## Radak on II Chronicles Chapter 25

###### Radak on II Chronicles 25:7:1
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**ואיש האלהים בא אליו.** אמרו (אדר"נ לז נוסחא ב) כי זה היה אמוץ אבי ישעיהו הנביא:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**Then a man of God came to [Amaziah].** [The Sages] say (Avot de-Rabbi Natan [Schechter] B:37) that this is Amoz, the father of the prophet Isaiah.


###### Radak on II Chronicles 25:8:1
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**יכשילך האלהים לפני אויב.** פי': אם יבא עמך צבא ישראל יכשילך האלהים, ואם לא – יעזרך, **כי יש כח באלהים לעזור ולהכשיל**:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**God will make you fall before the enemy.** This means: If the army of Israel comes with you then God will make you fall, and if not then He will help you—**for in God there is power to help someone or to make someone fall**.


###### Radak on II Chronicles 25:17:1
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**נתראה פנים.** להלחם:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**Let us meet each other**—to do battle.


###### Radak on II Chronicles 25:19:1
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**ונשאך לבך להכביד.** להרבות עוד מלחמה, כמו "והכבדתים ולא יצערו" (יר' ל,יט) שפרושו: והרביתים:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**And you are ambitious *lehakhbid*.** [This means]: to wage more wars, as in “*ve-hikhbadtim*—they will not become few” (Jer 30:19), which means: I will multiply them.


###### Radak on II Chronicles 25:23:1
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**עד שער הפונה.** ובמלכים "עד שער הפִּנָה" (מ"ב יד,יג); ונקראת הפִּנָה "פּוֹנֶה" לפי שהפִּנָה מבט הקיר ויפיו:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**Until the *Poneh* (=Facing) Gate.** In Kings, however, [it says] “until the *Pinnah* (=Corner) Gate” (2 Kgs 14:13). A *pinnah* is called a *poneh* because the corner of a wall is its striking part, which catches the eye.


###### Radak on II Chronicles 25:24:1
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**עם עבד אדום.** פי': שהיה נגיד על האוצרות, ובניו אחריו:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**Was with Obed-edom.** This refers to Obed-edom’s *descendants*, who were chief officers over the treasuries after he was.


###### Radak on II Chronicles 25:24:2
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**ואת בני התערבות.** בני השרים שנותנין המלכים זה ביד זה להקים הברית והשלום ביניהם; אצטייש בלעז:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**And the intermingled sons.** [This refers to] sons of officers, whom kings give to one another as security for a peace agreement between them—*outagi* (=hostage) in the vernacular.