Comentario sobre I Samuel 12:11
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח יְהוָה֙ אֶת־יְרֻבַּ֣עַל וְאֶת־בְּדָ֔ן וְאֶת־יִפְתָּ֖ח וְאֶת־שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל וַיַּצֵּ֨ל אֶתְכֶ֜ם מִיַּ֤ד אֹֽיְבֵיכֶם֙ מִסָּבִ֔יב וַתֵּשְׁב֖וּ בֶּֽטַח׃
Entonces SEÑOR envió á Jero-baal, y á Bedán, y á Jephté, y á Samuel, y os libró de mano de vuestros enemigos alrededor, y habitasteis seguros.
Rashi on I Samuel
יְרֻבַּעַל. This is Gideon.6 Shoftim 6:32. See Maseches Rosh Hashanah 25a.
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Rashi on I Samuel
Bedan. This is Shimshon who came from the tribe of Don.7בְּדָן=“in Don” or בֶּן דָן=בְּדָן meaning “a member of Don’s tribe.”
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Rashi on I Samuel
And Yiphtoch. Here are three insignificant leaders with three world-important leaders: Moshe, Aharon and Shmuel, to teach you that the insignificant leader in his generation is equal to the important leader in his generation. Every court which is appointed over the generation, must be followed as though its [members] were the mightiest of the nobility.8Ibid., 25b. Shmuel indicated to the people that every generation must regard its sages and leaders with the same respect they would give to Moshe, Aharon or Shmuel. Therefore, Yiphtoch in his generation was equal to Moshe in his generation. See Rashi in Devarim 19:17.
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Radak on I Samuel
And Samuel: ... This is a customary usage [found] in many places. And homiletically: Rabbi Eliezer said in the name of Rabbi Yose ben Zimrah, "Even Samuel, the teacher of the prophets, prophesies and does not know what he prophesies, as it is stated, 'And the Lord sent Yerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel'... since he did not know what he was prophesying."
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