Tanach
Shmuel II 23:13-15 שמואל ב כ״ג:י״ג-ט״ו
Part of: Chapter 23
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וַיֵּרְדוּ (שלשים) [שְׁלֹשָׁה] מֵהַשְּׁלֹשִׁים רֹאשׁ וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־קָצִיר אֶל־דָּוִד אֶל־מְעָרַת עֲדֻלָּם וְחַיַּת פְּלִשְׁתִּים חֹנָה בְּעֵמֶק רְפָאִֽים׃
Three of the thirty leaders went down and came to Dovid at harvest time. at the Adulom cave The assembled Pelishtim were camped in the Rephoim valley.
Three of the thirty leaders went down and came to Dovid at harvest time. at the Adulom cave The assembled Pelishtim were camped in the Rephoim valley.
Rashi
וְדָוִד אָז בַּמְּצוּדָה וּמַצַּב פְּלִשְׁתִּים אָז בֵּית לָֽחֶם׃
Dovid was then in the fortress and a contingent of Pelishtim was then in Beis Lechem.
Dovid was then in the fortress and a contingent of Pelishtim was then in Beis Lechem.
Rashi
ומצב פלשתים אז בית לחם. החיל היה חונה בעמק רפאים, ושלחו מצב שלהם לבית לחם:
And a contingent of Pesishtim was then in Beis Lechem. The [Pelishtim] army was camped in the Rephoim valley and they had sent a contingent to Beis Lechem.
וַיִּתְאַוֶּה דָוִד וַיֹּאמַר מִי יַשְׁקֵנִי מַיִם מִבֹּאר בֵּֽית־לֶחֶם אֲשֶׁר בַּשָּֽׁעַר׃ {ס}
Dovid desired [something] and said, "Who will give me water to drink from the well of Beis Lechem that is at the gate?"
Dovid desired [something] and said, "Who will give me water to drink from the well of Beis Lechem that is at the gate?"
Rashi
מי ישקני מים. אמרו רבותינו (בבא קמא ס ב): הוצרך לשאול שאלה מסנהדרין היושבים בשער בית לחם:
Who will give me water to drink. Our Rabbis said,15Baba Kama 60b. See Rashi there. he [Dovid] needed to ask a [halachic] question from the Sanhedrin court that sat at the gate of Beis Lechem.16The “water” of our verse is referring to Torah which is compared to water. See Devorim Raboh 7:3.
מהשלשים ראש. תרגם יונתן: מגברי רישי משריתא:
Of the thirty leaders. Yonoson translates: From the men who were leaders within the army.