Rashi on II Samuel Chapter 4
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הָיוּ בֶן שָׁאוּל. הָיוּ לְבֶן שָׁאוּל, כְּמוֹ (שמואל א יג:ח): ״לַמּוֹעֵד אֲשֶׁר שְׁמוּאֵל״, אֲשֶׁר לִשְׁמוּאֵל:
Were for the son of Shaul Were for the son of Shaul similar to (Shmuel I, 13, 8) "until the time of Shmuel" of Shmuel.
וַיִּבְרְחוּ הַבְּאֵרֹתִים. כְּשֶׁמֵּת שָׁאוּל, שֶׁעָזְבוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הֶעָרִים שֶׁסְּבִיבוֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמוּר לְמַעְלָה, אָז בָּרְחוּ הַבְּאֵרוֹתִים:
And the Be'erosites fled When Shaul died, the people of Yisroel abandoned the cities that surround the Peleshtim as is mentioned above.¹ It was then that the Be'erosites fled.
footnotes: ¹ Shmuel I, 31,7.
וְלִיהוֹנָתָן בֶּן שָׁאוּל. מוֹנֶה וְהוֹלֵךְ אֵיךְ נִשְׁבַּת מַלְכוּת מִבֵּית שָׁאוּל, הוּא וּבָנָיו נֶהֶרְגוּ, וְזֶה הַנִּשְׁאָר, הֲרָגוּהוּ עַל מִשְׁכָּבוֹ, וּבְנוֹ שֶׁל יְהוֹנָתָן נָפַל וַיִּפָּסֵחַ:
Yohanoson, the son of Shaul had. [The verses] continue to recount how the monarchy was stripped from the house of Shaul. He and his sons were killed and this one [Ish Boshes] was killed on his bed and the son of Yohanoson fell and became lame.
נְכֵה רַגְלַיִם. שְׁבוּר רַגְלַיִם:
Broken feet Broken feet.
וְהִנֵּה בָּאוּ עַד תּוֹךְ הַבַּיִת. עִם תַּגָּרִים לוֹקְחֵי חִטִּים:
They came into the interior of the house. Together with the traders, the wheat buyers.
לְתִתִּי לוֹ בְּשׂוֹרָה. אֲשֶׁר דִּמָּה לְשַׂמְּחֵנִי, לְמַעַן תִּתִּי לוֹ שְׂכַר בְּשׂוֹרָתוֹ:
He thought I would reward him for his good tidings. He thought he was making me happy in order that I should reward him for his good tidings.