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Philistines, Moabites, Arameans of Aleppo and Damascus\u2014these, in order, were the surrounding nations that fell before David. Hamath, Aram, Moab, Ammon, Philistines, and Amalek\u2014these were the nations that literally paid tribute to David.<\/span><\/p>\n

A seemingly offhand reference to the conquest of Moab, however, begs explanation.<\/span><\/p>\n

And he smote Moab, and measured them with the ropes, making them to lie down on the ground. He measured two [lengths] of rope to put to death, and one full rope to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, and tributaries. (2)<\/span><\/p>\n

Why the measurement? Why ropes (c<\/em><\/span>havalim<\/span><\/em>)? Why lying down? Why did two lengths impose a death penalty? And why is all of this happening specifically to the Moabites? We can answer our questions by combining the insights of two exegetes,.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rashi would have us harken back to 1 Samuel 22:3 ff., wherein David, preparing to flee from Saul, entrusted his family\u2019s safety to the King of Moab, who, by implication, reneged on his promise of protection. (Entrusting his relatives to Moabites may have made sense to David since his own great-grandmother, Ruth, was a Moabite.) Rashi wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n

Those measured with two ropes were killed. [This vengeance was] because they killed his father, his mother and his brothers as it is said, “He led them before the king of Moab.” We do not find that they ever left from there.<\/span><\/p>\n

Radak observed that forcing them to lie down (rather than be measured standing) was a demonstration of their relative inferiority and a sign of contempt. The ropes, we may assume, were all of a standard length and served as a customary instrument of measurement in those days; hence, a demarcated territory was also called a c<\/em><\/span>hevel<\/span><\/em> (cf. Deut. 3:4, 13, 14). 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