1)

What did the 70,000 carry?

1.

Rashi: They carried rocks from the mountain to the city (Yerushalayim).

2.

Malbim: They carried trees from Levanon in Eretz Yisrael, and from Yafo (to which Chiram sent rafts) to Yerushalayim, and carried rocks from the mountain to the place where they build [the Beis ha'Mikdash].

2)

What is the meaning of "Nosei Sabal"?

1.

Radak #1: They carry loads. Sabal is a noun.

2.

Radak #2 citing Targum Yonasan: They carried on the shoulder; Sabal refers to the shoulder. It is as if it says Nosei b'Sabal, like "veha'Nos'im ba'Sevel" (Nechemyah 4:11).

3.

Radak #3: In Divrei ha'Yamim II, 2:1 it says "Ish 1 Sabal"; it is an adjective describing the person. If it means so here, it is as if it says Nosei v'Sabal; the prefix Vov is omitted 2 . Nosei means that that they carry and move rocks in the mountain from place to place; Sabal means that they carry it on their shoulder until they reach the wagons; the wagons could not ascend the mountain.


1

Texts of Radak that say Nosei Sabal are mistaken. The text should say 'Ish Sabal', or just Sabal (Divrei ha'Yamim II, 2:17. - PF)

2

Radak: Sometimes the Vov is omitted, e.g. "Shemesh Yare'ach" (Chabakuk 3:11).

3)

Who were the 150,000 men mentioned in the verse?

1.

Rashi: They were all converts who converted due to Shlomo's grandeur and table 1 . Shlomo counted 153,600 converts (Divrei ha'Yamim II, 2:16).

2.

Malbim: They are converts that David counted. Shlomo counted an additional 153,600 converts (Divrei ha'Yamim II, 2:16).


1

They hoped to get wealth; "Shlomo gave silver and gold in Yerushalayim like stones" (Divrei ha'Yamim II, 1:15). (PF)

QUESTIONS ON RASHI

4)

Rashi writes that the 150,000 were converts. From which nations did they come?

1.

Malbim: They were Giv'onim, and from other of the [seven Kena'ani] nations that Yisrael did not dispossess.

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