Tanach
Shoftim 1:16-21 שופטים א׳:ט״ז-כ״א
Part of: Chapter 1
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וּבְנֵי קֵינִי חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה עָלוּ מֵעִיר הַתְּמָרִים אֶת־בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה מִדְבַּר יְהוּדָה אֲשֶׁר בְּנֶגֶב עֲרָד וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיֵּשֶׁב אֶת־הָעָֽם׃
The children of Keni, Moshe's father-in-law, went up from the city of dates with the B'nei Yehudah to the wilderness of Yehudah, situated south of Arad. He went, and settled with the people.
The children of Keni, Moshe's father-in-law, went up from the city of dates with the B'nei Yehudah to the wilderness of Yehudah, situated south of Arad. He went, and settled with the people.
Rashi
וישב את העם. עם התלמידים היושבים לפניו הוא בקש מאת הקדוש ברוך הוא שיזמין לו תלמידים הגונים, שנאמר (דברי הימים א ד י) ויקרא יעבץ לאלהים וגו', וזימן לו החסידים הללו:
He settled with the people. With the disciples who sat before him. He requested of the Holy One, blessed is He, that He furnish him with suitable disciples, as it said, "Ya'avetz cried out to Elohim…etc."22“…of Yisroel, saying: If You bless me by broadening my boundary, and Your hand shall be with me…”. (Divrei Hayamim 1, 4:10. See fn.6) He furnished him with these pious men.23Yalkut, ibid.
וַיֵּלֶךְ יְהוּדָה אֶת־שִׁמְעוֹן אָחִיו וַיַּכּוּ אֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי יוֹשֵׁב צְפַת וַיַּחֲרִימוּ אוֹתָהּ וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שֵׁם־הָעִיר חׇרְמָֽה׃
Yehudah advanced with his brother Shimon, and they struck down the Canaanite, the inhabitants of Tzefas. They devastated it, and called the city 'Chormoh'.
Yehudah advanced with his brother Shimon, and they struck down the Canaanite, the inhabitants of Tzefas. They devastated it, and called the city 'Chormoh'.
וַיִּלְכֹּד יְהוּדָה אֶת־עַזָּה וְאֶת־גְּבוּלָהּ וְאֶֽת־אַשְׁקְלוֹן וְאֶת־גְּבוּלָהּ וְאֶת־עֶקְרוֹן וְאֶת־גְּבוּלָֽהּ׃
Yehudah then conquered Aza and its environs, Ashkelon and its environs, and Ekron and its environs.
Yehudah then conquered Aza and its environs, Ashkelon and its environs, and Ekron and its environs.
וַיְהִי יְהֹוָה אֶת־יְהוּדָה וַיֹּרֶשׁ אֶת־הָהָר כִּי לֹא לְהוֹרִישׁ אֶת־יֹשְׁבֵי הָעֵמֶק כִּי־רֶכֶב בַּרְזֶל לָהֶֽם׃
Adonoy was with Yehudah, and he ousted the mountain [dwellers]. However, he could not oust the valley [dwellers], as they had chariots of iron.
Adonoy was with Yehudah, and he ousted the mountain [dwellers]. However, he could not oust the valley [dwellers], as they had chariots of iron.
Rashi
כי לא להוריש. תרגם יונתן: בתר כן דחבו, לא יכילו לתרכא ית יתבי מישרא:
However, he could not oust. [Targum] Yonasan interprets: Afterward, as they had sinned, they could not oust the valley dwellers.
וַיִּתְּנוּ לְכָלֵב אֶת־חֶבְרוֹן כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר מֹשֶׁה וַיּוֹרֶשׁ מִשָּׁם אֶת־שְׁלֹשָׁה בְּנֵי הָעֲנָֽק׃
They presented Caleiv with Chevron, as Moshe had declared. He ousted, from there, the three sons of the giant.
They presented Caleiv with Chevron, as Moshe had declared. He ousted, from there, the three sons of the giant.
וְאֶת־הַיְבוּסִי יֹשֵׁב יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם לֹא הוֹרִישׁוּ בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן וַיֵּשֶׁב הַיְבוּסִי אֶת־בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן בִּירוּשָׁלַ͏ִם עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ {פ}
But the Yevusi dwellers of Yerushalayim, the Bnei Binyomin did not oust; the Yevusi have dwelt with the Bnei Binyomin in Yerushalayim to this day.
But the Yevusi dwellers of Yerushalayim, the Bnei Binyomin did not oust; the Yevusi have dwelt with the Bnei Binyomin in Yerushalayim to this day.
Rashi
ואת היבוסי ישב ירושלם. מחוז היה בירושלים ששמו יבוסי (פרקי דרבי אליעזר לו), ומבני אבימלך היו, ולא הורישם מפני השבועה (בראשית כא כג-כד) עד שבא דוד (שמואל ב ה ו-ז), לפי שעדיין היה נכדו קיים, והוא נשבע לו ולנינו ולנכדו:
But the Yevusi dwellers of Yerushalayim. There was a section of Yerushalayim24The reference here is not to members of the Yevusite nation, as Rashi explains that they were descendants of the Pelishte king Avimelech. Cf.Rashi to Yehoshua, 16:63, and Shmuel 2, 5:6. entitled Yevusi. They were descendants of Avimelech,25The Pelishite king (Bereishis, 21:32, 26:8). The patriarch Avrohom swore that he would deal kindly with him and his children and grandchildren. (Ibd, 21:23). Avrohom’s descendants were obligated by the oath as well. Cf.Midrash Rabah, Bereishis, 54:2. and they could not oust them because of the oath—until the arrival of Dovid26When Avimelech’s grandchildren no longer survived. (Rashi to Shmueil 2, 5:8)—as his27Avimelech’s grandson. grandson still lived, and he28Avrohom had sworn. had sworn to him, his son, and his grandson.
מעיר התמרים. היא יריחו, שניתן להם דושנה של יריחו לאוכלה עד שיבנה בית המקדש, ומי שיבנה בית הבחירה בחלקו יטלנה, כדי שיהא לכל ישראל חלק בבית הבחירה, ונתנוה לבני יתרו ארבע מאות ארבעים שנה, והתלמידים שבהם הניחוה והלכו אצל עתניאל בן קנז הוא יעבץ במדבר יהודה אשר בנגב ערד ללמוד תורה:
From the city of dates. This refers to Yericho, as the fertile tract of Yericho17An area outside the city, measuring five hundred amohs by five hundred amohs. (Yalkut, 38.) was given to them for their consumption until the Beis HaMikdosh would be built. The one in whose portion the Beis HaMikdosh would be built18The tribe of Binyomin. (Ibid). would then receive it,19In return for the Beis Hamikdosh territory, which would become the property of all the tribes. so that all of Yisroel could share in the Beis HaMikdosh. It was given to the descendants of Yisro for four hundred and forty years.20From the conquest of Eretz Yisroel by Yehoshua, until the construction of the Beis Hamikdosh by King Solomon. (See Melachim 1,6:1.) The scholars among them departed, and went to Asniel, the son of Kenaz, also known as Ya'avetz, to the wilderness of Yehudah south of Arad to study Torah.21Yalkut, ibid.