח בראש גגו, או בחצרו:
Sacrificed on improvised altars. For the sake of Heaven, each [person] who so desired would build an altar on top of his roof or in his yard.4This was permitted during the period between the destruction of the Mishkan in Shilo and the construction of the Beis Hamikdosh. See Mishnayos Zevachim 14:7.
ואעד בך. לשון התראה:
And forewarned you. An expression referring to a [legal] warning.24A warning given to an offender before he or she commits the offense.