Kabbalah su II Samuele 23:78

Come and behold, it is written "And Benaiah the son of Jehoida, the son of a valiant (lit. 'living') man" (II Shmuel 23:20). This means that he was righteous and illuminated his generation as the living one above illuminates the world. Thus, the well constantly looks to the living one in order to be illuminated. "And Isaac dwelt by Be'er Lachai Ro'i. "It is written, "When he took Rivkah," FOR and as he united with her, the joining of darkness and night, as it is written, "his left hand is under my head" (Shir Hashirim 2:6) And Come and behold, Isaac was in Kiryat Arba after Abraham died. What about the verse that reads, "And Isaac dwelt by Be'er Lachai Ro'i?" That with which he joined and was united in that well, to stir up love, as we said.

A different explanation for the verse, "Drink water out of your own cistern," is that it refers to King David, who wrote: "O that one would give me drink of the water of the cistern of Bethlehem" (II Shmuel 23:15). Here, the words, "running water," refer to Abraham, and "out of (lit. 'from the midst')" refer to Jacob, who is in the center. "Your own well" signifies Isaac, who is called "well of living water." Thus, in this verse, we find a reference to both the sacred Chariot of the Patriarchs, and of King David, who joined them.

He began with the verse, "Benaiah the son of Jehoiada" (II Samuel 23:20). This verse has been explained, and explained well! But it came to show us the sublime secrets of the Torah. "Benaiah the son of Jehoiada" has been mentioned [as referring to] the secret of wisdom. It is a clue to something deep and concealed, and the name caused it. "a brave soldier who performed great deeds" applies to the Righteous, with life of the worlds. "Mighty of deeds" means that he is the Master of all actions and of all the hosts on high, because they all come from him. He [God] is "haShem Tzeva'ot" [because he is] the sign throughout His hosts and is distinguished as he stands high above them all.

What is written next? "And he slew the Egyptian, a man of good appearance" (II Samuel 23:21). Here the secret of the verse is revealed to let us know that every time Yisrael sinned, he went away and prevented them from receiving all the blessings and all the lights that shone upon them. "He slew the Egyptian." This is the light, the same Light that shone upon Yisrael. And who is he? Moses. As he is described in the verse, "And they said an Egyptian man delivered us" (Ex. 2:19). Because he was born and grew up (in Egypt) until he rose to reach the Supernal Light.

"And the Egyptian had a spear in his hand" (2 II Samuel 23:21). This refers to the rod of Elohim that was delivered into his hand. As it is written, "With the rod of Hashem in my hand" (Ex. 17:9). And this is the same rod that was created at the twilight of Shabbat eve and was engraved with the Holy Name by a holy shaping. And with this rod Moses committed the sin of smiting the rock, as is written, "And he smote the rock with his rod twice" (Num. 20:11). The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: "Moses, I have not given you My rod for this purpose; by your life, from henceforward, it will not be in your hands any more."

Immediately, "he went down to him with a staff" (II Samuel 23:21), (which is) harsh Judgment, "and plucked the spear out of the hand of the Egyptian" (Ibid.). From that moment onward, he lost the rod and could never regain it. "And slew him with his own spear" (Ibid.) - because of the sin of smiting with the rod, he died and did not enter the Holy Land, thereby causing this light to be withheld from Yisrael.

"He was renowned among the thirty" (Ibid. 23) refers to the thirty celestial years that he took from above and brought down below. And from them he took and became closer, "but he attained not to the first three" (Ibid.). They came over to him and offered themselves to him with a gracious heart,

but he did not go over to them. Even though he did not join them and was not included in the count, "David set him over his guard" (Ibid.) because he was never separated from the tablet of his heart, because they are inseparable. David gave his heart to him, but he did not (do the same) to David. Because by the hymns and praises together with the kindness that the moon shows for the sun, she draws him (the sun) to reside with her. This is what the verse, "And David set him over his guard," means.

This scripture was studied in the Celestial Academy. "A man of great stature" (I Chron 11:23). All is one, as "a man of good appearance (II Sam. 23:21)" and "a man of good stature" are both the same, because they represent the Shabbat and the limits. As it is written, "And you shall measure from outside the city" (Num. 35:5), and, "You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard (Heb. מִּדָּה)" (Lev. 19:35). Therefore, this is a man of great stature (Heb. מִּדָּה) who stretches out from one end of the world to the other. And so was Adam. And if you say, But it is written, "five cubits?" (I Chron. 11:23), remember that these five cubits extended from one end of the world to the other!

Who governs the sun? It is the Holy One, blessed be He, alone! Yet Joshua came and silenced it, commanding it to stand still in its place - and it stood still in silence. As it is written, "And the sun stood still and the moon stayed" (Joshua 10:13). The Holy One, blessed be He, issues decrees, yet Moses as well issued a decree, and it was fulfilled. Furthermore, the Holy One, blessed be He, issues decrees, while the righteous of Yisrael cancel them. As it is written: "just, ruling (in) the fear of Elohim" (II Sam. 23:3). Even more so, He has commanded them to walk along (literally) 'in His steps' and to be like Him in every way! The philosopher then went to Kfar Shachalayim and became a proselyte. And they called him Yosi the young. He studied much and joined the wise and pious men of that place.