## Rashi on I Chronicles Chapter 12

###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:1:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:1:1)

**עוֹד עָצוּר.** נֶחְבָּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when he was still hiding** - Heb. עָצוּר, hiding.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:2:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:2:1)

**נֹשְׁקֵי קֶשֶׁת.** מְזֻיָּנִים בְּקֶשֶׁת וּבְחִצִּים, וּמוֹרִים לִפְנֵיהֶם וּלְאַחֲרֵיהֶם אַף **בָּאֲבָנִים**; הָיוּ נוֹתְנִים עַל יֶתֶר הַקֶּשֶׁת אֶבֶן מוֹרִים. וַאֲנִי רָאִיתִי כֵן הַרְבֵּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Armed with bows** armed with a bow and with arrows and shooting in front of them and behind them. And they would even place stones on the bowstring and shoot. I personally saw many like these.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:2:2
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:2:2)

**מֵאֲחֵי שָׁאוּל מִבִּנְיָמִין.** לְפִי שֶׁכֻּלָּם יָצְאוּ מֵאִישׁ אֶחָד, מִבִּנְיָמִין, קְרוּיִים כֻּלָּם אַחִים; וְלִכְבוֹד גְּדֻלַּת דָּוִד אוֹמֵר מֵאֲחֵי שָׁאוּל, שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ אֲחֵי שָׁאוּל בָּאוּ אֵלָיו בְּעוֹד שָׁאוּל חַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin** Since they were all descended from one man, from Benjamin, they are all called brethren, and in honor of David’s greatness, the Chronicler says, “of Saul’s brethren,” [saying] that even Saul’s brethren came to him while Saul was still living.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:4:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:4:1)

**וְעַל הַשְּׁלֹשִׁים.** רֹאשׁ לַשְּׁלֹשִׁים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and over the thirty** the chief of the thirty.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:9:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:9:1)

**לְמְצַד מִדְבָּרָה.** לִמְצוּדוֹת הַמִּדְבָּר, שֶׁנֶּחְבָּא מִפְּנֵי שָׁאוּל, דִּכְתִיב ״וַיָּקוּמוּ וַיֵּלְכוּ זִיפָה לִפְנֵי שָׁאוּל וְדָוִד וַאֲנָשָׁיו בְּמִדְבַּר מָעוֹן בָּעֲרָבָה״ (שמואל א כג:כד), וּכְתִיב ״וַיַּעַל דָּוִד מִשָּׁם וַיֵּשֶׁב בִּמְצָדוֹת עֵין גֶּדִי״ (שמואל א כד:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the stronghold of the desert** to the strongholds of the desert where he hid from Saul, as it is written (I Sam. 23:24): “And they arose and went to Ziph before Saul, and David and his men were in the desert of Maon, in the plain,” and it is written (ibid. 24:1): “And David went up from there, and he stayed in the strongholds of En-Gedi.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:9:2
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:9:2)

**וּפְנֵי אַרְיֵה.** פְּנֵיהֶם מְפֻחָדִים כְּאַרְיֵה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and whose faces were [like] the faces of lions** Their faces were frightful like lions.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:9:3
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:9:3)

**וְכִצְבָאיִם עַל הֶהָרִים לְמַהֵר.** קַלִּים הָיוּ בִּמְרוּצָתָם, כִּי דַּרְכָּן שֶׁל צְבָאִים לָרוּץ עַל הֶהָרִים כְּשֶׁצָּדִין אוֹתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and as swift as gazelles on the mountains** They were swift in their running, for it is customary for gazelles to run on the mountains when people hunt them.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:15:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:15:1)

**אֵלֶּה מִבְּנֵי גָד.** כְּדִכְתִיב לְמַעְלָה **וּמִן הַגָּדִי נִבְדְּלוּ אֶל דָּוִיד**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**these were some of the sons of Gad** as is written above (v. 8): “And some of the Gadites separated to David.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:15:2
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:15:2)

**אֶחָד לְמֵאָה הַקָּטָן.** הַקָּטָן שֶׁבְּכֻלָּם יִרְדֹּף מֵאָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the smallest one a hundred** The smallest of them could pursue a hundred.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:15:3
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:15:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:15:3)

**וְהַגָּדוֹל לְאָלֶף.** וְהַגָּדוֹל שֶׁבְּכֻלָּם יִרְדֹּף אֶלֶף; כָּאן נִתְקַיֵּם הַפָּסוּק ״וְרָדְפוּ מִכֶּם חֲמִשָּׁה מֵאָה וּמֵאָה מִכֶּם וְגוֹ׳״ (ויקרא כו:ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the greatest a thousand** And the greatest of them could pursue a thousand. This is an actualization of the verse (Lev. 26:8): “Five of you will pursue one hundred, and one hundred of you, etc.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:16:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:16:1)

**אֵלֶּה הֵם אֲשֶׁר עָבְרוּ אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּן בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן.** בְּנִיסָן, שֶׁכְּבָר נִפְשְׁרוּ הַשְּׁלָגִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month** in Nissan, when the snows had already melted.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:16:2
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:16:2)

**וַיַּבְרִיחוּ אֶת כָּל הָעֲמָקִים לַמִּזְרָח וְלַמַּעֲרָב.** עָבְרוּ אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּן, וּבָקְעוּ בְּמָגִנֵּיהֶם אֶת כָּל עִמְקֵי הַמַּיִם לַמִּזְרָח וְלַמַּעֲרָב, וְעָבְרוּ בַּיַּבָּשָׁה. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים: **וַיַּבְרִיחוּ אֶת כָּל הָעֲמָקִים** – עַמִּים הַיּוֹשְׁבִים בָּעֲמָקִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they put all the valley-dwellers to flight to the east and to the west** They crossed the Jordan and with their shields split all the depths of the water to the east and to the west and crossed on dry land. Some say that ויַּבְרִיחוּ אֶת כָּל הָעֲמָקִִים refers to the people dwelling in the valleys.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:17:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:17:1)

**מִן בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִין וִיהוּדָה עַד לַמְצָד לְדָוִיד.** אֶל הַמְּצוּדָה אֲשֶׁר דָּוִד נֶחְבָּא שָׁם מִפְּנֵי שָׁאוּל. וְלָקְחוּ עִמָּהֶם בֶּן אֲחוֹת דָּוִד, לְפִי שֶׁדָּאֲגוּ בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן מִדָּוִד, שֶׁמָּא סָבוּר הוּא דָּוִד שֶׁבָּאוּ בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִין לְכָפְתוֹ וּלְתִתּוֹ אוֹתוֹ בְּיַד שָׁאוּל, לְפִיכָךְ לָקְחוּ עֲמָשַׂי עִמָּהֶם, וְגַם שְׁאָר מִיהוּדָה קְרוֹבֵי דָוִד, כְּדִכְתִיב: מִן בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִין וִיהוּדָה, כְּשֶׁיִּרְאֶה דָּוִד שֶׁבָּאוּ עִמָּהֶם בֶּאֱמוּנָתָם, שֶׁלֹּא יַחְשְׁדֵם בְּכָל דָּבָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And there came some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah up to the stronghold, to David** to the stronghold where David was hiding from Saul. And they took David’s sister’s son with them, because the sons of Benjamin were concerned that David might think that the sons of Benjamin had come to bind him and deliver him into Saul’s hands. Therefore, they took Amasa with them to David, and also some of David’s kinsmen from the rest of Judah, as it is written, “some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah,” in order that David would see that they came with them in good faith, so that he should not suspect them of anything.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:18:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:18:1)

**וַיֵּצֵא דָוִיד לִפְנֵיהֶם.** מִן הַמְּצָד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And David came out before them** from the stronghold.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:18:2
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:18:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:18:2)

**וַיַּעַן וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם וְגוֹ׳ לֵבָב לְיָחַד.** – לְבַבְכֶם וּלְבָבִי יִהְיֶה כְּלֵב אֶחָד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**my heart will be upon you as one** My heart and your heart will be like one heart.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:18:3
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:18:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:18:3)

**וְאִם לְרַמּוֹתַנִי לְצָרַי בְּלֹא חָמָס בְּכַפַּי.** כִּי מָה עָשִׂיתִי לְשָׁאוּל, כִּי הוּא צוֹדֶה אֶת נַפְשִׁי לְקַחְתָּהּ (שמואל א כד:יא) עַל חִנָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but if you have come to betray me to my adversaries although there is no injustice in my hands** for what have I done to Saul that he is stalking my soul to take it for nothing?


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:19:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:19:1)

**וְרוּחַ לָבְשָׁה אֶת עֲמָשַׂי.** טַלְטַנְ״ט בְּלַעַ״ז, וְלֹא רוּחַ נְבוּאָה; כְּלוֹמַר: זֶה הָרוּחַ וְהָרָצוֹן לָבְשׁוֹ, שֶׁקָּפַץ בָּרֹאשׁ לְדַבֵּר לִפְנֵי בִּנְיָמִין וִיהוּדָה הַבָּאִים עִמּוֹ; וְדֻגְמָתוֹ ״וַתְּהִי עַל יִפְתָּח רוּחַ ה׳״ (שופטים יא:כט). וְאָמַר: **לְךָ דָוִיד.** אַתָּה אוֹמֵר **אִם לְשָׁלוֹם בָּאתֶם**, וַדַּאי לְשָׁלוֹם בָּאנוּ אֵלֶיךָ. **וְעִמְּךָ בֶן יִשַׁי.** אָנוּ רוֹצִים לִהְיוֹת עִמְּךָ וּלְעָזְרֶךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And a spirit enwrapped Amasai** - Heb. רוּחַ, talent, a will or desire, not a spirit of prophecy; i.e., this desire and will enwrapped him so that he sprang first to speak before the sons of Benjamin and Judah who came with him. A similar instance is (Jud. 11:29): “And a spirit of the Lord was upon Jephthah” and he said: **To you, David** You say, “Have you come to me in peace?” We have surely come to you in peace. **and with you, O son of Jesse** We wish to be with you and at your assistance.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:19:2
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:19:2)

**שָׁלוֹם שָׁלוֹם לְךָ וְשָׁלוֹם לְעֹזְרֶךָ.** וְאַתָּה שׁוֹאֵל אֵלַי לְעָזְרְךָ, וַדַּאי לְעָזְרְךָ בָּאנוּ; וְלָנוּ אֵין לְךָ לְהַחֲזִיק טוֹבָה, כִּי מֵאֵת הַשֵּׁם הוּא; וְזֶהוּ **כִּי עֲזָרְךָ אֱלֹהֶיךָ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**peace, peace to you and peace to your helper** And you ask me to help you? We have surely come to help you, but you need not thank us because it is from the Lord, and that is the meaning of “for your God has helped you.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:19:3
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:19:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:19:3)

**וַיְּקַבְּלֵם דָּוִד.** לְאוֹתָם בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִין, **וַיִּתְּנֵם בְּרָאשֵׁי הַגְּדוּד** שֶׁלּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and David received them** those sons of Benjamin and placed them at the head of his troop.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:20:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:20:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:20:1)

**וּמִמְּנַשֶּׁה נָפְלוּ עַל דָּוִיד.** לְעָזְרוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And from Manasseh there defected to David** to help him.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:20:2
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:20:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:20:2)

**בְּבוֹאוֹ עִם פְּלִשְׁתִּים עַל שָׁאוּל לַמִּלְחָמָה.** בְּאוֹתָהּ מִלְחָמָה שֶׁנֶּהֱרַג בָּהּ שָׁאוּל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when he came with the Philistines against Saul in battle** in that war in which Saul was slain.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:20:3
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:20:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:20:3)

**וְלֹא עֲזָרוּם.** חַס וְשָׁלוֹם שֶׁעָזְרוּ לַפְּלִשְׁתִּים, אֶלָּא **בְּעֵצָה שִׁלְּחֻהוּ סַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים** – אֶלָּא כִּי עֵצָה נִתְיַעֲצוּ הַסְּרָנִים לְשַׁלְּחוֹ לְבֵיתוֹ, כִּי אָמְרוּ: **בְּרָאשֵׁינוּ יִפּוֹל אֶל אֲדֹנָיו**; דּוּגְמַת **נָפְלוּ עַל דָּוִיד**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but they did not help them** God forbid that they helped the Philistines, but with a counsel the chiefs of the Philistines sent him away. The chiefs of the Philistines took counsel to send him home because they said, “With our heads he will defect to his master,” an expression similar to “defected to David”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:22:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:22:1)

**עַל הַגְּדוּד.** שֶׁל עֲמָלֵקִים, כְּשֶׁנִּשְׁבּוּ נָשָׁיו, כִּי בְּאוֹתוֹ פֶּרֶק הָיָה, כִּי בְּלֶכְתּוֹ אֶל צִקְלַג כְּשֶׁשְּׁלָחוּהוּ סַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים וּבָא אֶל צִקְלַג, כְּבָר נִשְׁבּוּ (שמואל א ל):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**against the troop** of Amalekites when his wives were captured; it was at that time, for when he went to Ziklag when the chiefs of the Philistines sent him away and he came to Ziklag, they had already been captured.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:23:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:23:1)

**כִּי לְעֵת יוֹם בְּיוֹם יָבֹאוּ עַל דָּוִד לְעָזְרוֹ.** פִּתְרוֹנוֹ: מַה לְּךָ לְסַפֵּר יוֹתֵר מִי וָמִי בָּאוּ אֵלָיו, אֶלָּא סוֹף דָּבָר: בְּכָל עֵת וָעֵת בָּאִים אֶל דָּוִד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For from day to day [men] came to David to help him** The meaning is: What is the purpose of continuing to recount who came to him? The final analysis is that at all times people were coming to David.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:23:2
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:23:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:23:2)

**עַד לְמַחֲנֶה גָדוֹל כְּמַחֲנֵה אֱלֹהִים.** פִּתְרוֹן: לֹא הָיָה הַמַּחֲנֶה שֶׁל דָּוִד לִהְיוֹת כָּךְ גָּדוֹל, אֶלָּא כִּי מֵהַשֵּׁם הָיָה הַמַּחֲנֶה כָּךְ גָּדוֹל, שֶׁבָּאוּ לוֹ בַּעֲצַת אֱלֹהִים; וְזֶהוּ כְּמַחֲנֵה אֱלֹהִים; וְדוּגְמָא: ״מַחֲנֵה אֱלֹהִים״ דְּיַעֲקֹב (בראשית לב:ג). וְיֵשׁ לוֹמַר: מֵרוֹב חֲיָלוֹת קָרְהוּ מַחֲנֵה אֱלֹהִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**until it became a huge camp, like the camp of God** The meaning is that David’s camp should not have been so large, but from God the camp was so large, because they came to him by the counsel of God. And that is the meaning of “like the camp of God.” A similar instance of this is (Gen. 32: 2): “the camp of God” of Jacob. We can also say that because of the magnitude of his armies, it was called “the camp of God.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:24:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:24:1)

**לְהָסֵב מַלְכוּת שָׁאוּל אֵלָיו.** מִן בְּנֵי שָׁאוּל; וְדֻגְמָא: ״וַתִּסֹּב הַמְּלוּכָה״ (מלכים א ב:טו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to turn Saul’s kingdom to him** from Saul’s sons. A similar instance is (I Kings 2:15): “...but the kingdom turned about.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:25:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:25:1)

**בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה נֹשְׂאֵי צִנָּה וָרֹמַח שֵׁשֶׁת אֲלָפִים וּשְׁמוֹנֶה מֵאוֹת.** וְאַל תִּתְמַהּ שֶׁמִּיהוּדָה בָּאוּ לוֹ מְעַט מִכָּל שֵׁבֶט וָשֵׁבֶט שֶׁבָּא לוֹ, שֶׁהֲרֵי אֵין צָרִיךְ לָבוֹא לוֹ שׁוּם אָדָם מִיהוּדָה לְהַמְלִיכֵהוּ, כִּי בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה הֵם הִמְלִיכוּהוּ כְּבָר בְּחֶבְרוֹן, אֲבָל יֶתֶר הַשְּׁבָטִים שֶׁהָיוּ עִם בְּנֵי שָׁאוּל עַד עַתָּה הֵם הֻצְרְכוּ לָבוֹא בְּחֶבְרוֹן לְהַמְלִיכוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The sons of Judah, bearing shield and spear, six thousand and eight hundred** Do not wonder that the smallest number of all the [people from] the tribes that came to him were from Judah, because it was not necessary for anyone to come to him from Judah to crown him since the sons of Judah had already crowned him in Hebron. But the remaining tribes, who had been with Saul’s sons until now - had to come to Hebron to crown him.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:25:2
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:25:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:25:2)

**חֲלוּצֵי צָבָא.** הַמּוֹצִיאִים מִן הָעָם; וְדֻגְמָתוֹ: ״חֲלוּצֵי צָבָא״ דְּמַטּוֹת (במדבר לא:ה). וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים: חֲלוּצִים – כְּמוֹ זְרִיזִים, כְּמוֹ ״רְצֵה וְהַחֲלִיצֵנוּ״ (ויקרא רבה לד:טו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**armed men of the army** - Heb. חֲלוּצֵי צָבָא, those taken out of the people, and a similar case is found in חֲלוּצֵי צָבָא, of the Portion מַטּוֹת. Some say that חֲלוּצִים means armed, like רְצֵה וְהַחֲלִיצֵנוּ: be pleased and strengthen us.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:28:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:28:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:28:1)

**וִיהוֹיָדָע הַנָּגִיד לְאַהֲרֹן.** הוּא אָבִיו שֶׁל בְּנָיָהוּ (דברי הימים א יא:כד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And Jehoiada was the ruler of Aaron** He is the father of Benaiah.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:28:2
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:28:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:28:2)

**הַנָּגִיד לְאַהֲרֹן.** הַמּוֹצִיא וְהַמֵּבִיא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the ruler of Aaron** who would lead them out and bring them in.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:28:3
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:28:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:28:3)

**וְעִמּוֹ שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים וּשְׁבַע מֵאוֹת.** כֻּלָּם מִבְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן. וִיהוֹיָדָע שֶׁהָיָה בִּימֵי יוֹאָשׁ (מלכים ב יא:ד) – בֶּן בְּנָיָהוּ בְּנוֹ שֶׁל יְהוֹיָדָע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**three thousand and seven hundred** all of them were descendants of Aaron the Priest, and Jehoiada, who was in the time of Joash, was the son of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:29:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:29:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:29:1)

**וְצָדוֹק נַעַר.** לְפִיכָךְ אַל תִּתְמַהּ שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה נָגִיד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And Zadok was a youth** Therefore, do not wonder that he was not the ruler.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:29:2
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:29:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:29:2)

**וּבֵית אָבִיו שָׂרִים עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁנָיִם.** זֶה הִיא גְּדֻלָּה גְדוֹלָה, וְעַל כֵּן לָקְחוּ הַכְּהוּנָּה גְדוֹלָה מֵאֶבְיָתָר וּנְתָנוּהָ לְצָדוֹק הַכֹּהֵן (מלכים א ב:כז, לה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and his father’s house had twenty-two officers** This is a great honor; therefore, they took the high priesthood from Ebiathar and gave it to Zadok the Priest.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:30:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:30:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:30:1)

**וּמִן בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן אֲחֵי שָׁאוּל וְגוֹ׳.** וְאַל תִּתְמַהּ שֶׁלֹּא בָּאוּ אֶלָּא כִּי אִם שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים, כִּי **עַד הֵנָּה מַרְבִּיתָם שֹׁמְרִים מִשְׁמֶרֶת** בְּנֵי **שָׁאוּל** לְעוֹזְרָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And of the sons of Benjamin, Saul’s brethren, etc.** Do not wonder that only three thousand came to him, because “heretofore their majority kept the watch of the house of Saul,” to help them.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:33:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:33:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:33:1)

**וּמִבְּנֵי יִשָּׂשכָר יוֹדְעֵי בִינָה לַעִתִּים.** שֶׁיּוֹדְעִים לָתֵת עֵצָה לְפִי הָעִנְיָן שֶׁל מַעֲשֶׂה, שֶׁצָּרִיךְ לְדָוִד לְהִתְיָעֵץ הֵיאַךְ יְחַזֵּק הַמַּלְכוּת מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי שָׁאוּל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**those who had an understanding of the times** They knew how to give counsel appropriate to the incident; David had to take counsel on how to strengthen the kingdom against the sons of Saul.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:33:2
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:33:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:33:2)

**רָאשֵׁיהֶם מָאתַיִם.** לְבַד מִן הַשְּׁאָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their chiefs were two hundred** besides the rest.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:33:3
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:33:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:33:3)

**וְכָל אֲחֵיהֶם עַל פִּיהֶם.** עַל עֲצָתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and all their brethren obeyed their word** on their counsel.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:34:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:34:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:34:1)

**וְלַעֲדֹר.** לְשׁוֹן עִדּוּר מַמָּשׁ, כְּמוֹ ״כָּל הֶהָרִים אֲשֶׁר בַּמַּעְדֵּר יֵעָדֵרוּן״ (ישעיה ז:כה), וּמִתּוֹךְ כָּךְ יַעַמְדוּ הֵם כְּעוֹרְכֵי הַמִּלְחָמָה. וְיֵשׁ מְפָרְשִׁים **לַעֲדֹר** – כְּמוֹ לַעֲרֹךְ **מִלְחָמָה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**wage war** וְלַעֲדר, an expression of digging, like (Isa. 7:25): “And all the mountains that will be dug with a spade (בַּמַעְדֵּר יֵעָדֵרוּן),” and as a result, those who set up the battle array will stand there. Some say that לַעֲדוֹר is like לַעֲרֹך, to set up a battle array.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:34:2
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:34:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:34:2)

**בְּלֹא לֵב וָלֵב.** מְפֹרָשׁ בִּבְרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה: בֵּין בְּמִתְכַּוֵּין בֵּין שֶׁלֹּא בְּמִתְכַּוֵּין הָיוּ מְנַצְּחִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**of double heart** It is explained in *Genesis Rabbah* (*Lev. Rabbah* 25:2): “... whether with intention or without intention, they would be victorious.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:38:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:38:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:38:1)

**וְגַם כָּל שְׁרִית יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵב אֶחָד לְהַמְלִיךְ אֶת דָּוִד.** אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא בָּאוּ לְחֶבְרוֹן; לְכָךְ שְׁאֵרִית חָסֵר אָלֶף, כְּלוֹמַר: אֲפִלּוּ שְׁאֵרִית לֹא הָיָה, שֶׁלֹּא נִשְׁתַּיְּרוּ כִּי אִם מְעַט, כִּי כֻלָּם בָּאוּ לְחֶבְרוֹן בְּשִׂמְחָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and also the entire remnant of Israel was of one heart to crown David** even though they did not come to Hebron. For this reason, שֵׁרִית is missing an “aleph,” to imply that there was not even a remnant. Only a few remained, for they all came to Hebron joyfully.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:39:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:39:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:39:1)

**וַיִּהְיוּ שָׁם עִם דָּוִיד יָמִים שְׁלֹשָׁה.** וְאַל תִּתְמַהּ הֵיכָן לָקְחוּ כָּל הַחַיִל הַזֶּה כָּל כָּךְ אֲכִילָה וּשְׁתִיָּה שֶׁהָיָה מַסְפִּיק לָהֶם, כִּי אֲחֵיהֶם הֵכִינוּ לָהֶם מִקּוֹדֶם לָכֵן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they were there with David for three days** And do not wonder where this whole army obtained so much food and drink that sufficed them, because their brethren had prepared it for them beforehand.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 12:41:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 12:41:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/12:41:1)

**כִּי שִׂמְחָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל.** שֶׁהָיָה לָהֶם מֶלֶךְ מַצְלִיחַ וּמַשְׂכִּיל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for there was joy in Israel** that they had a prosperous and wise king.