Commentary for Zevachim 108:8

ועל דבר זה נתקנא דואג האדומי בדוד כדכתיב (תהלים סט, י) כי קנאת ביתך אכלתני וכתיב (תהלים קלב, א) זכור ה' לדוד את כל ענותו אשר נשבע לה' וגו' אם אבא באהל ביתי אם אתן שנת לעיני לעפעפי תנומה עד אמצא מקום לה' וגו'

And for this Doeg the Edomite envied David,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., because David had thus decided the site of the Temple.');">²¹</span> as it is written, Because envy on account of Thy house hath eaten me up.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. LXIX, 10. E.V., 'zeal for Thy house etc.'');">²²</span> And it is written, Lord, remember unto David all his affliction; how he swore unto the Lord, and vowed unto the Mighty One of Jacob: 'Surely I will not come into the tent of my house, nor go up into the bed that is spread for me; I wil not give sleep to mine eyes, nor slumber to mine eyelids; until I find out a place for the Lord, a dwelling-place for the Mighty One of Jacob. Lo, we heard of it as being in Ephrath; we found it in the field of the forest.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. CXXXII, 2-6.');">²³</span>

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