## Rashi on II Samuel Chapter 14

###### Rashi on II Samuel 14:2:1
[Rashi on II Samuel 14:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:2:1)

**וַיִּשְׁלַח יוֹאָב תְּקוֹעָה.** אָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ (מנחות פה ב): כִּי שֶׁמֶן זַיִת מָצוּי שָׁם, לְכָךְ חָכְמָה מְצוּיָה שָׁם:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Yoav sent to Tekuah.** Our Rabbis said Because olive oil is found there, therefore wisdom is found there.¹

footnotes:
¹ Menochos 85a.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 14:5:1
[Rashi on II Samuel 14:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:5:1)

**אֲבָל אִשָּׁה אַלְמָנָה אָנִי.** אֲבָל, ״בְּקוּשְׁטָא״:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**In truth, I am a widowed woman.**אֲבָל means "In truth."


###### Rashi on II Samuel 14:9:1
[Rashi on II Samuel 14:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:9:1)

**עָלַי אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ הֶעָוֹן.** כִּנּוּי הוּא לִכְבוֹדוֹ, כְּלוֹמַר אַתָּה מַדְחֶה אוֹתִי לֵאמֹר אֲנִי מְצַוֶּה עָלֶיךָ וַאֲנִי אֵלֵךְ לְדַרְכִּי, וְאַתָּה לֹא תְצַוֶּה עָלַי, וּבְנִי יֵהָרֵג, עַל מִי הֶעָוֹן הַזֶּה:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**My master the king, the sin is upon me.** This is euphemistic for [the sake of] his honour in other words, "You are rebutting me [by] saying, 'I will command [someone] concerning you,' I will [then] go on my way and you will not command [anyone] concerning me, and my son will get murdered. Upon who is this sin?"


###### Rashi on II Samuel 14:11:1
[Rashi on II Samuel 14:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:11:1)

**יִזְכָּר נָא הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת ה׳.** שֶׁהִקְפִּיד עַל אֹרֶךְ הַדֶּרֶךְ לְהַצִּיל נְפָשׁוֹת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יט:ו): ״וְהִשִּׂיגוֹ כִּי יִרְבֶּה הַדֶּרֶךְ״, וְזֶהוּ מֵהַרְבּוֹת גֹּאֵל הַדָּם לְשַׁחֵת, וְאַתָּה דוֹחֶה אוֹתִי:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Please remember Adonoy.** God was stringent concerning the distance [necessary] to save lives² as it is said, "He will overtake him because the way was long".³ This is [her reference with], "To avoid giving more [time] for the avenger to destroy," and you are pushing me [away].

footnotes:
² When a person kills accidently, he must go to a city of refuge. These cities should never be too distant from any potential fugitive who may need to go there.
³ Devorim 19:5.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 14:13:1
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**וְלָמָּה חָשַׁבְתָּה כָזֹאת.** שֶׁחָשַׁדְתָּ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁיָּבֹאוּ לַהֲרוֹג אֶת הַשֵּׁנִי בְּלֹא עֵדִים וְהַתְרָאָה:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Why did you think this.** You suspected that a Jew could come to kill another [Jew] without witnesses and a warning.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 14:13:2
[Rashi on II Samuel 14:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:13:2)

**וּמִדַּבֵּר הַמֶּלֶךְ הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה כְּאָשֵׁם.** וְהַדָּבָר הַזֶּה שֶׁחָרַצְתָּ לַאֲחֵרִים, שֶׁאָמַרְתָּ לִי לֹא יִפּוֹל מִשַּׂעֲרַת בְּנֵךְ אַרְצָה, עַכְשָׁיו שֶׁאֲגַלֶּה לְךָ שֶׁאֵין הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה אֶלָּא עַל שְׁנֵי בָּנֶיךָ, אַל תִּתְחָרֵט לֵאמֹר דִּבַּרְתִּי זֶה כְּאָשֵׁם, וְהִנְנִי חוֹזֵר בִּי, לְבִלְתִּי הָשִׁיב הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת אַבְשָׁלוֹם בְּנוֹ שֶׁנִּדְחָה מִמֶּנּוּ וּבָרַח לוֹ:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**That which the king said he himself is guilty of.** This thing that you have decided for others, that you said to me "hair from your son shall not fall to the ground." Now that I have revealed to you that this thing never happened, but it was only [a parable] to your two sons, do not reverse yourself saying, "I said this mistakingly and I have reconsidered" in order that the king not bring back his son, Avsholom that his been exiled from him and has fled.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 14:13:3
[Rashi on II Samuel 14:13:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:13:3)

**וּמִדַּבֵּר הַמֶּלֶךְ.** אוקינו״ן פרלטי״ש בלע״ז:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The king will say.** *Aucenon parleter* in O.F.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 14:14:1
[Rashi on II Samuel 14:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:14:1)

**כִּי מוֹת נָמוּת.** וְדַיֵּינוּ בְּאוֹתוֹ עֹנֶשׁ:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**We are [all] going to die.** And that punishment is sufficent.⁴

footnotes:
⁴ For Avsholom.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 14:14:2
[Rashi on II Samuel 14:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:14:2)

**וְלֹא יִשָּׂא אֱלֹהִים נֶפֶשׁ.** אִישׁ מִן הַמִּיתָה, לְפִיכָךְ וְחָשַׁב הַמֶּלֶךְ מַחֲשָׁבוֹת לְבִלְתִּי יִדַּח מִמֶּנּוּ נִדָּח:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**God will not countenance anyone.** a man from [avoiding] death. Therefore the king should devise means to avoid having his exiled one remain an outcast.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 14:15:1
[Rashi on II Samuel 14:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:15:1)

**וְעַתָּה אֲשֶׁר בָּאתִי לְדַבֵּר אֶל הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲדֹנִי אֶת הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה.** בְּכִנּוּי עָלַי וְעַל בְּנִי:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And now I came to speak to my master, the king these words.** As a parable about myself and my son


###### Rashi on II Samuel 14:15:2
[Rashi on II Samuel 14:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:15:2)

**כִּי יֵרְאוּנִי הָעָם.** הִפְחִידוּנִי מִלְּבַקֵּשׁ אֶת אֲדֹנִי עַל בְּנוֹ, פֶּן יִכְעוֹס עָלַי:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Because the people frightened me.** They frightened me [away] from imploring my master concerning [the plight of] his son lest he become angry with me.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 14:15:3
[Rashi on II Samuel 14:15:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:15:3)

**וַתֹּאמֶר שִׁפְחָתְךָ אֲדַבְּרָה נָּא.** כְּעִנְיָן זֶה, **אוּלַי יַעֲשֶׂה וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Your handmaiden said, "I will speak."** In this way [with a parable], perhaps he will take action etc.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 14:16:1
[Rashi on II Samuel 14:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:16:1)

**כִּי יִשְׁמַע הַמֶּלֶךְ לְהַצִּיל אֶת אֲמָתוֹ מִכַּף הָאִישׁ.** הַבָּא לַהֲרוֹג אֶת בְּנִי, וּלְהַשְׁמִידֵנוּ יַחַד מִנַּחֲלַת אֱלֹהִים:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**When the king hears** [and agrees] to save his handmaiden from the [avenger] man's hand. who is coming to kill my son and to remove us both from the inheritance [given by] God.⁵

footnotes:
⁵ All this is what the woman was conveying in her parable. This was all designed to be tolerable for the king to hear.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 14:17:1
[Rashi on II Samuel 14:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:17:1)

**וַתֹּאמֶר שִׁפְחָתְךָ.** מֵאַחַר שֶׁיְּצַוֶּה הַמֶּלֶךְ עָלַי, יִהְיֶה דְּבָרוֹ לִמְנוּחָה לִבְנִי, כִּי לֹא יָשׁוּב מִדְּבָרוֹ הַטּוֹב, כִּי כְּמַלְאַךְ ה׳ אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ, וְלֹא יַחֲזִירֶנּוּ כַּעַס וְשִׂנְאָה מִדְּבָרוֹ הַטּוֹב:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Your handmaiden says.** Now that the king has ordered [remedial action] concerning me, his word should provide relief for my son because he will not back away from his kind decision⁶ because my master, the king is like an angel of God and anger and hatred will not change his kind decision.

footnotes:
⁶ You came to the kind decision to provide relief to my make believe son in the parable. Please don’t change that decision when deliberating about Avsholom who in real-life needs relief.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 14:19:1
[Rashi on II Samuel 14:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:19:1)

**אִם אִשׁ.** כְּמוֹ אִם יֵשׁ, כְּמוֹ הֲיֵשׁ, וְכֵן (מיכה ו:י): ״עוֹד הָאִשׁ בֵּית רָשָׁע״, כְּמוֹ הֲיֵשׁ:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**It is impossible.** [This is] like "if it is possible" or like "is it possible" So too [we find] "Is there in the house of a wicked person"⁷ meaning "is there".⁸

footnotes:
⁷ Micha 6:10.
⁸ הָאִש is standing in for הֲיֵשׁ which means “is there”.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 14:20:1
[Rashi on II Samuel 14:20:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:20:1)

**לְבַעֲבוּר סַבֵּב.** לְגַלְגֵּל, עַד שֶׁיֵּצֵא דְּבַר בְּנוֹ שֶׁל הַמֶּלֶךְ לָאוֹר:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**In order to skirt around.** To skirt around [the issue] until the matter concerning the king's son comes to light.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 14:20:2
[Rashi on II Samuel 14:20:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:20:2)

**וַאדֹנִי חָכָם.** וְהֵבַנְתָּ כִּי מֵאֵת יוֹאָב יָצָאתָ:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**[But] my master is wise.** and you understood that this is coming from Yoav.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 14:30:1
[Rashi on II Samuel 14:30:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:30:1)

**אֶל יָדִי.** סָמוּךְ לִרְשׁוּתִי, בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁאֲנִי יָכוֹל לְהַזִּיק:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Which is near me.** Near my domain in a place where I can inflict damage.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 14:30:2
[Rashi on II Samuel 14:30:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:30:2)

**אֶל יָדִי.** אינמי״ש אוש״ט בלע״ז:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Which is near me.** En mains aussi in O.F.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 14:32:1
[Rashi on II Samuel 14:32:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:32:1)

**וֶהֱמִתָנִי.** וְיַהֲרֹג אוֹתִי הַמֶּלֶךְ:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**[Then] kill me.** The king should kill me.