וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ מַה־לִּ֥י וְלָכֶ֖ם בְּנֵ֣י צְרֻיָ֑ה כי [כֹּ֣ה] יְקַלֵּ֗ל וכי [כִּ֤י] יְהוָה֙ אָ֤מַר לוֹ֙ קַלֵּ֣ל אֶת־דָּוִ֔ד וּמִ֣י יֹאמַ֔ר מַדּ֖וּעַ עָשִׂ֥יתָה כֵּֽן׃ (ס)
Sinabi ng hari, “Ano ang kinalaman ko sa inyo, mga anak ni Zeruia? Hayaan ninyo siyang sumpain ako nang ganyan, sapagkat ang Walang-Hanggan ang nagsabi sa kanya, ‘Sumpain mo si David.’ Kaya sino ang makapagsasabi, ‘Bakit mo ginawa iyan?’”
Guide for the Perplexed
Events caused by man’s freewill, such as war, the dominion of one nation over another, the attempt of one person to hurt another, or to insult him, [are ascribed to God, as] e.g., in reference to the dominion of Nebuchadnezzar and his host, “I have commended my holy ones, also I have called my heroes for my anger” (Isa. 13:3); and “I will send him against a hypocrite nation” (ibid. 10:6) in reference to Shimei, son of Gera, “For God said to him, Curse David” (2 Sam. 16:10); in reference to the deliverance of Joseph, the righteous, from prison, “He sent an angel and loosed him” (Ps. 105:20); in reference to the victory of the Persians over the Chaldees, “I will send to Babylon scatterers, and they shall scatter it” (Jer. 51:2); in reference to the providing of food to Eliah, “I have commanded there a woman, a widow, to maintain thee” (1 Kings 17:9); and Joseph, the righteous, says: “Not ye have sent me hither,” etc. (Gen. 45:8).