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Commentary for II Samuel 6:11

וַיֵּשֶׁב֩ אֲר֨וֹן יְהוָ֜ה בֵּ֣ית עֹבֵ֥ד אֱדֹ֛ם הַגִּתִּ֖י שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה חֳדָשִׁ֑ים וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־עֹבֵ֥ד אֱדֹ֖ם וְאֶת־כָּל־בֵּיתֽוֹ׃

And the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months; and the LORD blessed Obed-edom, and all his house.

Rashi on II Samuel

And Hashem blessed. His wife and her eight daughters-in-law each gave birth to six children in one stomach9Pregnancy. as it is said, (Divrei Hayomim I, 26:5–8) "Poualti, the eigth10Child of Oveid Edom.… sixty-two [belonging] to Oveid Edom.11See Berachos 63b.
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