## Radak on II Chronicles Chapter 11

###### Radak on II Chronicles 11:18:1
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**אביחיל בת אליאב וכו'.** חסר ו"ו החבור, כמו "שמש ירח" (חב' ג,יא), "ראובן שמעון" (שמ' א,ב); פי': לקח בת ירימות בן דוד לאשה, ולקח גם כן אביחיל בת אליאב. וירימות זה לא נזכר בבני דוד (לעיל א ג,א-ח); אולי הוא מאחד הנזכרים ושני שמות היו לו:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**Abihail daughter of Eliab etc.** The text elides a conjunctive *vav*, as in *shemesh yareaḥ* (=sun and moon; Hab 3:11) and *Re’uven Shim‘on* (=Reuben, Simeon; Exod 1:2). It means: [Rehoboam] married the daughter of Jerimoth son of David *and also married* Abihail daughter of Eliab. Although this Jerimoth is not listed among the sons of David (1 Chr 3:1–8), perhaps he is the same as one of those listed and had two names.


###### Radak on II Chronicles 11:19:1
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**ותלד לו.** על אחת מהן הוא אומר, כי האחרת מתה, או לא היו לו בנים ממנה:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**She bore him.** This refers to one of [those wives]. For the other one had died, or he did not have sons by her.


###### Radak on II Chronicles 11:22:1
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**כי להמליכו.** פי': כי אמר להמליכו, והעמידו בחייו לנגיד באחיו:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**Because to make [Abijah] king.** This means: because [Rehoboam] *had decided* to make him king. He thus designated him as leader among his brothers.


###### Radak on II Chronicles 11:23:1
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**ויבן ויפרץ מכל בניו.** פי': הבין בדבר ופחד ממרד, ופרץ מכל בניו, ופזרם ב**כל ארצות יהודה ובנימן** כדי להחזיק המלכות בידו:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**[Rehoboam] understood, and so he distributed all his sons.** This means: He understood the situation and feared a rebellion, and so he distributed all his sons, scattering them **throughout the regions of Judah and Benjamin** in order to secure the kingship in his hands.


###### Radak on II Chronicles 11:23:2
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**ויתן להם המזון לרב.** כדי שלא יצטרכו לשאול לעם:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**He provided them with abundant food**—so that they should not have to ask the people.


###### Radak on II Chronicles 11:23:3
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**וישאל המון נשים.** פי': לבניו, כדי להרבות זרעו. כי לעצמו הנה כתוב כי שמנה עשרה נשים נשא וששים פלגשים (לעיל פס' כא); אם כן "וישאל המון נשים" לצורך בניו הוא:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**And he sought many wives.** This means for his sons, in order to multiply his offspring. After all, concerning himself the text [already] said that he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines (v. 21). “And he sought many wives,” therefore, means for his sons.