How are Chachamim trapped in their schemes?
Devar Eliyahu: This is like Adoniyahu 1 .
Malbim: Hashem does not annul their counsel to harm others. Rather, he causes it to have the opposite effect. Yosef's brothers sold him, lest he rise to power. Based on nature, this should have worked - a slave cannot rule. Hashem caused that via this, they became his slaves!
He requested Avishag to show that he is king (only a king may take what another king used). He was killed for this! Malbim (Melachim I, 2:17) holds that he requested her amidst desire for her. He was killed due to his earlier Chochmah (to seize kingship when Avishag serves David, and people would not enter to tell him)! (PF)
What is the meaning of "Nimharah"?
Rashi: It is hurried. Any counsel that is rushed, it is folly.
What does the Seifa add?
Devar Eliyahu: Sometimes a Rasha is caught because he has no time. Haman had no time to destroy the gallows that he made for Mordechai!
