Kommentar zu Schemuel II 21:4
וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ ל֣וֹ הַגִּבְעֹנִ֗ים אֵֽין־לי [לָ֜נוּ] כֶּ֤סֶף וְזָהָב֙ עִם־שָׁא֣וּל וְעִם־בֵּית֔וֹ וְאֵֽין־לָ֥נוּ אִ֖ישׁ לְהָמִ֣ית בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֹּ֛אמֶר מָֽה־אַתֶּ֥ם אֹמְרִ֖ים אֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה לָכֶֽם׃
Und die Gibeoniter sprachen zu ihm: 'Es geht nicht um Silber oder Gold zwischen uns und Saul oder seinem Haus; Wir müssen auch keinen Menschen in Israel töten.' Und er sagte: 'Was sagt ihr, dass ich für euch tun soll?'
Rashi on II Samuel
We are not interested in silver or gold from Shaul. We are only interested in [retribution against] people. He [Dovid] wanted to appease them with money but they did not want [to accept it]. He [Dovid] said, "It may be that they are embarrassed of each other." [Therefore] he went and tried to appease each one individually [but] they [still] would not be appeased. That is why it is written here, "I am not interested in silver or gold etc" in singular form.12The verse is written with לִי in singular form, but is read with לָנוּ, plural form indicating that Dovid tried to appease them both collectively as a group and also on an individual basis. This I saw in the Yerushalmi Talmud.13Sanhedrin 29a.
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Rashi on II Samuel
And we are interested in killing anyone. Among the rest of the Bnei Yisroel because they did not agrieve us.
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