II Samuel 17

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Section: נביאים · נביאים ראשונים | Book: II Samuel | Chapter: 17 of 24 | Day: 93 of 742

Date: May 15, 2026

קלאוד על הנ״ך

II Samuel 17 is the hinge upon which the entire Avshalom rebellion turns. Chapter 15 had ended with Dovid ascending the Mount of Olives barefoot and weeping, offering a single, almost desperate prayer: “סַכֶּל-נָא אֶת-עֲצַת אֲחִיתֹפֶל” — frustrate, please, the counsel of Achitofel. Chapter 17 is the literary fulfillment of that prayer. The narrative is structured as a chiasm of unraveling: Achitofel’s counsel, Chushai’s counter-counsel, the secret communication network, the flight across the Jordan, Achitofel’s suicide, and Dovid’s arrival at Machanayim. Every link in the chain is the consequence of the rejection of one man’s advice. The chapter reads like a meditation on the strange interplay between razor-sharp human strategy and the quiet, decisive hand of providence.

Achitofel’s counsel in verses 1-4 is, by every military standard, brilliant. Pick twelve thousand men, strike that very night while Dovid is “weary and disheartened” (יָגֵעַ וּרְפֵה יָדַיִם), kill the king alone, and bring the rest of the people back in peace. Radak preserves the tradition that explains the bitterness behind the brilliance: Achitofel was Bat-Sheva’s grandfather (her father Eliam appears in 11:3 as one of Dovid’s mighty men, and Achitofel the Gilonite is named as Eliam’s father in 23:34), and his hatred of Dovid was rooted in the disgrace of the Bat-Sheva episode. Even his phrasing carries the venom — he speaks of pursuing “אַחֲרֵי דָוִד,” after Dovid, refusing to call him king. Chushai HaArki, Dovid’s secret agent planted in 15:32-37, must overturn this counsel by appealing not to military logic but to Avshalom’s vanity and fear. He paints Dovid as a wounded bear, “כְּדֹב שַׁכּוּל בַּשָּׂדֶה,” a seasoned warrior hidden in pits and caves whose first counterstrike will melt the hearts of the bravest men. Better, Chushai urges, to gather all Israel “from Dan to Be’er-Sheva, like the sand on the sea-shore” with Avshalom himself at their head — a plan that flatters the usurper while buying Dovid the time he needs. The narrator’s interjection in verse 14 is among the most theologically explicit statements in all of Sefer Shmuel: “וַה׳ צִוָּה לְהָפֵר אֶת עֲצַת אֲחִיתֹפֶל הַטּוֹבָה לְבַעֲבוּר הָבִיא ה׳ אֶל אַבְשָׁלוֹם אֶת הָרָעָה.” The text concedes that Achitofel’s advice was, on its merits, good; only divine purpose overturned it. Dovid’s prayer was answered not by altering the facts of the world but by tilting the deliberations of one man’s mind.

The middle of the chapter (verses 15-22) is a tightly written espionage sequence. Chushai relays the news to the kohanim Tzadok and Evyatar; their sons Yehonatan and Achima’atz wait at Ein Rogel just outside Jerusalem; a maidservant carries the message; a boy spots them; they flee to Bachurim, where a sympathetic family hides them in a courtyard well, covering its mouth with a cloth and spreading groats (הריפות) over it for camouflage. The woman misdirects Avshalom’s pursuers, and the messengers slip through. The geography here rhymes with bitter irony: Bachurim was the very village from which Shim’i ben Gera had cursed and stoned Dovid in chapter 16. The same place that produced Dovid’s tormentor now produces his rescuer. The episode also reaches further back — the woman of Bachurim covering the well with grain is a clear echo of Rachav at Yericho in Yehoshua 2, hiding the spies under stalks of flax. In both cases an unnamed woman, working alone, secures Israel’s future against pursuers; the literary cross-reference signals that the redemption of the Davidic monarchy is being woven into the same fabric as Israel’s earliest conquests.

Verse 23 stands utterly alone in tone — a single-verse vignette of devastating quiet. Achitofel sees that his counsel has been rejected, saddles his donkey (וַיַּחֲבֹשׁ אֶת הַחֲמוֹר, the verb tinged with the language of mourning), returns to his city, sets his house in order (וַיְצַו אֶל בֵּיתוֹ), and hangs himself. He is then buried in his father’s tomb. He is one of only a handful of suicides in Tanakh — alongside Sha’ul, Avimelech, and Zimri — and the only one who dies neither in battle nor in immediate panic. Metzudat David explains the deliberation: Achitofel preferred a private death to execution as a rebel, since a rebel’s estate is forfeit to the crown, and he wished to preserve his property for his heirs. The tactical mind that had counseled the swift strike grasped instantly what Avshalom and the elders of Israel could not — that with Chushai’s plan adopted, the rebellion was already lost. In this respect Achitofel is a mirror image of Dovid himself: both are men of profound strategic intelligence; one prays and lives, the other calculates and dies.

The chapter closes with a quiet inversion of the opening of the rebellion. Dovid arrives at Machanayim in Gilead — the very place where Yaakov, fleeing his own family conflict, had encountered camps of angels in Bereishit 32. There, three Trans-Jordanian notables come out to meet him: Shovi ben Nachash from Rabbat-Ammon, Machir ben Ami’el from Lo Devar, and Barzilai HaGil’adi from Rogelim. They bring beds, basins, earthenware, wheat, barley, flour, parched grain, beans, lentils, honey, butter, sheep, and cheese, “for they said, the people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.” The catalogue of provisions is itself a theological statement. Just two chapters earlier Dovid had walked barefoot up the Mount of Olives with his head covered, abandoned by his son and his city; now an Ammonite, a man from the very household that had sheltered Mefivoshet (Sha’ul’s grandson) in Lo Devar, and a wealthy old Gileadite all converge to feed him. Avshalom’s army is led by Amasa, son of Avigayil, Dovid’s own sister — a reminder that the family that fights Dovid is also, hauntingly, his own. The chapter that opens with Dovid as the hunted king ends with him provisioned, encamped, and ready. Achitofel’s counsel was good; the LORD overturned it; and in the morning light at Machanayim, the war that Dovid is about to win is already, in its decisive moment, won.

פרק י״ז · Chapter 17

פסוק א׳ · Verse 1

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל אֶל־אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם אֶבְחֲרָ֣ה נָּ֗א שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֙לֶף֙ אִ֔ישׁ וְאָק֛וּמָה וְאֶרְדְּפָ֥ה אַֽחֲרֵי־דָוִ֖ד הַלָּֽיְלָה׃

English:

And Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me pick twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.

פסוק ב׳ · Verse 2

Hebrew:

וְאָב֣וֹא עָלָ֗יו וְה֤וּא יָגֵ֙עַ֙ וּרְפֵ֣ה יָדַ֔יִם וְהַחֲרַדְתִּ֣י אֹת֔וֹ וְנָ֖ס כׇּל־הָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֑וֹ וְהִכֵּיתִ֥י אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לְבַדּֽוֹ׃

English:

I will come upon him when he is weary and disheartened, and I will throw him into a panic; and when all the troops with him flee, I will kill the king alone.

פסוק ג׳ · Verse 3

Hebrew:

וְאָשִׁ֥יבָה כׇל־הָעָ֖ם אֵלֶ֑יךָ כְּשׁ֣וּב הַכֹּ֔ל הָאִישׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַתָּ֣ה מְבַקֵּ֔שׁ כׇּל־הָעָ֖ם יִהְיֶ֥ה שָׁלֽוֹם׃

English:

And I will bring back all the people to you; when all have come back [except] the man you are after,ato you; when all have come back [except] the man you are after Or “to you, as when everyone returned [to] the man you are after,” i.e., to David upon the deaths of the previous kings, namely Saul and his son Ish-baal (“Ish-bosheth”); so Abravanel. Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Septuagint reads “to you as a bride comes back to her husband; you seek the life of but one man, and…” all the people will be at peace.”

פסוק ד׳ · Verse 4

Hebrew:

וַיִּישַׁ֥ר הַדָּבָ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י אַבְשָׁלֹ֑ם וּבְעֵינֵ֖י כׇּל־זִקְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ {ס}        

English:

The advice pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

פסוק ה׳ · Verse 5

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם קְרָ֣א נָ֔א גַּ֖ם לְחוּשַׁ֣י הָאַרְכִּ֑י וְנִשְׁמְעָ֥ה מַה־בְּפִ֖יו גַּם־הֽוּא׃

English:

But Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, so we can hear what he too has to say.”

פסוק ו׳ · Verse 6

Hebrew:

וַיָּבֹ֣א חוּשַׁי֮ אֶל־אַבְשָׁלוֹם֒ וַיֹּ֩אמֶר֩ אַבְשָׁל֨וֹם אֵלָ֜יו לֵאמֹ֗ר כַּדָּבָ֤ר הַזֶּה֙ דִּבֶּ֣ר אֲחִיתֹ֔פֶל הֲנַעֲשֶׂ֖ה אֶת־דְּבָר֑וֹ אִם־אַ֖יִן אַתָּ֥ה דַבֵּֽר׃ {ס}        

English:

Hushai came to Absalom, and Absalom said to him, “This is what Ahithophel has advised. Shall we follow his advice? If not, what do you say?”

פסוק ז׳ · Verse 7

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר חוּשַׁ֖י אֶל־אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם לֹֽא־טוֹבָ֧ה הָעֵצָ֛ה אֲשֶׁר־יָעַ֥ץ אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל בַּפַּ֥עַם הַזֹּֽאת׃

English:

Hushai said to Absalom, “This time the advice that Ahithophel has given is not good.

פסוק ח׳ · Verse 8

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר חוּשַׁ֗י אַתָּ֣ה יָ֠דַ֠עְתָּ אֶת־אָבִ֨יךָ וְאֶת־אֲנָשָׁ֜יו כִּ֧י גִבֹּרִ֣ים הֵ֗מָּה וּמָרֵ֥י נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ הֵ֔מָּה כְּדֹ֥ב שַׁכּ֖וּל בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה וְאָבִ֙יךָ֙ אִ֣ישׁ מִלְחָמָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א יָלִ֖ין אֶת־הָעָֽם׃

English:

You know,” Hushai continued, “that your father and his men are courageous fighters, and they are as desperate as a bear in the wild robbed of her whelps. Your father is an experienced soldier, and he will not spend the night with the troops;

פסוק ט׳ · Verse 9

Hebrew:

הִנֵּ֨ה עַתָּ֤ה הֽוּא־נֶחְבָּא֙ בְּאַחַ֣ת הַפְּחָתִ֔ים א֖וֹ בְּאַחַ֣ד הַמְּקוֹמֹ֑ת וְהָיָ֗ה כִּנְפֹ֤ל בָּהֶם֙ בַּתְּחִלָּ֔ה וְשָׁמַ֤ע הַשֹּׁמֵ֙עַ֙ וְאָמַ֔ר הָֽיְתָה֙ מַגֵּפָ֔ה בָּעָ֕ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר אַחֲרֵ֥י אַבְשָׁלֹֽם׃

English:

even now he must be hiding in one of the pits or in some other place. And if any of thembthem Some Septuagint mss. read “the troops” (i.e., Absalom’s). fall at the first attack, whoever hears of it will say, ‘A disaster has struck the troops that follow Absalom’;

פסוק י״ · Verse 10

Hebrew:

וְה֣וּא גַם־בֶּן־חַ֗יִל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִבּ֛וֹ כְּלֵ֥ב הָאַרְיֵ֖ה הִמֵּ֣ס יִמָּ֑ס כִּֽי־יֹדֵ֤עַ כׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ כִּי־גִבּ֣וֹר אָבִ֔יךָ וּבְנֵי־חַ֖יִל אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִתּֽוֹ׃

English:

and even if he is a warrior with the heart of a lion, he will be shaken—for all Israel knows that your father and the soldiers with him are courageous fighters.

פסוק י״א · Verse 11

Hebrew:

כִּ֣י יָעַ֗צְתִּי הֵ֠אָסֹ֠ף יֵאָסֵ֨ף עָלֶ֤יךָ כׇל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מִדָּן֙ וְעַד־בְּאֵ֣ר שֶׁ֔בַע כַּח֥וֹל אֲשֶׁר־עַל־הַיָּ֖ם לָרֹ֑ב וּפָנֶ֥יךָ הֹלְכִ֖ים בַּקְרָֽב׃

English:

So I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba—as numerous as the sands of the sea—be called up to join you, and that you yourself march into battle.cinto battle Ancient versions read “among them.”

פסוק י״ב · Verse 12

Hebrew:

וּבָ֣אנוּ אֵלָ֗יו (באחת) [בְּאַחַ֤ד] הַמְּקוֹמֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִמְצָ֣א שָׁ֔ם וְנַ֣חְנוּ עָלָ֔יו כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יִפֹּ֥ל הַטַּ֖ל עַל־הָאֲדָמָ֑ה וְלֹא־נ֥וֹתַר בּ֛וֹ וּבְכׇל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֖וֹ גַּם־אֶחָֽד׃

English:

When we come upon him in whatever place he may be, we’ll descend on him [as thick] as dew falling on the ground; and no one will survive, neither he nor any of the men with him.

פסוק י״ג · Verse 13

Hebrew:

וְאִם־אֶל־עִיר֙ יֵאָסֵ֔ף וְהִשִּׂ֧יאוּ כׇֽל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶל־הָעִ֥יר הַהִ֖יא חֲבָלִ֑ים וְסָחַ֤בְנוּ אֹתוֹ֙ עַד־הַנַּ֔חַל עַ֛ד אֲשֶֽׁר־לֹֽא־נִמְצָ֥א שָׁ֖ם גַּם־צְרֽוֹר׃ {פ}

English:

And if he withdraws into a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city and drag its stonesdits stones Heb. “it.” as far as the riverbed, until not even a pebble of it is left.”

פסוק י״ד · Verse 14

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ וְכׇל־אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל טוֹבָ֗ה עֲצַת֙ חוּשַׁ֣י הָאַרְכִּ֔י מֵעֲצַ֖ת אֲחִיתֹ֑פֶל {ס}        וַיהֹוָ֣ה צִוָּ֗ה לְהָפֵ֞ר אֶת־עֲצַ֤ת אֲחִיתֹ֙פֶל֙ הַטּוֹבָ֔ה לְבַעֲב֗וּר הָבִ֧יא יְהֹוָ֛ה אֶל־אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם אֶת־הָרָעָֽה׃ {ס}        

English:

Absalom and all of Israel’s force agreed that the advice of Hushai the Archite was better than that of Ahithophel.—GOD had decreed that Ahithophel’s sound advice be nullified, in order that GOD might bring ruin upon Absalom.

פסוק ט״ו · Verse 15

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר חוּשַׁ֗י אֶל־צָד֤וֹק וְאֶל־אֶבְיָתָר֙ הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים כָּזֹ֣את וְכָזֹ֗את יָעַ֤ץ אֲחִיתֹ֙פֶל֙ אֶת־אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְכָזֹ֥את וְכָזֹ֖את יָעַ֥צְתִּי אָֽנִי׃

English:

Then Hushai told the priests Zadok and Abiathar, “This is what Ahithophel advised Absalom and the elders of Israel; this is what I advised.

פסוק ט״ז · Verse 16

Hebrew:

וְעַתָּ֡ה שִׁלְח֣וּ מְהֵרָה֩ וְהַגִּ֨ידוּ לְדָוִ֜ד לֵאמֹ֗ר אַל־תָּ֤לֶן הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ בְּעַֽרְב֣וֹת הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר וְגַ֖ם עָב֣וֹר תַּעֲב֑וֹר פֶּ֚ן יְבֻלַּ֣ע לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וּלְכׇל־הָעָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִתּֽוֹ׃

English:

Now send at once and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but cross over at once; otherwise the king and all the troops with him will be annihilated.’”

פסוק י״ז · Verse 17

Hebrew:

וִיהוֹנָתָ֨ן וַאֲחִימַ֜עַץ עֹמְדִ֣ים בְּעֵין־רֹגֵ֗ל וְהָלְכָ֤ה הַשִּׁפְחָה֙ וְהִגִּ֣ידָה לָהֶ֔ם וְהֵם֙ יֵֽלְכ֔וּ וְהִגִּ֖ידוּ לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֑ד כִּ֣י לֹ֥א יוּכְל֛וּ לְהֵרָא֖וֹת לָב֥וֹא הָעִֽירָה׃

English:

Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, and a maidservant would go and bring them word and they in turn would go and inform King David. For they themselves dared not be seen entering the city.

פסוק י״ח · Verse 18

Hebrew:

וַיַּ֤רְא אֹתָם֙ נַ֔עַר וַיַּגֵּ֖ד לְאַבְשָׁלֹ֑ם וַיֵּלְכוּ֩ שְׁנֵיהֶ֨ם מְהֵרָ֜ה וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ ׀ אֶל־בֵּֽית־אִ֣ישׁ בְּבַחוּרִ֗ים וְל֥וֹ בְאֵ֛ר בַּחֲצֵר֖וֹ וַיֵּ֥רְדוּ שָֽׁם׃

English:

But a boy saw them and informed Absalom. They left at once and came to the house of a man in Bahurim who had a well in his courtyard. They got down into it,

פסוק י״ט · Verse 19

Hebrew:

וַתִּקַּ֣ח הָאִשָּׁ֗ה וַתִּפְרֹ֤שׂ אֶת־הַמָּסָךְ֙ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הַבְּאֵ֔ר וַתִּשְׁטַ֥ח עָלָ֖יו הָרִפ֑וֹת וְלֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖ע דָּבָֽר׃

English:

and the wife took a cloth, spread it over the mouth of the well, and scattered groats on top of it, so that nothing would be noticed.

פסוק כ׳ · Verse 20

Hebrew:

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ עַבְדֵי֩ אַבְשָׁל֨וֹם אֶֽל־הָאִשָּׁ֜ה הַבַּ֗יְתָה וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אַיֵּ֗ה אֲחִימַ֙עַץ֙ וִיה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן וַתֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ הָאִשָּׁ֔ה עָבְר֖וּ מִיכַ֣ל הַמָּ֑יִם וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א מָצָ֔אוּ וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃ {ס}        

English:

When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house and asked where Ahimaaz and Jonathan were, the woman told them that they had crossed a bit beyond the water.ea bit beyond the water Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Targum reads “the Jordan.” They searched, but found nothing; and they returned to Jerusalem.

פסוק כ״א · Verse 21

Hebrew:

וַיְהִ֣י ׀ אַחֲרֵ֣י לֶכְתָּ֗ם וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ מֵֽהַבְּאֵ֔ר וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ וַיַּגִּ֖דוּ לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֑ד וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל־דָּוִ֗ד ק֣וּמוּ וְעִבְר֤וּ מְהֵרָה֙ אֶת־הַמַּ֔יִם כִּי־כָ֛כָה יָעַ֥ץ עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם אֲחִיתֹֽפֶל׃

English:

After they were gone, [Ahimaaz and Jonathan] came up from the well and went and informed King David. They said to David, “Go and cross the water quickly, for Ahithophel has advised thus and thus concerning you.”

פסוק כ״ב · Verse 22

Hebrew:

וַיָּ֣קׇם דָּוִ֗ד וְכׇל־הָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֔וֹ וַיַּעַבְר֖וּ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן עַד־א֣וֹר הַבֹּ֗קֶר עַד־אַחַד֙ לֹ֣א נֶעְדָּ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־עָבַ֖ר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃

English:

David and all the troops with him promptly crossed the Jordan, and by daybreak not one was left who had not crossed the Jordan.

פסוק כ״ג · Verse 23

Hebrew:

וַאֲחִיתֹ֣פֶל רָאָ֗ה כִּ֣י לֹ֣א נֶעֶשְׂתָה֮ עֲצָתוֹ֒ וַיַּחֲבֹ֣שׁ אֶֽת־הַחֲמ֗וֹר וַיָּ֜קׇם וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ֙ אֶל־עִיר֔וֹ וַיְצַ֥ו אֶל־בֵּית֖וֹ וַיֵּחָנַ֑ק וַיָּ֕מׇת וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר בְּקֶ֥בֶר אָבִֽיו׃ {ס}        

English:

When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and went home to his native town. He set his affairs in order, and then he hanged himself. He was buried in his ancestral tomb.

פסוק כ״ד · Verse 24

Hebrew:

וְדָוִ֖ד בָּ֣א מַחֲנָ֑יְמָה וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֗ם עָבַר֙ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן ה֕וּא וְכׇל־אִ֥ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עִמּֽוֹ׃

English:

David had reached Mahanaim when Absalom, and Israel’s entire force with him, crossed the Jordan.

פסוק כ״ה · Verse 25

Hebrew:

וְאֶת־עֲמָשָׂ֗א שָׂ֧ם אַבְשָׁלֹ֛ם תַּ֥חַת יוֹאָ֖ב עַל־הַצָּבָ֑א וַעֲמָשָׂ֣א בֶן־אִ֗ישׁ וּשְׁמוֹ֙ יִתְרָ֣א הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִ֔י אֲשֶׁר־בָּא֙ אֶל־אֲבִיגַ֣ל בַּת־נָחָ֔שׁ אֲח֥וֹת צְרוּיָ֖ה אֵ֥ם יוֹאָֽב׃

English:

Absalom had appointed Amasa army commander in place of Joab; Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Israelite, who had married Abigal, daughter of Nahash and sister of Joab’s mother Zeruiah.fIsraelite … Zeruiah Some Septuagint mss. and 1 Chron. 2.12–17 read “Ishmaelite” and give a somewhat different genealogy.

פסוק כ״ו · Verse 26

Hebrew:

וַיִּ֤חַן יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם אֶ֖רֶץ הַגִּלְעָֽד׃ {ס}        

English:

The Israelites and Absalom encamped in the district of Gilead.

פסוק כ״ז · Verse 27

Hebrew:

וַיְהִ֕י כְּב֥וֹא דָוִ֖ד מַחֲנָ֑יְמָה וְשֹׁבִ֨י בֶן־נָחָ֜שׁ מֵרַבַּ֣ת בְּנֵי־עַמּ֗וֹן וּמָכִ֤יר בֶּן��עַמִּיאֵל֙ מִלֹּ֣א דְבָ֔ר וּבַרְזִלַּ֥י הַגִּלְעָדִ֖י מֵרֹגְלִֽים׃

English:

When David reached Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbath-ammon, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim

פסוק כ״ח · Verse 28

Hebrew:

מִשְׁכָּ֤ב וְסַפּוֹת֙ וּכְלִ֣י יוֹצֵ֔ר וְחִטִּ֥ים וּשְׂעֹרִ֖ים וְקֶ֣מַח וְקָלִ֑י וּפ֥וֹל וַעֲדָשִׁ֖ים וְקָלִֽי׃

English:

presentedgpresented Moved up from v. 29 for clarity. couches, basins, and earthenware; also wheat, barley, flour, parched grain, beans, lentils, parched grain,hparched grain Lacking in the Septuagint and Syriac.

פסוק כ״ט · Verse 29

Hebrew:

וּדְבַ֣שׁ וְחֶמְאָ֗ה וְצֹאן֙ וּשְׁפ֣וֹת בָּקָ֔ר הִגִּ֧ישׁוּ לְדָוִ֛ד וְלָעָ֥ם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֖וֹ לֶאֱכ֑וֹל כִּ֣י אָמְר֔וּ הָעָ֗ם רָעֵ֛ב וְעָיֵ֥ף וְצָמֵ֖א בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ {ס}        

English:

honey, curds, a flock,icurds, a flock Emendation yields “curds from the flock.” and cheesejcheese Meaning of Heb. uncertain. from the herd for David and the troops with him to eat. For they knew that the troops must have grown hungry, faint, and thirsty in the wilderness.

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