Talmud zu Schemuel II 23:12

¹⁵⁰Parallel texts are in Ruth rabba 5(1), Midrash Samuel 10(1), Yalqut Samuel #165.He was with David at Efes Dammim¹⁵¹1Chr. 11:13. In the entire section, the verses are not quoted exactly.. Rebbi Joḥanan said, at the red field¹⁵²He explains the reading of the masoretic text, פַּס דַּמִּים “a red strip.”. But Rebbi Samuel said, from there the money stopped.¹⁵³He reads אֶפֶס דָּמִים “no money” in rabbinic Hebrew, to explain that the king does not pay for damage he inflicts on private property in the course of his activities on behalf of the people in war or peace. The storytelling is incidental to the attempt to find biblical justification for the rules of the Mishnah. There is no claim of historical validity. The Philistines assembled^151,1Chr. 11:13. In the entire section, the verses are not quoted exactly.¹⁵⁴2S. 23:11., etc. Rebbi Jacob from Kefar Ḥanan said, they were lentils but a kernel was as good as a barley grain. Rebbi Levi said, this describes the Philistines who came straight as barley and went away low as lentils, as one verse says, there was a field full of barley¹⁵¹1Chr. 11:13. In the entire section, the verses are not quoted exactly., and one said, full of lentils¹⁵⁴2S. 23:11.. Rebbi Samuel bar Naḥman said, it was one year but concerning two fields, one of barley and one of lentils. It was obvious to him that he might destroy it and pay for the damage. Perhaps it was obvious to him¹⁵⁵To David, who would be incapable of doing anything unlawful. The Mishnah does not address the problem of indemnity for the exercise of the power of eminent domain. that he might destroy it and not pay for the damage? Which one might he destroy and for which one would he have to pay? For the one of lentils or the one of barley? For the one of lentils grows human food, the one of barley animal feed. The one of lentils will not be obligated for ḥallah¹⁵⁶The heave required to be taken from bread dough; cf. Introduction to Tractate Hallah., barley will be obligated for ḥallah. The ˋomer comes from barley¹⁵⁷The flour offering permitting the use of new grain. Lev. 23:9–14.; ˋomer cannot be brought from lentils. But the rabbis said, it was one field and two years. Does one infer from last year, or does one not infer from one year to the next? They stood up in the property and saved it¹⁵⁸1Chr. 11:14.. One verse says, they saved it, and one says, he saved it¹⁵⁹2S. 23:12.. This shows that he returned it to its owner and it was dear to him as if it had been a field of saffron.