וַיִּקְרְב֥וּ יְמֵֽי־דָוִ֖ד לָמ֑וּת וַיְצַ֛ו אֶת־שְׁלֹמֹ֥ה בְנ֖וֹ לֵאמֹֽר׃
Ora si avvicinava il giorno in cui David sarebbe morto; e caricò Salomone suo figlio, dicendo:
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“When David’s life was drawing to a close, he instructed his son Solomon, saying” [2:1]. When the time for David to die drew close, he instructed his son Solomon.
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“When David’s time drew near” [2:1]. The Rabbati writes that every righteous person about whom it is written “drew near to die” did not live as long as his parents, since his parents lived for a long time. Boaz, Oved and Jesse9David’s great-grandfather, grandfather and father. lived for four hundred years and David only lived for seventy years.10Genesis Rabbah, 96.4.