Tanach
Shmuel I 22:6-8 שמואל א כ״ב:ו׳-ח׳
Part of: Chapter 22
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וַיִּשְׁמַע שָׁאוּל כִּי נוֹדַע דָּוִד וַאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ וְשָׁאוּל יוֹשֵׁב בַּגִּבְעָה תַּֽחַת־הָאֶשֶׁל בָּֽרָמָה וַחֲנִיתוֹ בְיָדוֹ וְכׇל־עֲבָדָיו נִצָּבִים עָלָֽיו׃
Shaul heard that they had been discovered—Dovid and the men who were with him. Shaul was staying in Givah beneath the tamarisk tree in Romoh; his spear in his hand, and all his servants standing about him.
Shaul heard that they had been discovered—Dovid and the men who were with him. Shaul was staying in Givah beneath the tamarisk tree in Romoh; his spear in his hand, and all his servants standing about him.
Rashi
תחת האשל ברמה. אחת שהיתה בגבול בנימן ורבותינו אמרו (תענית ה ב): היא היתה רמה של שמואל, ושני מקומות הן, וכן מדרשו: ושאול יושב בגבעה, בזכות האשל הגדול אשר ברמה, שהיה מתפלל עליו:
Beneath the tamarisk tree in Romoh. On one [hill], which was within Binyomin's border.3Not to be confused with the Romoh where Shmuel lived. Our Rabbis said4Maseches Taanis 5b. that this was Shmuel's Romoh, and these are two different places. It is expounded thus: 'Shaul was sitting in Givoh in the merit of the great tamarisk tree [i.e., Shmuel] who was in Romoh, and who was praying for him.'5Were it not for Shmuel’s prayers, Shaul would have had to relinquish the throne immediately after the incident with Amoleik. Shmuel prayed for Shaul’s reign to remain intact as long as he was alive.
וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל לַֽעֲבָדָיו הַנִּצָּבִים עָלָיו שִׁמְעוּ־נָא בְּנֵי יְמִינִי גַּם־לְכֻלְּכֶם יִתֵּן בֶּן־יִשַׁי שָׂדוֹת וּכְרָמִים לְכֻלְּכֶם יָשִׂים שָׂרֵי אֲלָפִים וְשָׂרֵי מֵאֽוֹת׃
Shaul said to his servants who were standing about him, "Listen now you Binyominites. Will Yishay's son give you all fields and vineyards? Will he make you all officers of thousands and officers of hundreds?
Shaul said to his servants who were standing about him, "Listen now you Binyominites. Will Yishay's son give you all fields and vineyards? Will he make you all officers of thousands and officers of hundreds?
כִּי קְשַׁרְתֶּם כֻּלְּכֶם עָלַי וְאֵין־גֹּלֶה אֶת־אׇזְנִי בִּכְרׇת־בְּנִי עִם־בֶּן־יִשַׁי וְאֵין־חֹלֶה מִכֶּם עָלַי וְגֹלֶה אֶת־אׇזְנִי כִּי הֵקִים בְּנִי אֶת־עַבְדִּי עָלַי לְאֹרֵב כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ {ס}
That all of you have conspired against me and no one revealed to me that my son made a pact with Yishay's son, and that none among you worried about me or let me know that my son has set my servant against me, to ambush me this day."
That all of you have conspired against me and no one revealed to me that my son made a pact with Yishay's son, and that none among you worried about me or let me know that my son has set my servant against me, to ambush me this day."
כי נודע דוד. כי התבונן להשמר ממנו:
That Dovid…had been discovered. That he realized to beware of him.