Tanach
Shmuel I 22:1-4 שמואל א כ״ב:א׳-ד׳
Part of: Chapter 22
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וַיֵּלֶךְ דָּוִד מִשָּׁם וַיִּמָּלֵט אֶל־מְעָרַת עֲדֻלָּם וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ אֶחָיו וְכׇל־בֵּית אָבִיו וַיֵּרְדוּ אֵלָיו שָֽׁמָּה׃
Dovid went from there and escaped to the cave of Adullom. His brothers and all his father's house heard, and they went down to him there.
Dovid went from there and escaped to the cave of Adullom. His brothers and all his father's house heard, and they went down to him there.
וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצוּ אֵלָיו כׇּל־אִישׁ מָצוֹק וְכׇל־אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ נֹשֶׁא וְכׇל־אִישׁ מַר־נֶפֶשׁ וַיְהִי עֲלֵיהֶם לְשָׂר וַיִּהְיוּ עִמּוֹ כְּאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת אִֽישׁ׃
They gathered to him—every man in distress, every man in debt, and every man with an embittered spirit—and he became their leader; there were with him about four hundred men.
They gathered to him—every man in distress, every man in debt, and every man with an embittered spirit—and he became their leader; there were with him about four hundred men.
וַיֵּלֶךְ דָּוִד מִשָּׁם מִצְפֵּה מוֹאָב וַיֹּאמֶר ׀ אֶל־מֶלֶךְ מוֹאָב יֵֽצֵא־נָא אָבִי וְאִמִּי אִתְּכֶם עַד אֲשֶׁר אֵדַע מַה־יַּעֲשֶׂה־לִּי אֱלֹהִֽים׃
Dovid went from there to the Mitzpeh of Moav, and he said to the king of Moav, "Please let my father and mother come out [and stay] with you until I know what God will do for me."
Dovid went from there to the Mitzpeh of Moav, and he said to the king of Moav, "Please let my father and mother come out [and stay] with you until I know what God will do for me."
וַיַּנְחֵם אֶת־פְּנֵי מֶלֶךְ מוֹאָב וַיֵּשְׁבוּ עִמּוֹ כׇּל־יְמֵי הֱיוֹת־דָּוִד בַּמְּצוּדָֽה׃ {ס}
He brought them before the king of Moav and they remained with him all the time that Dovid was in the fortress.
He brought them before the king of Moav and they remained with him all the time that Dovid was in the fortress.
Rashi
וישבו עמו כל ימי היות דוד במצודה. סמוך למואב, וכשיצא דוד משם ליער חרת, הרג מלך מואב את אביו ואת אמו ואחיו, חוץ מאחד שבהם שהחייהו נחש העמוני, והוא החסד שאמר דוד (שמואל-ב יב): כאשר עשה אביו עמדי חסד, כדאיתא במדרש רבי תנחומא:
And they remained with him all the time that Dovid was in the fortress. Near Moav, and when Dovid left from there to the forest of Cheres, the king of Moav killed his father, mother, and brothers, except for one of them, whom Nochosh the Ammonite raised.1Bamidbar Rabbah 14:1. This is the kindness which Dovid [referred to when he] said, "as his father did kindness with me,"2II Shmuel 10:2. as it is stated in the Midrash of R. Tanchuma.