Commento su I Samuele 17:12
וְדָוִד֩ בֶּן־אִ֨ישׁ אֶפְרָתִ֜י הַזֶּ֗ה מִבֵּ֥ית לֶ֙חֶם֙ יְהוּדָ֔ה וּשְׁמ֣וֹ יִשַׁ֔י וְל֖וֹ שְׁמֹנָ֣ה בָנִ֑ים וְהָאִישׁ֙ בִּימֵ֣י שָׁא֔וּל זָקֵ֖ן בָּ֥א בַאֲנָשִֽׁים׃
Ora David era figlio di quell'efratita di Betlemme in Giuda, il cui nome era Giesse; e ebbe otto figli; e l'uomo era un vecchio ai tempi di Saul, colpito da anni tra gli uomini.
Rashi on I Samuel
Ephrathite. Beis Lechem is located in the land of Ephros.5See Bereishis 35:19.
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Rashi on I Samuel
And he had eight sons. And that which is stated, 'Otzem, the sixth, Dovid the seventh,'6I Divrei Hayomim 2:15. and no more is stated. This may be reconciled that one died childless and therefore, he was not mentioned there.
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Rashi on I Samuel
Among the elders. Counted in the gatherings of important people.7 See Maseches Berachos 58a, which states that wherever Yishay went he was accompanied by a large crowd.
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