Tanach
Shmuel I 17:15-16 שמואל א י״ז:ט״ו-ט״ז
Part of: Chapter 17
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וְדָוִד הֹלֵךְ וָשָׁב מֵעַל שָׁאוּל לִרְעוֹת אֶת־צֹאן אָבִיו בֵּית לָֽחֶם׃
Dovid would go back and forth from Shaul, to tend his father's sheep in Beis Lechem.
Dovid would go back and forth from Shaul, to tend his father's sheep in Beis Lechem.
Rashi
וַיִּגַּשׁ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הַשְׁכֵּם וְהַעֲרֵב וַיִּתְיַצֵּב אַרְבָּעִים יֽוֹם׃ {פ}
The Philistine would approach [Yisroel's battalion] and stand there early in the morning and evening, for forty days.
The Philistine would approach [Yisroel's battalion] and stand there early in the morning and evening, for forty days.
Rashi
השכם והערב. אמרו רבותינו (סוטה מב ב): כדי לבטלם מקריאת שמע:
Morning and evening. Our Rabbis said, to prevent them from reciting 'shema.'9See Maseches Sotah 42b.
ודוד הולך. היה הולך ושב תמיד מאצל שאול לבית אביו:
Dovid would go. Would always go back and forth from Shaul to his father's house.8Dovid was not permanently assigned to be with Shaul. Dovid played music for Shaul when the evil spirit rested upon him. At all other times he would return home to tend his father’s sheep.