שמואל ב ז׳:י״ח-כ״ד

וישב לפני ה'. לפני הארון:

And sat before the Ark of Adonoy. Before the Ark.

עד הלם. שהמלכתני:

Until this point. That You have made me king.

גם אל בית עבדך. להמליך את בני אחרי:

Also, about the house of your servant. To have my son reign after me.

וזאת תורת האדם. בתמיה, ראוי להתבשר כן לבשר ודם דבר אחר: עשית לי כמו שעשית לאדם הראשון, שהראית לו דורות העתידים לצאת ממנו:

Is this anouncent [fitting] for [mere] man? A wonderment. Is it fitting to announce such to [mere] flesh and blood¹³To be informed of the future. Another explanation: You have done for me as you did for Odom Horishon¹⁴According to this interpretation, the word אָדָם in the verse is a reference to אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן. that you had shown him the future generations that were to come from him.

ומה יוסיף דוד עוד לדבר אליך. מה אשאל עוד:

What more can Dovid say to You. What more can I ask for?

אתה ידעת את עבדך. נתת לי כל צרכי, כמו (משלי יב י): יודע צדיק נפש בהמתו:

You know Your servant. You have supplied me with all my needs as [it says] (Mishlei 12:10) "A righteous man knows his animal's being.¹⁵The verse refers to a righteous person but Rashi is drawing an analogy to Hashem’s knowing the needs of his servants."

בעבור דברך. להקים מה שאמרת לשמואל, להמליכני:

Because of Your word. To fulfill that which You told Shmuel to make me king.

וכלבך. רצונך הוא, ולא שאני כדאי:

And due to [the will of] Your Heart. It is Your will [that I become king] and not because I am worthy.

להודיע את עבדך. הבשורה שבשרתני:

Of which You have informed Your servant. The announcement of which You have informed me.¹⁶That my kingdom will be everlasting.

אשר הלכו אלהים. משה ואהרן, שנאמר (שמות ז א): נתתיך אלהים לפרעה ; וכן תרגם יונתן: דאזלו שלוחין מן קדם ה':

For whom leaders went. Moshe and Aharon as it is said, (Shemos 7:1). "I have made you a judge over Pharaoh" and so too did Yonasan translate, "messengers went from before Hashem."

לפדות לו לעם. כך אמרו השלוחים לישראל: הקב"ה שלחנו לפדות לו לעם, ולשום לו שם, ולעשות לכם הגדולה:

To redeem for Him a people. This is what the messengers said to Yisroel, The Holy One, blessed is he sent us to redeem for Him a people, to put forth His Name and to make great [things happen] for you.

ונוראות. עשית לארצך לאחר שיצאו משם, ומה הם הנוראות, 'מפני עמך', לגרש עמים ואלהיהם, ומקרא זה חסר 'לגרש', ובדברי הימים (א יז כא) פירשו: לגרש מפני עמך אשר פדית ממצרים גוים ואלהיו, ואינו חסרון, כי ממשמע שנאמר מפני עמך גוים, אנו שומעין לשון טרודין וגירושין:

Awesome things You have done for your land after [Bnei Yisroel] left there [i.e., Egypt]. And what are the awesome things? From before Your people You expelled nations and their gods. This verse is missing [the word] "לגרש", [however] in Divrei Hayomim (I 17:21) it explains, "To expel from before Your people that You redeemed from Egypt, nations and their gods." [Our verse] isn't [really] missing [this word] because from the sense conveyed as it is said, "From before Your people, nations" we understand that it means pushed and driven out.