Tanach
Shmuel I 31:8-13 שמואל א ל״א:ח׳-י״ג
Part of: Chapter 31
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וַֽיְהִי מִֽמׇּחֳרָת וַיָּבֹאוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים לְפַשֵּׁט אֶת־הַחֲלָלִים וַֽיִּמְצְאוּ אֶת־שָׁאוּל וְאֶת־שְׁלֹשֶׁת בָּנָיו נֹפְלִים בְּהַר הַגִּלְבֹּֽעַ׃
On the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the corpses, they found Shaul and his three sons, fallen on Har Gilbo'a.
On the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the corpses, they found Shaul and his three sons, fallen on Har Gilbo'a.
וַֽיִּכְרְתוּ אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ וַיַּפְשִׁטוּ אֶת־כֵּלָיו וַיְשַׁלְּחוּ בְאֶֽרֶץ־פְּלִשְׁתִּים סָבִיב לְבַשֵּׂר בֵּית עֲצַבֵּיהֶם וְאֶת־הָעָֽם׃
They cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and sent [them] in the land of the Philistines—throughout—to bring the news to the temples of their idols and to the people.
They cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and sent [them] in the land of the Philistines—throughout—to bring the news to the temples of their idols and to the people.
וַיָּשִׂימוּ אֶת־כֵּלָיו בֵּית עַשְׁתָּרוֹת וְאֶת־גְּוִיָּתוֹ תָּֽקְעוּ בְּחוֹמַת בֵּית שָֽׁן׃
They placed his armor in the temple of Ashtoros, and they hung his body on the wall of Beis Shon.
They placed his armor in the temple of Ashtoros, and they hung his body on the wall of Beis Shon.
וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ אֵלָיו יֹשְׁבֵי יָבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד אֵת אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים לְשָׁאֽוּל׃
They heard about him—the inhabitants of Yoveish Gilod—about what the Philistines had done to Shaul.
They heard about him—the inhabitants of Yoveish Gilod—about what the Philistines had done to Shaul.
Rashi
וַיָּקוּמוּ כׇּל־אִישׁ חַיִל וַיֵּלְכוּ כׇל־הַלַּיְלָה וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת־גְּוִיַּת שָׁאוּל וְאֵת גְּוִיֹּת בָּנָיו מֵחוֹמַת בֵּית שָׁן וַיָּבֹאוּ יָבֵשָׁה וַיִּשְׂרְפוּ אֹתָם שָֽׁם׃
All the men of valor rose and went that entire night, and they removed Shaul's body and his sons' bodies from the wall of Beis Shon; they came to Yoveish and burned them there.
All the men of valor rose and went that entire night, and they removed Shaul's body and his sons' bodies from the wall of Beis Shon; they came to Yoveish and burned them there.
Rashi
וישרפו אותם שם. תרגום: וקלו עליהן כמא דקלן על מלכיא תמן, כדתנן (עבודה זרה יא א) שורפין על המלכים ולא מדרכי האמורי:
And burned them there. [Targum renders,] "And they burned for them1I.e., they burned incense to cover the odor and prevent the decay of the bodies.—Radak as they burn for the kings there." As we learned:2A king’s personal belongings are burned at his death to prevent other people from using them, as stated in Maseches Avoda Zarah 11a. We perform the burning [ritual] at [the burial of] kings, and it is not [considered] an Amorite custom.
וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת־עַצְמֹתֵיהֶם וַיִּקְבְּרוּ תַחַת־הָאֶשֶׁל בְּיָבֵשָׁה וַיָּצֻמוּ שִׁבְעַת יָמִֽים׃ {פ}
They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Yoveish, and they fasted seven days.
They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Yoveish, and they fasted seven days.
וישמעו אליו. כמו עליו, על שאול:
About him. Meaning the same as עָלָיו [about him], i.e., about Shaul.