Tanach
Shmuel II 16:20-23 שמואל ב ט״ז:כ׳-כ״ג
Part of: Chapter 16
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וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְשָׁלוֹם אֶל־אֲחִיתֹפֶל הָבוּ לָכֶם עֵצָה מַֽה־נַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃
Avsholom said to Achitophel, "You [wise men] give [me] advice concerning what to do [next]."
Avsholom said to Achitophel, "You [wise men] give [me] advice concerning what to do [next]."
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲחִיתֹפֶל אֶל־אַבְשָׁלֹם בּוֹא אֶל־פִּֽלַגְשֵׁי אָבִיךָ אֲשֶׁר הִנִּיחַ לִשְׁמוֹר הַבָּיִת וְשָׁמַע כׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּֽי־נִבְאַשְׁתָּ אֶת־אָבִיךָ וְחָזְקוּ יְדֵי כׇּל־אֲשֶׁר אִתָּֽךְ׃
Achitophel said to Avsholom, "Lie with your father's concubines that he left to watch the palace and all of Yisroel will hear that you have disgraced your father and you will [thereby] strengthen the hands of all those who are with you.
Achitophel said to Avsholom, "Lie with your father's concubines that he left to watch the palace and all of Yisroel will hear that you have disgraced your father and you will [thereby] strengthen the hands of all those who are with you.
Rashi
וַיַּטּוּ לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם הָאֹהֶל עַל־הַגָּג וַיָּבֹא אַבְשָׁלוֹם אֶל־פִּֽלַגְשֵׁי אָבִיו לְעֵינֵי כׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
They pitched a tent on the roof for Avsholom and Avsholom laid with his father's concubines before the eyes of all Yisroel.
They pitched a tent on the roof for Avsholom and Avsholom laid with his father's concubines before the eyes of all Yisroel.
וַעֲצַת אֲחִיתֹפֶל אֲשֶׁר יָעַץ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם כַּאֲשֶׁר יִשְׁאַל־[אִישׁ] בִּדְבַר הָאֱלֹהִים כֵּן כׇּל־עֲצַת אֲחִיתֹפֶל גַּם־לְדָוִד גַּם לְאַבְשָׁלֹֽם׃ {ס}
The counsel of Achitophel that he counselled in those days [was as trustworthy] as inquiring of the word of God. So was the advice of Achitophel, both for Dovid and [later] for Avsholom.
The counsel of Achitophel that he counselled in those days [was as trustworthy] as inquiring of the word of God. So was the advice of Achitophel, both for Dovid and [later] for Avsholom.
וחזקו ידי כל אשר אתך. כי עתה ידם רפה לעזור לך, שאומרים בלבם הבן יתחרט אצל אביו, ואנו נהיה שנואים למלך:
And you will strengthen the hands of all those who are with you. Because at present their hands are feeble in their ability to help you because they are saying [to themselves] in their hearts, "The son will change towards [and reconcile with] his father and we will be hated by the king.1For having joined a conspiracy against him.