## Rashi on I Chronicles Chapter 15

###### Rashi on I Chronicles 15:2:1
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**כִּי אִם הַלְוִיִּם כִּי בָם בָּחַר.** כְּלוֹמַר: בַּלְוִיִּם בָּחַר וְלֹא בָּעֲגָלָה, שֶׁלְּפִי שֶׁהִרְכַּבְנוּהוּ בָּעֲגָלָה נֶעֱנַשׁ עֻזָּה; וְזֶהוּ שֶׁאָמַר לְמַטָּה **כִּי לְמִבָּרִאשׁוֹנָה לֹא אַתֶּם פָּרַץ ה׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ בָּנוּ כִּי לֹא דְרַשְׁנוּהוּ כַּמִּשְׁפָּט** – שֶׁהִרְכַּבְנוּהוּ בָּעֲגָלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**except the Levites, for the Lord chose them** i.e., God chose the Levites [to carry the Ark], and not a cart, for because we placed it in a cart, Uzza was punished, and that is what is stated further: “For from the beginning, [when] you were not [the bearers], the Lord our God made a breach in us, for we had not sought Him properly,” for we placed it in a cart.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 15:15:1
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**כִּדְבַר ה׳ בִּכְתֵפָם.** לָשֵׂאת אוֹתוֹ; וְלֹא מַמָּשׁ בִּכְתֵפָם, כִּי אִם **בַּמּוֹטוֹת עֲלֵיהֶם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**according to the word of the Lord, on their shoulders** to carry it, not actually on their shoulders, but with staves upon them.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 15:18:1
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**וְעִמָּהֶם אֲחֵיהֶם הַמִּשְׁנִים.** מִשְׁנֶה לָהֶם לַשּׁוֹעֲרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And with them, their brethren the second in rank** second in rank to them as gate sentries.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 15:18:2
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**זְכַרְיָהוּ בֵּן.** כָּךְ שְׁמוֹ. וְכָל אֵלּוּ מְשׁוֹרְרִים וְשׁוֹעֲרִים הָיוּ בַּדֶּרֶךְ שֶׁהֵבִיאוּ אֶת הָאָרוֹן, וְהַמְּשׁוֹרְרִים וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִים שֶׁהֶעֱמִיד דָּוִד לְאַחַר שֶׁנָּתְנוּ הָאָרוֹן אֶל הָאֹהֶל אֲשֶׁר נָטָה לוֹ דָּוִד; וּבְמִשְׁכַּן שִׁילֹה הָיוּ שׁוֹעֲרִים. וּבַדֶּרֶךְ לֹא הָיוּ שׁוֹעֲרִים, לְפִי שֶׁלֹּא הֻצְרְכוּ כָּל כָּךְ שׁוֹעֲרִים, לְפִיכָךְ נַעֲשׂוּ מְשׁוֹרְרִים חוּץ מִשְּׁנַיִם: בְּרַכְיָה וְאֶלְקָנָה. וְכָל זֶה הָיָה בַּדֶּרֶךְ, אֲבָל בְּנוֹחַ הָאָרוֹן הָיוּ מְשׁוֹרְרִים שׁוֹעֲרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Zechariah Ben** That was his name; and all these singers and gate sentries [served] on the road by bringing the Ark. The singers and the gate sentries that David stationed after they placed the Ark into the tent that David had pitched for it and in the Tabernacle of Shiloh, were gate sentries, but they were not gate sentries while on the road, because not that many gate sentries were required. Therefore, they became singers, with the exception of two, Berechiah and Elkanah (verse 23). All this was on the road, but when the Ark rested, the singers became gate sentries.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 15:19:1
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**וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִים הֵימָן אָסָף וְאֵיתָן וְגוֹ׳ לְהַשְׁמִיעַ.** קוֹל. הֵם הָיוּ מְמֻנִּים עַל אוֹתוֹ כְּלִי שִׁיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the singers: Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, etc.** To make a resounding voice, they were appointed over those musical instruments.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 15:20:1
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**וּזְכַרְיָה וַעֲזִיאֵל וְגוֹ׳.** אֵלּוּ שֶׁנֶּאֶמְרוּ בַּפָּסוּק לְמַעְלָה שֶׁהָיוּ **שֹׁעֲרִים**, הֶחֱזִירוּ כָּאן לַעֲשׂוֹת מְשׁוֹרְרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And Zechariah and Aziel, etc.** Those, mentioned in the preceding verse as being gate sentries, were here transferred to become singers.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 15:20:2
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**עַל עֲלָמוֹת.** עַל אוֹתָן כְּלֵי שִׁיר שֶׁמְּנַגְּנִין בָּהֶם אוֹתָן מִזְמוֹרִים: ״לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל עֲלָמוֹת וְגוֹ׳״ (תהלים ט:א; מו:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**over alamoth** over those instruments with which they played those psalms, entitled: “To the conductor, on alamoth, etc.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 15:21:1
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**וּמַתִּתְיָהוּ וֶאֱלִיפְלֵהוּ וְגוֹ׳. עַל הַשְּׁמִינִית לְנַצֵּחַ.** – אוֹתוֹ כְּלִי שִׁיר שֶׁמְּנַגְּנִין עָלָיו אוֹתָן מִזְמוֹרִים: ״לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל הַשְּׁמִינִית״ (תהלים יב:א; וראה תהלים ו:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And Mattithiah and Eliphelehu, etc. with harps on the sheminith to conduct** those musical instruments upon which they play the psalms entitled: “For the conductor, on the sheminith.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 15:22:1
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**וּכְנַנְיָהוּ שַׂר הַלְוִיִּם בְּמַשָּׂא.** בַּמֶּה הָיָה שַׂר? בְּמַשָּׂא. בְּנָשְׂאוּת הַשִּׁיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And Chenaniah, the leader of the Levites in song** In what was he a leader? In בַּמַּשָּׂא, in raising [the voice in]song.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 15:22:2
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**יָסֹר בַּמַּשָּׂא.** מְיַסֵּר וּמוֹכִיחַ אוֹתָם עַל הַמַּשָּׂא בְּנִגּוּן נְעִימוֹת שִׁיר, אִם לְהָרִים קוֹל אִם לְהַשְׁפִּיל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he would chastise in song** He would chastise and reprove them concerning raising the voice in the melody of the song, whether to raise the voice or lower [it].


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 15:22:3
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**כִּי מֵבִין הוּא.** בְּמַשָּׂא, בִּנְשִׂיאוּת הַנִּגּוּן. וְלָשׁוֹן מֵבִין נוֹפֵל עַל לִמּוּד הַשִּׁיר, וְדֻגְמָא: ״וַיְהִי מִסְפָּרָם עִם אֲחֵיהֶם מְלֻמְּדֵי שִׁיר לַה׳ כָּל הַמֵּבִין וְגוֹמֵר״ (דברי הימים א כה:ז), וְכָתוּב ״וַיַּפִּילוּ גּוֹרָלוֹת וְגוֹ׳ מֵבִין עִם תַּלְמִיד״ (דברי הימים א כה:ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because he was an expert** in raising [the voice] in the melody, and the expression of מֵבִין applies to the study of voice. A similar instance is found (below 25:7): “And their number with their brethren, trained in song to the Lord, every expert (מֵבִין) etc.,” and it is written (ibid. verse 8): “and they cast lots, etc.,...expert (מֵבִין) with student.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 15:26:1
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**וַיְהִי בֶּעְזֹר הָאֱלֹהִים.** רַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ (סוטה לה.): מִכָּאן שֶׁהָאָרוֹן נוֹשֵׂא אֶת עַצְמוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And it came to pass when God helped the Levites** - Heb. בֶּעְֹזר. The “beth” of בֶּעְֹזר is vowelized with a “segol,” but as a rule, it is vowelized with a “pattah.” The meaning of “when [God] helped,” is that they did not err when they carried the Ark as they had erred in the beginning when Uzza died. And in the Book of Samuel (II 6:13), it says that when they had trodden six paces, they made this sacrifice. Our Rabbis derived from here that the Ark carried itself.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 15:27:1
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**וְדָוִיד מְכֻרְבָּל.** כְּמוֹ בְּדָנִיֵּאל ״בְּכַרְבְּלָתְהוֹן״ (דניאל ג:כא), דֻּגְמָא: כַּרְבַּלְתָּא דְּתַרְנְגוֹלָא (ברכות ז.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And David was enwrapped in a linen robe** - Heb. מְכֻרְבָּל enwrapped, as in Daniel (3:21): “their robes (וְכַרְבְּלָתְהוֹן).” A similar case is the comb (כַּרְבַּלְתָּא) of a rooster.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 15:27:2
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**וְכָל הַלְוִיִּם.** כְּמוֹ כֵן מְכֻרְבָּלִים **בִּמְעִיל בּוּץ**; וּלְפִי שֶׁהָיָה דָּוִד מְשׁוֹרֵר כְּמוֹ לְוִיִּם, לָבַשׁ גַּם הוּא לְבוּשֵׁיהֶם שֶׁלָּבְשׁוּ גַּם הֵם. וּרְאָיָה לְהַבְדִּיל, כָּךְ הָיָה מִנְהַג מְלָכִים וְשָׂרִים שֶׁל עוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת, שֶׁאוֹכְלִים עִם כֹּהֲנֵיהֶם כְּחֻקָּם, הָיוּ לוֹבְשִׁים לְבוּשֵׁי כֹּהֲנֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and all the Levites** were likewise enwrapped in linen robes, and since David was a singer like the Levites, he too wore their raiments, which they wore, and proof of this - to distinguish between the unclean and the clean: It was the custom of the heathen kings and princes, that when they would dine with their priests according to their custom, they would don the garb of their priests.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 15:27:3
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**וְעַל דָּוִיד אֵפוֹד בָּד.** כְּאוֹתוֹ אֵפוֹד שֶׁל אַהֲרֹן (שמות כח:ד), שֶׁהָיָה כְּמִין שְׁנֵי לְבָדִין, אֶחָד לְפָנִים וְאֶחָד לְאָחוֹר, וּמַגִּיעַ עַד מָתְנָיו, וְהָיָה הָאֵזוֹר אָרוּג מִמֶּנּוּ וְחָגְרוֹ בּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and on David was a linen ephod** like the ephod of Aaron, which was like two felt cloths, one in the front and one in the back, and it reached to his loins, and the girdle was woven from it, and he would gird himself with it.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 15:29:1
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**וּמִיכַל בַּת שָׁאוּל וְגוֹ׳.** לְפִי שֶׁסֵּפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים בִּשְׁבִיל כְּבוֹד דָּוִד הוּא, לְפִיכָךְ אֵין כָּתוּב כָּאן מַה אָמְרָה מִיכַל לְדָוִד, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב בִּשְׁמוּאֵל: ״מַה נִּכְבָּד הַיּוֹם מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר נִגְלָה הַיּוֹם לְעֵינֵי אַמְהוֹת עֲבָדָיו כְּהִגָּלוֹת נִגְלוֹת אַחַד הָרֵיקִים״ (שמואל ב ו:כ), כִּי זִילוּתָא שֶׁל דָּוִד הָיָה שֶׁאָמְרָה לוֹ אִשָּׁה כֵּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And Michal the daughter of Saul, etc.** Since the Book of Chronicles is for David’s honor, it does not write here what Michal said to David, as is written in Samuel (II 6:20): “How esteemed was the king of Israel today, who appeared today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the idlers would appear!” because it was a disgrace for David that a woman said that to him.