Melachim I 9:14-22

9:14

וַיִּשְׁלַח חִירָם לַמֶּלֶךְ מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים כִּכַּר זָהָֽב׃

Then Chirom sent to the king one hundred twenty measures of gold.

9:15

וְזֶה דְבַר־הַמַּס אֲשֶֽׁר־הֶעֱלָה ׀ הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה לִבְנוֹת אֶת־בֵּית יְהֹוָה וְאֶת־בֵּיתוֹ וְאֶת־הַמִּלּוֹא וְאֵת חוֹמַת יְרוּשָׁלָ͏ִם וְאֶת־חָצֹר וְאֶת־מְגִדּוֹ וְאֶת־גָּֽזֶר׃

And this is the review of the tax that Shlomo ha Melech imposed [in order] to build the Beis Hamikdosh of Adonoy, and his own house, the Millo, and the walls of Yerushalayim, and Chotzor, Megido and Gezer.

Rashi

וזה דבר המס. מה שמפרש בסוף הענין (פסוק כ): כל העם הנותר וגו', ויעלם שלמה למס עובד, אותו המס היה לבנות בו את כל אלה:

And this is the review of the tax. Described at the end of this topic, “All the people that remained, etc.,¹²Below v. 20. Shlomo levied a tax of labor.”¹³Below v. 21. The tax levy was to build all these [structures].

ואת המלוא. מקום היה בירושלים בעיר דוד, ונקרא מלוא, על שם שמוקף חומה נמוכה, ומלאו לתוכה עפר:

The Millo. [Millo was] a place in Yerusholayim, in the City of Dovid, that was called Millo, because it was enclosed by a low wall and it was filled [ומלאו] with dirt.¹⁴Alternatively, it was a large open plaza without any buildings, where people gathered [=מלא]—Ralbag.

9:16

פַּרְעֹה מֶלֶךְ־מִצְרַיִם עָלָה וַיִּלְכֹּד אֶת־גֶּזֶר וַיִּשְׂרְפָהּ בָּאֵשׁ וְאֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי הַיֹּשֵׁב בָּעִיר הָרָג וַֽיִּתְּנָהּ שִׁלֻּחִים לְבִתּוֹ אֵשֶׁת שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃

Pharoah, king of Egypt, had gone up and conquered Gezer and burnt it with fire, and the Canaanites that lived in the city he killed; and he gave it as a present to his daughter, the wife of Shlomo.

Rashi

שלוחים. נדוניא:

Present. A dowry.

9:17

וַיִּבֶן שְׁלֹמֹה אֶת־גָּזֶר וְאֶת־בֵּית חֹרֹן תַּחְתּֽוֹן׃

And Shlomo built Gezer and the lower Beis Choron.

9:18

וְאֶֽת־בַּעֲלָת וְאֶת־[תַּדְמֹר] (תמר) בַּמִּדְבָּר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

And [also] Baalos and Tadmor, in the desert of the land.

Rashi

ואת תדמור במדבר בארץ. אצל הישוב:

And Tadmor in the desert of the land. [I.e., it was located] near a settlement.¹⁵The expression במדבר בארץ [=in the desert in the land] is somewhat ambiguous. Therefore Rashi suggests that the desert was located near a civilized area. Alternatively, the city was bordered by a desert on one side, and by arable land on the other side.—Ralbag

9:19

וְאֵת כׇּל־עָרֵי הַֽמִּסְכְּנוֹת אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ לִשְׁלֹמֹה וְאֵת עָרֵי הָרֶכֶב וְאֵת עָרֵי הַפָּרָשִׁים וְאֵת ׀ חֵשֶׁק שְׁלֹמֹה אֲשֶׁר חָשַׁק לִבְנוֹת בִּירוּשָׁלַ͏ִם וּבַלְּבָנוֹן וּבְכֹל אֶרֶץ מֶמְשַׁלְתּֽוֹ׃

And all the storage cities that Shlomo possessed, and the cities of [his] chariots, and the cities of his cavalry, and the desires of Shlomo that he desired to build in Yerushalayim, in Lebanon and in all the land of his dominion.

Rashi

ערי המסכנות. קרוי בית אוצריא:

The store cities. [Targum Yonoson rendered,] “cities used for storage.”

9:20

כׇּל־הָעָם הַנּוֹתָר מִן־הָאֱמֹרִי הַחִתִּי הַפְּרִזִּי הַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי אֲשֶׁר לֹא־מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵֽמָּה׃

All the people that remained from the Emorites, the Chitites, the Perezites, the Chivites and the Yevuzites were not part of the Bnei Yisroel.

9:21

בְּנֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר נֹתְרוּ אַֽחֲרֵיהֶם בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יָכְלוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהַחֲרִימָם וַיַּעֲלֵם שְׁלֹמֹה לְמַס־עֹבֵד עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

Their children who remained after them in the land whom the Bnei Yisroel were unable to annihilate, [of them] Shlomo levied a tax of labor to this day.

9:22

וּמִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא־נָתַן שְׁלֹמֹה עָבֶד כִּי־הֵם אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה וַֽעֲבָדָיו וְשָׂרָיו וְשָׁלִישָׁיו וְשָׂרֵי רִכְבּוֹ וּפָרָשָֽׁיו׃ {ס}

[However] from the Bnei Yisroel, Shlomo did not place [any type] of servitude; for they were men of war, his servants, his officers, his aides, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.

Melachim I 9:14-22 מלכים א ט׳:י״ד-כ״ב

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