Tanach
Shmuel II 2:8-9 שמואל ב ב׳:ח׳-ט׳
Part of: Chapter 2
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וְאַבְנֵר בֶּן־נֵר שַׂר־צָבָא אֲשֶׁר לְשָׁאוּל לָקַח אֶת־אִישׁ בֹּשֶׁת בֶּן־שָׁאוּל וַיַּעֲבִרֵהוּ מַחֲנָֽיִם׃
Avner, the son of Ner, Shaul's military chief of staff took Ish Boshes, the son of Shaul and brought him to Machanoyim.
Avner, the son of Ner, Shaul's military chief of staff took Ish Boshes, the son of Shaul and brought him to Machanoyim.
Rashi
וַיַּמְלִכֵהוּ אֶל־הַגִּלְעָד וְאֶל־הָאֲשׁוּרִי וְאֶֽל־יִזְרְעֶאל וְעַל־אֶפְרַיִם וְעַל־בִּנְיָמִן וְעַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל כֻּלֹּֽה׃ {פ}
He made him king over Gilod, over Asher, over Yizrael, over Ephraim, over Binyomin and over all Yisroel.
He made him king over Gilod, over Asher, over Yizrael, over Ephraim, over Binyomin and over all Yisroel.
לקח את איש בושת. מקרא היה דורש שעתידין שני מלכים לעמוד מבנימן, שאמר לו הקב"ה ליעקב (בראשית לה יב) ומלכים מחלציך יצאו, וכבר נולדו כל בניו חוץ מבנימן:
Took Ish Boshes. He extrapolated from a verse that two kings were destined to come from Binyomin. Because the Holy One, blessed is He told Yakov, "Kings will come forth from you," and [by this time] all of his children had been born except for Binyomin.1“Will come forth from you” implies that they were to come from someone yet unborn, and this could only be Binyomin. Avner understood this to mean that two kings will be descendant from Binyomin, Shaul and Ish Boshes (Rashi and Sifsei Chachomin, Breshis 35,11).