Commentary for Yevamot 153:7

דרש רבא מאי דכתיב (תהלים מ, ח) אז אמרתי הנה באתי במגילת ספר כתוב עלי אמר דוד אני אמרתי עתה באתי ולא ידעתי שבמגילת ספר כתוב עלי התם כתיב (בראשית יט, טו) הנמצאות הכא כתיב (תהלים פט, כא) מצאתי דוד עבדי בשמן קדשי משחתיו

and Naamah the Ammonitess.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The wife of Solomon and mother of Rehoboam, David's grandson. V. I Kings XIV, 21, 31. ');">²⁴</span> Raba made the following exposition: What was meant by the Scriptural text, <i>Many things hast Thou done, O Lord my God, even Thy wondrous works, and Thy thoughts toward us</i>?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. XL, 6. ');">²⁵</span> It is not written, 'toward me', but toward us. This teaches that Rehoboam<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 519. n. 17. ');">²⁶</span> sat on the lap of David when the latter said to him. 'Those two Scriptural verses<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. XVIII. 9 and Ps, XLV. 14, from which the permissibility of admitting Ammonite and Moabite women into the congregation of Israel was deduced. ');">²⁷</span>

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