## Rashi on I Chronicles Chapter 13 ###### Rashi on I Chronicles 13:1:1 [Rashi on I Chronicles 13:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/13:1:1) **וַיִּוָּעֵץ דָּוִיד עִם שָׂרֵי הָאֲלָפִים.** שֶׁאָמַר לָהֶם דָּוִיד: כְּבָר עֲסַקְתֶּם בְּתַקָּנַתְכֶם לִהְיוֹת לָכֶם מֶלֶךְ לְהוֹשִׁיעַ לָכֶם, וְעַתָּה תַּעַסְקוּ בִּכְבוֹד אֱלֹהִים: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **And David conferred with the officers of the thousands** He said to them, “You have already engaged in matters that are for your benefit, for you have a king to save you; now you should engage in the honor of God.” ###### Rashi on I Chronicles 13:2:1 [Rashi on I Chronicles 13:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/13:2:1) **נִפְרְצָה נִשְׁלְחָה.** נִפְרְצָה אוֹתָהּ גָּדֵר שֶׁהָיְתָה גְדוּרָה עַד עַתָּה, שֶׁלֹּא דָרַשׁ שׁוּם אָדָם לֵאלֹהִים, וְ**נִשְׁלְחָה עַל אַחֵינוּ הַנִּשְׁאָרִים** מִשּׁוּם כְּבוֹד הָאָרוֹן: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **it has been opened** The fence that was closed until now has been opened, for no one has yet inquired of God. **let us send to our brethren remaining** because of the honor of the Ark. ###### Rashi on I Chronicles 13:5:1 [Rashi on I Chronicles 13:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/13:5:1) **מִן שִׁיחוֹר מִצְרַיִם וְעַד לְבֹא חֲמָת.** דֻּגְמָא: ״מִלְּבוֹא חֲמָת עַד נַחַל מִצְרָיִם״ (מלכים א ח:סה; דברי הימים ב ז:ח): **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **from Shihor of Egypt and until the approach to Hamath** This parallels (I Kings 8:65): “from the approach to Hamath to the brook of Egypt” ###### Rashi on I Chronicles 13:6:1 [Rashi on I Chronicles 13:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/13:6:1) **בַּעֲלָתָה אֶל קִרְיַת.** פִּתְרוֹן: בַּעֲלָתָה שֶׁהִיא קִרְיַת יְעָרִים: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **to Baalah, to Kirjath** The meaning is: to Baalah, which is Kirjath-Jearim. ###### Rashi on I Chronicles 13:6:2 [Rashi on I Chronicles 13:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/13:6:2) **לְהַעֲלוֹת מִשָּׁם וְגוֹ׳.** כְּדִכְתִיב (שמואל ב ו:ב) ״אֲשֶׁר נִקְרָא שֵׁם ה׳ צְבָאוֹת יוֹשֵׁב הַכְּרוּבִים עָלָיו״, כְּלוֹמַר: שְׁמוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא נִקְרָא עַל הָאָרוֹן; אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁגָּלָה אָרוֹן לַפְּלִשְׁתִּים, לֹא זָז מִמֶּנּוּ שֵׁם הַזֶּה, שֶׁנִּתְקַדֵּשׁ: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **to bring up from there, etc.** As it is written (II Sam. 6:2): “... which is called a name, the name of the Lord of Hosts, Who dwells upon the cherubim;” i.e., the name of the Holy One, blessed be He, was called upon the Ark. Although the Ark had been exiled to [the land of] the Philistines, this name did not leave it, because it was hallowed. ###### Rashi on I Chronicles 13:7:1 [Rashi on I Chronicles 13:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/13:7:1) **וַיַּרְכִּיבוּ אֶת אֲרוֹן הָאֱלֹהִים עַל עֲגָלָה חֲדָשָׁה.** מָה רָאָה דָוִד שֶׁהִרְכִּיבוֹ עַל עֲגָלָה חֲדָשָׁה, וְלֹא בְמַשָּׂא הַלְוִיִּם, כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה כְּשֶׁהֵבִיא אוֹתוֹ מִשָּׁם לְצִיּוֹן בָּאַחֲרוֹנָה? לְפִי שֶׁאָמַר דָּוִד: כָּל עוּמַת שֶׁבָּא אֵלַי כְּשֶׁהֵשִׁיבוּהוּ פְּלִשְׁתִּים – עַל עֲגָלָה חֲדָשָׁה, כְּדִכְתִיב ״וַיָּשִׂימוּ אֶת הָאָרוֹן ה׳ עַל עֲגָלָה וְגוֹ׳״ (שמואל א ו:יא) לְפִיכָךְ נֶעֱנַשׁ: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **And they set the Ark of God on a new cart** Why did David see fit to set it on a new cart rather than to have it borne by the Levites, as he did when he finally brought it from there to Zion? Because David said, “Corresponding to the way it came to me when the Philistines returned it on a new cart, as it is written (I Sam. 6:11): And they placed the Ark of the Lord on the cart, etc.” Therefore, he was punished. ###### Rashi on I Chronicles 13:7:2 [Rashi on I Chronicles 13:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/13:7:2) **עֻזָּא וְאַחְיוֹ.** בְּנֵי אֲבִינָדָב הָיוּ, כְּדִכְתִיב בִּשְׁמוּאֵל (שמואל ב ו:ג): **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **and Uzza and Ahio** They were the sons of Abinadab, as is written in II Samuel (6:3). ###### Rashi on I Chronicles 13:7:3 [Rashi on I Chronicles 13:7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/13:7:3) **נוֹהֲגִים בָּעֲגָלָה.** כְּמִנְהַג נוֹהֲגֵי עֲגָלָה: אֶחָד הוֹלֵךְ לִפְנֵי הָעֲגָלָה וּמְיַשְּׁרָהּ בְּדֶרֶךְ יְשָׁרָה, וְאֶחָד בְּצַד הָעֲגָלָה שֶׁלֹּא תֵּהָפֵךְ לִיפּוֹל; וְכֵן כְּתִיב ״וְאַחְיוֹ הוֹלֵךְ לִפְנֵי הָאָרוֹן״ (שמואל ב ו:ד), וְעֻזָּא בְּצַד הָעֲגָלָה (שמואל ב ו:ד), לְפִיכָךְ שָׁלַח עֻזָּא אֶת יָדוֹ לֶאֱחוֹז בָּאָרוֹן כְּשֶׁ״שָּׁמְטוּ הַבָּקָר״ (שמואל ב ו:ו), וּלְכָךְ נֶעֱנַשׁ (שמואל ב ו:ז): **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **drove the cart** as is the custom of cart drivers, one walks in front of the cart and directs it in a straight way, and one is alongside the cart, so that it does not turn over and fall. And so it is written (II Sam. 6: 4): “... and Ahio went before the Ark,” and Uzza was alongside the cart; therefore, Uzza stretched forth his hand to take hold of the Ark when the oxen swayed it, and therefore, he was punished. ###### Rashi on I Chronicles 13:8:1 [Rashi on I Chronicles 13:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/13:8:1) כָּאן כְּתִיב **בְּכָל עֹז** וּבִשְׁמוּאֵל כְּתִיב ״בְּכָל עֲצֵי״ (שמואל ב ו:ה)! פִּתְרוֹן: ״בְּכָל עֲצֵי״ כְּלֵי שִׁיר, וְכָאן פִּתְרוֹן: בְּכָל עֹז כְּלֵי שִׁיר: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **with all [their] might** Here it is written: בְּכָל עֹז, with all strength, and in II Samuel (6:5): “בְּכָל עֲצֵי, with all wood.” The meaning is: with all manner of wooden musical instruments, and here the meaning is: with all powerful musical instruments. ###### Rashi on I Chronicles 13:8:2 [Rashi on I Chronicles 13:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/13:8:2) **וּבְשִׁירִים וּבְכִנּוֹרוֹת וּבִנְבָלִים וּבְתֻפִּים.** כֻּלָּם כְּלֵי שִׁיר הֵם, אֲבָל מְצִלְתַּיִם כְּלִי שִׁיר הָיָה, וְלֹא הָיָה עָשׂוּי כִּי אִם לְהַשְׁמָעַת קוֹל; וְדֻגְמָתוֹ: כְּלִי שִׁיר שֶׁקּוֹרִין פויקי״ן בְּלַ״א, שֶׁמַּכִּין עָלָיו בְּמַקְלוֹת וְהוּא מַשְׁמִיעַ קוֹל; וְכֵן מוֹכִיחַ לְקַמָּן ״וּבִמְצִלְתַּיִם מַשְׁמִיעִים״ (דה״א טו:כח), וּכְתִיב ״וְהַמְשׁוֹרְרִים הֵימָן אָסָף וְאֵיתָן בִּמְצִלְתַּיִם נְחֹשֶׁת לְהַשְׁמִיעַ״ (דברי הימים א טו:יט), וְעוֹד לְמַטָּה כְּתִיב ״בְּשִׁיר בֵּית ה׳ בִּמְצִלְתַּיִם וְגוֹמֵר״ (דברי הימים א כה:ו); וְעַל שֵׁם כָּךְ נִקְרָא מְצִלְתַּיִם. וְכֵן ״יִירַשׁ הַצְּלָצַל״ (דברים כח:מב) – מִין אַרְבֶּה הַמַּשְׁמִיעַ קוֹל, כְּדִכְתִיב בַּנְּבוּאוֹת עַל הָאַרְבֶּה ״כְּקוֹל מַרְכָּבוֹת עַל רָאשֵׁי הֶהָרִים יְרַקֵּדוּן וְגוֹ׳״ (יואל ב:ה): **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **and with songs and with harps and with psalteries and with timbrels** All of these are musical instruments, but cymbals (מְצִלְתַּיִם) were not a musical instrument, and their function was only to make sounds, like the instrument called the kettle drum, *Pauken* in German, which is struck with sticks to make sounds. This is implied further (15: 25): “and with resounding cymbals,” and it is written (ibid. verse 19): “And the singers: Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, with copper cymbals to resound.” And it is written further below (25:6): “with song in the House of the Lord, with cymbals, etc.,” and because of this, they are called מְצִלְתַּיִם. Similarly (Deut. 28:42): “... the locusts (הַצְּלָצַל) will inherit.” This is a species of locust that makes a sound, as it is written in the prophecy of Joel (2:5) about the locusts: “Like the sound of chariots on the mountaintops, they will leap, etc.” ###### Rashi on I Chronicles 13:9:1 [Rashi on I Chronicles 13:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/13:9:1) **עַד גֹּרֶן כִּידוֹן.** שֵׁם מָקוֹם: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **to Goren Kiddon** the name of a place. ###### Rashi on I Chronicles 13:10:1 [Rashi on I Chronicles 13:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/13:10:1) **וַיַּכֵּהוּ עַל אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַח יָדוֹ עַל הָאָרוֹן.** וְהוּא שֶׁכָּתוּב בִּשְׁמוּאֵל ״וַיַּכֵּהוּ שָׁם הָאֱלֹהִים עַל הַשַּׁל״ (שמואל ב ו:ז); פִּתְרוֹן: עַל הַשֶּׁלַח, עַל שֶׁאָחַז בָּאָרוֹן. וְדֻגְמָתוֹ: ״הַכְּלָבִים יֹאכְלוּ אֶת״ בְּשַׂר ״אִיזֶבֶל בְּחֵיל יִזְרְעֶאל״ (מלכים א כא:כג), וּפָסוּק אַחֵר כְּתִיב ״בְּחֵלֶק יִזְרְעֶאל״ (מלכים ב ט:י). כָּךְ נְפָרֵשׁ כָּאן ״עַל הַשַּׁל״ – הַשֶּׁלַח: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **and He struck him down because he stretched forth his hand upon the Ark** This is what is written in II Samuel (6:7): “... and God struck him down there” עַל הַשַּׁל meaning עַל הַשֶּׁלַח, because he stretched forth to hold the Ark. Another example of this is (I Kings 21:23): “The dogs will devour Jezebel” בְּחֵל יִזְרְעֶאל. In another verse it is written: (II Kings 9:10): “בְּחֵלֶק יִזְרְעֶאל,” in the territory of Jezreel. So will we explain עַל הַשַּׁל here as הַשֶּׁלַח ###### Rashi on I Chronicles 13:10:2 [Rashi on I Chronicles 13:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/13:10:2) **וַיָּמָת שָׁם לִפְנֵי אֱלֹהִים.** לִפְנֵי אֲרוֹן אֱלֹהִים; בִּשְׁמוּאֵל כְּתִיב ״וַיָּמָת שָׁם עִם אֲרוֹן הָאֱלֹהִים״ (שמואל ב ו:ז): **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **and he died there before God** before the Ark of God, and in (II Samuel 6:7): “...and there he died by the Ark of God.” ###### Rashi on I Chronicles 13:12:1 [Rashi on I Chronicles 13:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/13:12:1) **וַיִּירָא דָוִיד אֶת הָאֱלֹהִים בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא לֵאמֹר.** מַה הוּא יָרֵא לֵאמֹר? שֶׁאָמַר: **הֵיךְ אָבִיא אֵלַי אֲרוֹן הָאֱלֹהִים**: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **And David feared God, etc. saying** What did he fear? Saying - that he said, “How will I bring the Ark of God to me?” ###### Rashi on I Chronicles 13:13:1 [Rashi on I Chronicles 13:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/13:13:1) **הַגִּתִּי.** מִגַּת הָיָה בִּתְחִלָּה, מִקֹּדֶם הָיָה מִתְגּוֹרֵר בְּגַת; וְלֵוִי הָיָה, כְּדִכְתִיב ״וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִיד לְשָׂרֵי הַלְוִיִּם לְהַעֲמִיד אֶת אֲחֵיהֶם הַמְשֹׁרְרִים״ (דברי הימים א טו:טז), וְכָתִיב בְּסָמוּךְ ״וְעֹבֵד אֱדֹם וִיחִיָּה שׁוֹעֲרִים לָאָרוֹן״ (דברי הימים א טו:כד): **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **the Gittite** He was from Gath originally and he previously sojourned in Gath. He was a Levite, as it is written (below 15:16): “And David said to the officers of the Levites to station their brethren, the singers,” and it says shortly after (verse 24): “... and Obed-Edom and Jehiah were gate sentries for the Ark.”