Tanach
Shmuel I 23:10-11 שמואל א כ״ג:י׳-י״א
Part of: Chapter 23Setumah, I Samuel 23:11
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וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל שָׁמֹעַ שָׁמַע עַבְדְּךָ כִּֽי־מְבַקֵּשׁ שָׁאוּל לָבוֹא אֶל־קְעִילָה לְשַׁחֵת לָעִיר בַּעֲבוּרִֽי׃
Dovid said, "Adonoy, God of Yisroel, Your servant has heard that Shaul seeks to come to Ke'iloh to destroy the city because of me.
Dovid said, "Adonoy, God of Yisroel, Your servant has heard that Shaul seeks to come to Ke'iloh to destroy the city because of me.
הֲיַסְגִּרֻנִי בַעֲלֵי קְעִילָה בְיָדוֹ הֲיֵרֵד שָׁאוּל כַּֽאֲשֶׁר שָׁמַע עַבְדֶּךָ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הַגֶּד־נָא לְעַבְדֶּךָ {ס} וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה יֵרֵֽד׃ {ס}
Will Ke'iloh's residents hand me over into his hand? Will Shaul come down here, as Your servant has heard? O Adonoy God of Yisroel, please tell Your servant." And Adonoy said, "He will come down."
Will Ke'iloh's residents hand me over into his hand? Will Shaul come down here, as Your servant has heard? O Adonoy God of Yisroel, please tell Your servant." And Adonoy said, "He will come down."
Rashi
היסגרוני בעלי קעילה וגו'. למדנו מכאן, שהשואל שני דברים, אין משיבין לו אלא אחד, ואין משיבין לו אלא ראשון, וכאן דוד שאל שלא כסדר, שהיה לו לשאול תחילה הירד שאול, היסגרוני בידו, והשיבוהו כסדר:
Will Keilah's residents hand me over… This teaches us that one who consults regarding two matters, receives a reply concerning only one, and that reply concerns the first one. And here, Dovid asked in an inverted order,3Perhaps Dovid asked the questions in an inverted order because he was primarily interested whether Ke’ilah’s residents would hand him over to Shaul. He had assumed that Shaul would pursue him. because he should have first asked,4See Maseches Yoma 73a. Dovid should have asked first what were Shaul’s intentions and then whether Ke’ilah’s residents would hand him over to Shaul. He was answered on the question that he should have asked first that “he [Shaul] will go down.” "Will Shaul come down? Will [the residents of Keilah] hand me over?" But he was answered according to the [proper] order.