Tanach
Shmuel I 13:13-14 שמואל א י״ג:י״ג-י״ד
Part of: Chapter 13
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וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל אֶל־שָׁאוּל נִסְכָּלְתָּ לֹא שָׁמַרְתָּ אֶת־מִצְוַת יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר צִוָּךְ כִּי עַתָּה הֵכִין יְהֹוָה אֶת־מַֽמְלַכְתְּךָ אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵל עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃
Shmuel said to Shaul, "You have acted foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of Adonoy, your God, that He commanded you. For now Adonoy would have established your kingship over Yisroel forever.
Shmuel said to Shaul, "You have acted foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of Adonoy, your God, that He commanded you. For now Adonoy would have established your kingship over Yisroel forever.
Rashi
הכין ה' את ממלכתך עד עולם. שכשפוסקין לו גדולה לאדם, פוסקין לו ולדורותיו (מגילה יג ב):
Adonoy would have established your kingship … forever. Because when a high position is assigned to a person, it is assigned to him and to his descendants.9 See Maseches Megillah 13b.
וְעַתָּה מַמְלַכְתְּךָ לֹֽא־תָקוּם בִּקֵּשׁ יְהֹוָה לוֹ אִישׁ כִּלְבָבוֹ וַיְצַוֵּהוּ יְהֹוָה לְנָגִיד עַל־עַמּוֹ כִּי לֹא שָׁמַרְתָּ אֵת אֲשֶֽׁר־צִוְּךָ יְהֹוָֽה׃ {ס}
But now your kingship shall not endure. Adonoy has sought for Himself a man after His own heart and He appointed him as ruler over His people, because you have not observed that which Adonoy commanded you.
But now your kingship shall not endure. Adonoy has sought for Himself a man after His own heart and He appointed him as ruler over His people, because you have not observed that which Adonoy commanded you.
Rashi
ועתה ממלכתך לא תקום. שכן אמר משה בתורה (דברים יז כ): לבלתי סור מן המצוה ימין ושמאל למען יאריך ימים וגו', הא אם סר, לא יאריך ימים, ואם תאמר לא על מצות נביא נאמר, אלא על מצות התורה, הרי כבר נאמר (שם שם): לשמור את כל דברי התורה הזאת, ואחר כך: לבלתי רום לבבו ולבלתי סור מן המצוה, אפילו ממצות נביא:
But now, your kingship shall not endure. Because Moshe said so in the Torah, "[and] he does not stray from the commandment right or left, so that days of his reign are lengthy…."10 Devarim 17:20. Hence, if he does stray, the days [of his reign] will not be lengthy. And if you will argue that this was not said in reference to a Prophet's commandment, but only in reference to a commandment of the Torah, [I will answer that] it was already stated, "[and] to guard every word of this Torah" and afterwards, "that his pride not increase… and he turn not stray from the commandment"11Devarim 18:19. And now that you failed to obey the commandment of ‘ה to obey His word as delivered by His prophets, you will be held accountable for your actions. [to include] even a prophet's commandment.
כי עתה. לפני עשותך זאת:
For now. Before you had done this,