1)

What did David promise to the one who will strike them?

1.

Rashi: The verses here did not say. In Divrei ha'Yamim (1:11:6), it explains that he will be the head general; (Radak - Yo'av did so). Also "Kol Horeg Kayin" (Bereishis 4:15) does not say what will be done to him; it is understood that this condemns doing so.

2.

Malbim: He merely said that one who will strike them must go in this order - Yevusi, Tzinor, Pischim and Ivrim. (Refer to 5:8:4:1.)

2)

What is the meaning of "v'Yiga ba'Tzinor"?

1.

Rashi citing Targum Yonasan: He will begin to capture the city.

2.

Rashi: The Tzinor was the top of the tower. Radak citing a Midrash: They could not conquer the Yevusi without reaching it. They brought a Brush (pine) tree and bent it. [When they let it spring back,] Yo'av jumped onto the top of the wall 1 . They wanted to kill him; he fought valiantly, and Giborei Yisrael helped him.

3.

Radak: He will strike the strong place.

4.

R. Yeshayah: He will [open, remove or break] the lock used to lock the gate.

5.

Malbim: He will [disrupt] the flow of water that causes the images to move the iron rods [which inhibit entering through the gate].


1

Radak citing Shochar Tov 18: Yo'av stood on David's head, hung on the tree and jumped onto the wall. Hashem lowered the wall, and David was able to pass over it. Tehilim 141:5, 18 hints to this. (Surely, he stood on David's head because David was tallest - refer to Shmuel 1 17:38:1:1; from another's head, he could not reach the tree - .PF)

3)

What is the meaning of "v'Es ha'Pischim v'Es ha'Ivrim"?

1.

Rashi: He will strike also them.

2.

R. Yeshayah: He will remove them.

4)

Why are the Pischim mentioned before the Ivrim? In verse 6, it mentions the Ivrim first!

1.

Malbim: After David conquered the Metzudah on the other side of Yerushalayim, he requested someone to continue from that direction and strike the Pischim and Ivrim. Verse 6 discusses one who comes to enter via the gate; he encounters the Ivrim first.

5)

Why are they called "Senu'ei Nefesh David"?

1.

Radak (6): He hates hearing and seeing 1 idolatry.

2.

Radak: They disgraced David through them, saying that they will stop him from conquering the Metzudah.


1

Presumably, the text should say so, like in Pirkei d'R. Eliezer 35, and not 'umi'La'avod' (PF).

6)

What is the meaning of "Al Ken Yomru Iver u'Fise'ach

1.

Rashi: [David hated them,] for they said that as long as the Pischim and Ivrim are here, David cannot come.

2.

Radak: From when David conquered it, they said that a blind or lame person may not enter Metzudas Tziyon, to disgrace the Pischim and Ivrim that used to be there, and as a remembrance of how David conquered it.

3.

Malbim: Because they say that David may not enter, it is proper to strike them.

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