וַיֹּאמֶר֩ דָּוִ֨ד לַאֲנָשָׁ֜יו חִגְר֣וּ ׀ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־חַרְבּ֗וֹ וַֽיַּחְגְּרוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־חַרְבּ֔וֹ וַיַּחְגֹּ֥ר גַּם־דָּוִ֖ד אֶת־חַרְבּ֑וֹ וַֽיַּעֲל֣וּ ׀ אַחֲרֵ֣י דָוִ֗ד כְּאַרְבַּ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ אִ֔ישׁ וּמָאתַ֖יִם יָשְׁב֥וּ עַל־הַכֵּלִֽים׃
Lalu Daud berkata kepada orang-orangnya, “Hendaklah masing-masing menyandang pedangnya!” Maka masing-masing menyandang pedangnya, dan Daud pun menyandang pedangnya. Kira-kira empat ratus orang maju mengikuti Daud, sedangkan dua ratus orang tinggal menjaga barang-barang.
Tosafot
He was rebelling against the kingship, and there was no need to judge him - This is difficult: If so, how in tractate Sanhedrin (36a) it states that capital cases begin from the side, as it is written regarding Naval "And every man girded his sword, and David too girded his sword" (I Samuel 25:13). But he (Naval) was rebelling against the kingship, so he shouldn't have needed to be judged! And further, it is difficult - how could David sit in judgment, when we do not seat a king in the Sanhedrin, as we learned in Tractate Sanhedrin (18b)? And there is a further difficulty from the tractate Shabbat (56a) regarding Uriah, where it says David should have judged him in the Sanhedrin - but why, if he was rebelling against the kingship? The resolution can be said that here the meaning is: He was rebelling against the kingship and did not need to be judged like other capital cases, where we judge during the day to acquit and on the next day to convict. Rather, even on that same day we can render a final guilty verdict. And this is what Avigail said to him: "Do we judge capital cases at night? You should have waited until the next day to render the final verdict!" And he (David) responded to her: "He was rebelling against the kingship, so there was no need to wait until the next day." But to judge him, certainly it was required. And it is also not difficult from the fact that David sat in judgment, for the reason we do not seat a king in the Sanhedrin is because it is not honorable for him to sit silently. But regarding one rebelling against the kingship, it is honorable for him to sit silently, since he is personally involved in the matter.