Tanach
Shmuel II 24:14-16 שמואל ב כ״ד:י״ד-ט״ז
Part of: Chapter 24
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וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל־גָּד צַר־לִי מְאֹד נִפְּלָה־נָּא בְיַד־יְהֹוָה כִּֽי־רַבִּים רַחֲמָו וּבְיַד־אָדָם אַל־אֶפֹּֽלָה׃
Dovid said to Gad, "I am in great anguish. Let us fall into the hand of Adonoy because He has much compassion, [but] let me not fall into the hands of man."
Dovid said to Gad, "I am in great anguish. Let us fall into the hand of Adonoy because He has much compassion, [but] let me not fall into the hands of man."
Rashi
נפלה נא ביד ה'. הדבר, ולא החרב והרעב, שגם הוא מסור לעשירים אוצרי פירות אמר רבי אלכסנדרי: אמר דוד, אם אני בורר לי החרב עכשיו, ישראל אומרים הוא בוטח בגבוריו, שהוא לא ימות והאחרים ימותו, ואם אני בורר הרעב, יאמרו בוטח הוא בעושרו, אברר לי דבר שהכל שוין בו (ראה ילקוט שמעוני רמז קסה):
Let us fall into the hand of Adonoy. I.e. Pestilence20Controlled exclusively by God. and not the sword nor famine because it [famine] is also controlled by the rich who have store houses of produce. Rabbi Alexandri said, Dovid reasoned, "If I choose the sword then [the people of] Yisroel will say [about me], 'he is relying on his strength to save himself from death but others will die', and if I choose famine they will say, He is relying on his wealth [to save himself]. I will choose pestilence against which everyone is equal."21Midrash Tehilim 17:4.
וַיִּתֵּן יְהֹוָה דֶּבֶר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל מֵהַבֹּקֶר וְעַד־עֵת מוֹעֵד וַיָּמׇת מִן־הָעָם מִדָּן וְעַד־בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע שִׁבְעִים אֶלֶף אִֽישׁ׃
Adonoy inflicted a pestilence upon Yisroel from the morning until the appointed time. And there died from the people from Don to Be'er Shevah, seventy thousand men.
Adonoy inflicted a pestilence upon Yisroel from the morning until the appointed time. And there died from the people from Don to Be'er Shevah, seventy thousand men.
Rashi
מהבקר ועד עת מועד. (תרגום:) מעידן דמתנכיס תמידא ועד דמתסק:
From the morning until the appointed time. [Yonoson translates:] "From the time of the slaughtering of the daily morning offering until its blood was sprinkled."
וַיִּשְׁלַח יָדוֹ הַמַּלְאָךְ ׀ יְֽרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם לְשַׁחֲתָהּ וַיִּנָּחֶם יְהֹוָה אֶל־הָרָעָה וַיֹּאמֶר לַמַּלְאָךְ הַמַּשְׁחִית בָּעָם רַב עַתָּה הֶרֶף יָדֶךָ וּמַלְאַךְ יְהֹוָה הָיָה עִם־גֹּרֶן (האורנה) [הָֽאֲרַוְנָה] הַיְבֻסִֽי׃ {ס}
The angel stetched forth his hand to destroy Yerusholoyim and Adonoy decided against further evil and said to the angel, that destroyed the people, "It is enough, now withdraw your hand." The angel of Adonoy was close to the threshing floor of Aravnoh the Yevusite.
The angel stetched forth his hand to destroy Yerusholoyim and Adonoy decided against further evil and said to the angel, that destroyed the people, "It is enough, now withdraw your hand." The angel of Adonoy was close to the threshing floor of Aravnoh the Yevusite.
Rashi
היבוסי. שר מצודת ציון היה, ששמה יבוסי:
The Yevusite. He was the chief officer of the Zion fortress the name of which is Yevusi.22Having formerly belonged to them, see earlier verses 5:6–5:9.
צר לי מאד. הקטנה שבהם קשה מאד:
I am in great anguish. The least of them is very difficult.