## Rashi on I Chronicles Chapter 18

###### Rashi on I Chronicles 18:1:1
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**וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי כֵן וַיַּךְ דָּוִיד.** אַחַר שֶׁאָמַר דָּוִד לִבְנוֹת בַּיִת, וְאָמַר לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא: לֹא תִבְנֶה אַתָּה, אָמַר דָּוִד: הוֹאִיל וְאֵין עָלַי לִבְנוֹת הַבַּיִת אֶלָּא בְּנִי, עַתָּה אָכִינָה וַאֲסַדֵּר לוֹ הַכֹּל, לִכְשֶׁיָּבֹא בְּנִי לִבְנוֹת הַבַּיִת שֶׁיְּהֵא לוֹ הַכֹּל מְזֻמָּן. וְעַתָּה מַנִּיחַ הַכֹּל וְהוֹלֵךְ וּמְסַפֵּר הֵיאַךְ זִמֵּן לוֹ הַבִּנְיָן, שֶׁנִּלְחַם עִם אוֹיְבָיו וְהִקְדִּישׁ שְׁלָלָם לְבִנְיַן הַבַּיִת. וְכֵן דֶּרֶךְ הַפָּסוּק לְדַבְּרוֹ, וְדֻגְמָא בְּאֵלִיָּהוּ וּבֶאֱלִישָׁע: מֵאַחַר שֶׁאָמַר ״יְהִי נָא פִּי שְׁנַיִם בְּרוּחֲךָ אֵלָי״ (מלכים ב ב:ט), מַנִּיחַ כָּל הַמַּעֲשֶׂה מִן הַמְּלָכִים וּמְסַפֵּר וְהוֹלֵךְ מִן נִפְלְאוֹת אֱלִישָׁע הֵיאַךְ הָיוּ פִּי שְׁנַיִם, עַד שֶׁיַּשְׁלִים הַכֹּל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And it came to pass afterwards that David smote** After David stated [his intention] to build a house, and the Holy One, blessed be He, said to him, “You shall not build,” David said, “Since it is not incumbent upon me to build the house, only upon my son, I shall now prepare and arrange everything for him for [the time] when my son comes to build the House so that he has everything prepared.” And now he [the Chronicler] leaves everything and relates how he [David] prepared the building, how he fought with his enemies and designated their spoils for the construction of the House. And so is the manner of the verse, and an example is found regarding Elijah and Elisha, i.e., after he [Elisha] said, (II Ki. 2:9): “Please let there be a double portion of your spirit to me,” he [the author] leaves the entire story of the kings and proceeds to relate some of the wonders of Elisha, how they were a double portion, until he completed them all.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 18:3:1
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**וַיַּךְ דָּוִיד אֶת הֲדַדְעֶזֶר מֶלֶךְ צוֹבָה חֲמָתָה.** בַּחֲמָת הָיְתָה הַמִּלְחָמָה, וּבַחֲמָת הִכָּם דָּוִד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And David smote Hadadezer, king of Zobah, in Hamath** The war took place in Hamath, and in Hamath David smote them.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 18:3:2
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**חֲמָתָה.** כְּמוֹ לַחֲמָת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in Hamath** - Heb. חֲמָתָה, like לְחַמָת, to Hamath.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 18:3:3
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**לְהַצִּיב יָדוֹ.** פִּתְרוֹנוֹ: כְּשֶׁהָלַךְ לְהַצִּיב כֹּחוֹ, לְהָשִׁיב גְּבוּלוֹ וּלְהַצִּיב **בִּנְהַר פְּרָת**, שֶׁהָיָה מֵשִׁיב לִגְבוּל **נְהַר פְּרָת**; וְדוּגְמָא: ״וְאַבְשָׁלוֹם לָקַח וַיַּצֶּב לוֹ בְחַיָּיו וְגוֹ׳ וַיִּקְרָא לָהּ יַד אַבְשָׁלוֹם״ (שמואל ב יח:יח), שֶׁפִּתְרוֹנוֹ: כֹּחַ גְּבוּל אַבְשָׁלוֹם. דָּבָר אַחֵר: ״וַיִּקְרָא לָהּ יַד אַבְשָׁלוֹם״ – בְּתוֹךְ הַמַּצֵּבָה צָר אַבְשָׁלוֹם צוּרַת אֹרֶךְ יָדוֹ, כְּדִכְתִיב בְּאוֹתוֹ פָּסוּק, ״כִּי אָמַר״, זֹאת הַצּוּרָה הַמְצוּיֶּרֶת אַחַר יַד אַבְשָׁלוֹם (מִפִּי רַבִּי יִצְחָק בַּר שְׁמוּאֵל בְּנַרְבּוֹנָא שָׁמַעְתִּי כֵּן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to establish his power** Its meaning is: when he went to establish his power, to restore his boundary and to establish it by the Euphrates River, for he was restoring to the boundary (sic) of the Euphrates River. An example is (Sam. II 18:18): “And Absalom took and established for himself in his lifetime, etc., and he called it Yad Absalom,” meaning the power of the boundary of Absalom. Another explanation of, “and he called it Yad Absalom”: Absalom engraved the form of the length of his hand in the middle of the monument, as it is written in that verse, that he said that this engraving was engraved after the shape of Absalom’s hand. (I heard this from Isaac the son of Rabbi Samuel in Narbonne.)


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 18:4:1
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**וַיְעַקֵּר דָּוִיד.** וּמִשּׁוּם דִּכְתִיב ״לֹא יַרְבֶּה לּוֹ סוּסִים״ (דברים יז:טז), כְּדִכְתִיב ״וְאֶת סוּסֵיהֶם תְּעַקֵּר״ (יהושע יא:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and David hamstrung** because it is written (Deut. 17:16) “Only he must not get himself many horses,” (Josh. 11:6): “... you shall cripple their horses.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 18:4:2
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**וַיּוֹתֵר מִמֶּנּוּ מֵאָה רָכֶב.** ״לֹא יַרְבֶּה לּוֹ סוּסִים״ (דברים יז:טז) – הָא כְּדֵי מֶרְכַּבְתּוֹ מֻתָּר (סנהדרין כא:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and left over of them a hundred chariots** He must not get himself many horses, but enough for his chariots is permissible.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 18:5:1
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**וַיָּבֹא אֲרַם דַּרְמֶשֶׂק.** בִּשְׁמוּאֵל (שמואל ב ח:ה) כְּתִיב ״דַּמֶּשֶׂק״! וְדֶרֶךְ הַפָּסוּק לְדַבֵּר כֵּן, כְּמוֹ מִן שֵׁבֶט ״שַׁרְבִיט״ (אסתר ד:יא), שֶׁהֲרֵי ״אֲיַסֵּר אֶתְכֶם בַּשּׁוֹטִים״ (דברי הימים ב י:יא) – תַּרְגּוּם: ״שַׁרְבִּיטִים״. גַּם זוֹ אָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And Aram of Damascus came** - Heb. דַרְמֶשֶׂק, and in II Samuel (8:6), it is written: דַמֶּשֶׂק. It is customary for Scripture to speak in this manner, like from שַׁרְבִיט :שֵׁבֶט, for (cf. I Kings 12:14): “I shall flog you with whips בַּשּׁוֹטִים (Sic),” is translated שַׁרְבִיטִים. (Rabbi Isaac said this also.)


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 18:6:1
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**וַיָּשֶׂם דָּוִיד בַּאֲרַם דַּרְמֶשֶׂק.** פִּתְרוֹן: נְצִיבִים, וּבִשְׁמוּאֵל (שמואל שם) כְּתִיב בְּפֵירוּשׁ ״וַיָּשֶׂם דָּוִיד בַּאֲרַם דַּמֶּשֶׂק נְצִיבִים״ (שמואל ב ח:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And David placed in Aram of Damascus** The meaning is [that he stationed] governors, and in II Samuel (8:6), it is stated explicitly: “And David placed governors in Aram of Damascus.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 18:7:1
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**שִׁלְטֵי הַזָּהָב.** בּוֹיכְרְ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז, דּוּגְמָתוֹ: ״הָבֵרוּ הַחִצִּים מִלְאוּ הַשְּׁלָטִים״ (ירמיהו נא:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the golden quivers** - Heb. שִׁלְטֵי, *cuyvres*, *cuevres* in Old French, quivers, and a like word is found in Jeremiah (51:11): “Polish the arrows, fill the quivers הַשְּׁלָטִים”.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 18:8:1
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**נְחֹשֶׁת רַבָּה מְאֹד בָּהּ עָשָׂה וְגוֹ׳.** וְזֶהוּ שֶׁאָמַר: כֵּיוָן שֶׁאָמַר דָּוִד לִבְנוֹת הַבַּיִת, וְאָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לוֹ: ״לֹא אַתָּה תִבְנֶה הַבַּיִת כִּי אִם בְּנֶךָ״ (דברי הימים א יז:ד), מְסַפֵּר וְהוֹלֵךְ הֵיאַךְ זִמֵּן לוֹ לִבְנוֹת הַבִּנְיָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**huge quantities of copper, from which... made, etc.** This is what I stated (verse 17:1); since David stated [his intention] to build the House, and the Holy One, blessed be He, said to him, (17:4): “You shall not build... the House,” but your son, he proceeds to tell how he prepared for him to erect the edifice.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 18:10:1
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**כִּי אִישׁ מִלְחֲמוֹת תֹּעוּ.** בַּעַל מַחֲלֹקְתּוֹ הָיָה, וְכֵן מוֹכִיחַ לְמַעְלָה **וַיַּךְ דָּוִד אֶת הֲדַרְעֶזֶר** – וְכִי מָה עִנְיָן לָהֶם לַחֲמָת לַעֲרֹךְ בּוֹ מִלְחָמָה? אֶלָּא הֲדַרְעֶזֶר מֶלֶךְ צוֹבָה הָלַךְ לְהִלָּחֵם עַל תֹּעוּ מֶלֶךְ חֲמָת בַּחֲמָת, וּבְעוֹד כֵּן בָּא דָּוִד עָלָיו וְהִכָּהוּ. **וְכֹל כְּלֵי זָהָב וָכֶסֶף וּנְחֹשֶׁת** הֵבִיא לְדָוִד, וְכֵן ״וּבְיָדוֹ הָיָה כְּלֵי כֶסֶף וּכְלֵי זָהָב וּכְלֵי נְחֹשֶׁת״ (שמואל ב ח:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for... had been Tou’s opponent in war** He was his antagonist, and this is proven above (v. 3): “And David smote Hadarezer” (note Rashi’s reading). Now what connection do they have to Hamath to wage war there? But [the matter is that] Hadarezer, the king of Zobah, went to wage war against Tou the king of Hamath in Hamath, during which David came upon him and smote him. **and all vessels of gold, of silver, and of copper** he brought to David; and so it appears in II Samuel (8: 10): “... and in his possession were vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of copper.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 18:13:1
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**וַיָּשֶׂם בֶּאֱדוֹם נְצִיבִים.** שָׁלְטוֹנִים, שֶׁלֹּא רָצָה לְהַמְלִיךְ עֲלֵיהֶם מֶלֶךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he placed governors** - Heb. נְצִיבִים, governors, because he did not wish to set up a king to reign over them.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 18:14:1
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**מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה.** מָשַׁךְ עַצְמוֹ מִלְּהִלָּחֵם עוֹד וּמִלָּצֵאת וְלָבֹא עוֹד בַּמִּלְחָמָה, וְהָיָה יוֹשֵׁב וְשׁוֹפֵט תָּמִיד **יִשְׂרָאֵל** בִּצְדָקָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**justice and charity** He retired from waging any more wars and from going forth and coming in battle, and he sat constantly and judged Israel fairly.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 18:15:1
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**וְיוֹאָב וְגוֹ׳ עַל הַצָּבָא.** – לְפִי שֶׁמָּשַׁךְ יָדוֹ מִלָּצֵאת עוֹד בַּצָּבָא, הִנִּיחַ יוֹאָב עַל הַצָּבָא לְהִלָּחֵם כָּל מִלְחַמְתּוֹ. כָּל זֶה מוּסָב עַל **עָשָׂה מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה**, וּמַה שֶּׁהִפְסִיק וְיוֹאָב עַל הַצָּבָא, מִשּׁוּם הָכִי הֻצְרַךְ, שֶׁלֹּא תֹּאמַר: הוֹאִיל וְדָוִד עָשָׂה מִשְׁפָּט, אִם כֵּן לֹא הָיוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל עוֹד נִלְחָמִים, לְכָךְ נֶאֱמַר: וְיוֹאָב עַל הַצָּבָא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now Joab, etc. was over the host** Since he retired from going with the army, he placed Joab over the host to wage all his battles. All this refers back to “... and he administered justice and charity.” The interruption with “Now Joab, etc. was over the host,” was necessary for the following reason, lest you say that since “... and David was administering justice,” [the result was that] the Israelites were no longer waging war, therefore, it says “Now Joab was over the host.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 18:15:2
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**מַזְכִּיר.** חוֹזֵר לָרֹאשׁ, שֶׁהָיָה מַזְכִּיר אֵיזֶה דִּין בָּא לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ תְּחִלָּה; דּוּגְמָא: ״לְהָבִיא אֶת סֵפֶר הַזִּכְרוֹנוֹת דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים״ (אסתר ו:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**recorder** - Heb. הַמַּזְכִּיר, lit., the reminder. This refers back to the beginning (verse 14), that he would remind [him of] which case came before the king first, and a similar instance is (Esther 6:1): “... to bring... the records (הַזִּכְרוֹנוֹת), the chronicles.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 18:16:1
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**וְשַׁוְשָׁא סוֹפֵר.** ״אֲחִילוּד מַזְכִּיר״ (דברי הימים א יח:טו), וְשַׁוְשָׁא כּוֹתֵב עַל יָדוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and Shavsha was scribe** Ahilud was the recorder, and Shavsha would write alongside him.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 18:17:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 18:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/18:17:1)

**עַל הַכְּרֵתִי וְהַפְּלֵתִי.** פִּתְרוֹנוֹ: אֻמּוֹת הָיוּ, כְּדִכְתִיב ״הוֹי גּוֹי כְּרֵתִים״ (צפניה ב:ה); וּמֵאֻמּוֹתָם הָיוּ עִם דָּוִד אֲנָשִׁים גִּבּוֹרֵי חַיִל וּבְנָיָהוּ עֲלֵיהֶם; וְדֻגְמָא בִּשְׁמוּאֵל: ״וְכָל עֲבָדָיו עֹבְרִים עַל יָדוֹ וְכָל הַכְּרֵתִי וְכָל הַפְּלֵתִי וְכָל הַגִּתִּים וְגוֹמֵר״ (שמואל ב טו:יח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**over the Cherethites and the Pelethites** The meaning is that they were nations, as it is written, (Zeph. 2:5): “Woe to... the nation of Cherethites,” and from their nations were mighty warriors with David, and Benaiah was over them. Another instance of this (II Sam. 15:18): “... and all his servants passed beside him, and all the Cherethites and all the Pelethites and all the Gittites.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 18:17:2
[Rashi on I Chronicles 18:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/18:17:2)

**וּבְנֵי דָוִד הָרִאשֹׁנִים לְיַד הַמֶּלֶךְ.** פִּתְרוֹנוֹ: וּבְנֵי דָוִד הָיוּ תָּמִיד רִאשׁוֹנִים אֵצֶל הַמֶּלֶךְ לַעֲשׂוֹת כָּל צָרְכּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the sons of David were first at the king’s hand** The meaning is that David’s sons were always first beside the king to perform all his necessities.