Rashi on II Samuel Chapter 10
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כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה אָבִיו עִמָּדִי חֶסֶד. וּמַהוּ הַחֶסֶד, כְּשֶׁהָיָה דָוִד בּוֹרֵחַ מִפְּנֵי שָׁאוּל, בָּאוּ אֵלָיו אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ וְאֶחָיו (שמואל א כב:ד): ״וַיַּנְחֵם אֶת פְּנֵי מֶלֶךְ מוֹאָב״, וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ יֵשֶׁב נָא אָבִי וְאִמִּי עִמָּךְ, וַהֲרָגָם, חוּץ מֵאֶחָד מֵהֶם שֶׁבָּרַח וְנִמְלַט לְאֶרֶץ בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן אֵצֶל נָחָשׁ, (במדרש רבי תנחומא בוירא אליו):
As his father acted with kindness towards me. And what was the kindness? When Dovid was fleeing because of Shaul, his father, mother and brothers came to [join] him. "Dovid led them before the king of Moav"¹ [Dovid] said to him, "Please, [let] my father and mother dwell with you." [The king of Moav] killed them [all] except for one of them [i.e., the brothers] who fled and escaped to the land of the people of Amon, to Nochosh. This is a Midrash Rebbe Tanchuma in [Parshas] Vayeiroh ailov.
footnotes: ¹ Shmuel I, 22:4.
הַמְכַבֵּד דָּוִד אֶת אָבִיךָ בְּעֵינֶיךָ. הַנִּרְאֶה בְּעֵינֶיךָ שֶׁדָּוִד מְכַבֵּד אֶת אָבִיךָ, הֵם מֻזְהָרִים לֹא תִדְרֹשׁ שְׁלוֹמָם, וְהוּא יִדְרֹשׁ שְׁלוֹמְךָ:
Do you think Dovid honors your father. Does it appear in your eyes that Dovid is honoring your father? They are warned, "Do not seek peace with them",² and he is seeking peace with you?
footnotes: ² Devorim 23:7. This verse is referring to Amon and Moav mentioned earlier in verse 4.
מַדְוֵיהֶם. חֲלוּקֵיהֶם:
Their clothes. Their robes.
שְׁתוּתֵיהֶם. הָעֲגָבוֹת:
Their buttocks. The buttocks.
וְשׁוֹבַךְ שַׂר צְבָא הֲדַדְעֶזֶר. עַל שֵׁם שֶׁהָיָה גִבּוֹר וְעָרִיץ מְאֹד הִזְכִּירוֹ בִּשְׁמוֹ:
Shovach the commander of Hadarezer's aray. Because he was very mighty and powerful, he is mentioned by name.