Talmud for II Samuel 11:2
וַיְהִ֣י ׀ לְעֵ֣ת הָעֶ֗רֶב וַיָּ֨קָם דָּוִ֜ד מֵעַ֤ל מִשְׁכָּבוֹ֙ וַיִּתְהַלֵּךְ֙ עַל־גַּ֣ג בֵּית־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַיַּ֥רְא אִשָּׁ֛ה רֹחֶ֖צֶת מֵעַ֣ל הַגָּ֑ג וְהָ֣אִשָּׁ֔ה טוֹבַ֥ת מַרְאֶ֖ה מְאֹֽד׃
And it came to pass at eventide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house; and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
Tractate Soferim
Where [does the translator] begin? At Oh this people have sinned.57ibid. 31-35. This disagrees with Meg. quoted above. The blessing of the priests58Num. 6, 24-27 which includes the phrase lift up … countenance which in the Heb. could be misunderstood in its lit. meaning of ‘favouritism’. and the stories of David592 Sam. 11, 2-17 which is discreditable to David. and Amnon60ibid. XIII, 1-14 which records Amnon’s disgrace. are neither read nor translated.61So V and H in agreement with Meg. loc. cit.; but GRA and others omit the negative before ‘read’
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