Yossi: My Zaidy said that besides the Me’aras Hamachpelah there are other special kevarim in Chevron too! Yishai, Dovid Hamelech’s father and Rus, his great-grandmother, are buried here!
Yoeli: But what does Dovid Hamelech have to do with Chevron, Yos?
Yossi: When Dovid Hamelech became king, he actually started here in Chevron! In the beginning of Shmuel Beis, it says Dovid Hamelech had his first six children here in Chevron before becoming king.
Yossi: Once Shaul Hamelech and sons were niftar, Dovid became king right here in Chevron!
Yoeli: Wow! I thought Dovid was king in Yerushalayim?
Yossi: It’s a passuk Yoeli! Dovid was 30 years old when he became king, and he was melech for 40 years: 7 years in Chevron and 33 years in Yerushalayim!
Yoeli: Rashi says that Yishai wrote some of Tehillim as well! Yishai said, “Even muasu haboinim, haysa lirosh pina – the stone hated by the builders became the most important stone in the building” – when Dovid Hamelech was anointed by Shmuel to eventually become the next king! Doivd was made fun of by his brothers – he was “a stone hated by the builders” but he became the greatest king of all!
Yossi: In a way, Rus was the same; she was allowed into Klal Yisrael after a din Torah – that a Moavi lady could marry a Yid.
Yoeli: Just like Klal Yisrael, who is not so popular among the nations, when Moshiach comes, everything will change!
This article was found in Nekuda Tova Issue 58.
