## Radak on II Chronicles Chapter 27

###### Radak on II Chronicles 27:2:1
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**רק לא בא אל היכל יי'.** כלומ': בזה הדבר לא עשה כעזיהו אביו שבא אל היכל יי' להקטיר (דה"ב כו,טז). או פי' "רק לא בא אל היכל יי'": בעבור שנכשל בו עזיהו אביו לא רצה להכנס שם להתפלל ולהקריב קרבנותיו, והיה מקריב בבמות; וזהו מה שאמר אחריו "**ועוד העם משחיתים**", כמו שמפורש בספר מלכים "עוד העם מזבחים ומקטרים בבמות" (מ"ב טו,לה):

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**But [Jotham] did not enter the Temple of the Lord.** That is, concerning this matter, he did not follow his father Uzziah, who went into the Temple of the Lord to offer incense (2 Chr 26:16). Alternatively, “But he did not enter the Temple of the Lord” means: Because his father Uzziah faltered there, he did not want to go inside to pray or to bring his offerings; so he offered them on shrines. For that is the meaning of “**the people still acted corruptly**,” as is made explicit in the book of Kings: “the people continued to sacrifice and make offerings at the shrines” (2 Kgs 15:35).


###### Radak on II Chronicles 27:3:1
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**ובחומת העפל.** כמו "עפל ובחן" (יש' לב,יד) – מקום גבוה:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**And on the wall of the *‘ofel*.** This is similar to “*‘ofel* and fortress” (Isa 32:14)—a high place.


###### Radak on II Chronicles 27:4:1
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**ובחרשים בנה בירניות ומגדלים.** ביערים; תרגום "יער" (דב' יט,ה) – "חורשא":

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**And in the *ḥorashim* he built palaces and towers.** [This means]: in the forests. The Targum of *ya‘ar* (=forest; Deut 19:5) is *ḥuresha*.


###### Radak on II Chronicles 27:4:2
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**בירניות.** כמו "בירות", מן "כי לא לאדם הבירה" (דה"א כט,א), שפירושו: ארמון:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
***Biraniyyot*.** This is equivalent to *birot*, as in “the *birah* is not for a man” (1 Chr 29:1), which means a palace.