## Radak on II Chronicles Chapter 28

###### Radak on II Chronicles 28:15:1
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**וכל מערמיהם הלבישו.** תאר או שם; והאחד ממנו "מַעֲרֹם", בשקל "מִגְדוֹל" (ש"ב כב,נא):

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**And they clothed all *ma‘arummehem*.** This is either an adjective (=the naked people among them), or a noun (=their nakedness). The singular form of this is *ma‘arom*, in the pattern of *migdol* (=great matters; 2 Sam 22:51).


###### Radak on II Chronicles 28:19:1
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**כי הפריע ביהודה.** מענין "כי פרעה אהרן" (שמ' לב,כה) – ענין גלוי; כלומ': גלה ביהודה, שנתגלו על ידו מעשיהם הרעים בפרהסיא:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**For *hifria‘* in Judah.** This is akin to: “for Aaron *pera‘oh* (=exposed them)” (Exod 32:25)—the sense is one of revealing. It means: [Ahaz] revealed [things] in Judah; that is, through him, their evil deeds became publicly revealed.


###### Radak on II Chronicles 28:20:1
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**ויצר לו ולא חזקו.** יש מפרשי' אותו יוצא; וכן "לשום חתול לחבשה לְחָזְקָהּ" (יח' ל,כא). ואם הוא יוצא נפרשנו כן: ולא חזקו מלך אשור; ולפי ששלח לו אחז לעזור לו, אמ' כי לא די לו שלא חזקו, אלא בא עליו והצר לו. וכן אמר "ולא לעזרה" (להלן פס' כא), כלומ': אע"פ שנתן לו שוחד, הועיל לו על רצין ועל פקח שהוא ירא מהם, אבל גם עליו עלה והצר לו. ואם הוא עומד, פרושו: ולא חזק ממנו; כלומר: לא היה לאחז חוזק ממלך אשור, אלא הצר לו גם כן אחר שהחריב דמשק ושומרון:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**And [Tillegath-pilneser] caused [Ahaz] trouble, *ve-lo ḥazaqo*.** Some explain this in a transitive sense, as in: “to apply a bandage in order to wrap it *u-le-ḥozqo* (=and to strengthen it)” (Ezek 30:21). If [*ḥazaqo*] is in fact transitive, we may explain [the verse] as follows: *Ve-lo ḥazaqo melekh Ashur* (=And the Assyrian king did not support him). And because Ahaz had sent to him for help, the text says that he not only did not support him but marched against him and caused him trouble. Indeed, it says, “but it was of no help” (v. 21). That is, even though [Ahaz] bribed him (2 Kgs 16:8), whereas this worked to take care of Rezin and Pekah whom he had feared, [the Assyrian king] marched against him also and caused him trouble. If [*ḥazaqo*] is intransitive, however, [the verse] means: *ve-lo ḥazaq mimmennu* (=and he did not gain strength from him). That is, Ahaz gained no strength from the Assyrian king. Rather, after destroying Damascus and Samaria, [the Assyrian king] caused him trouble also.


###### Radak on II Chronicles 28:27:1
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**כי לא הביאהו לקברי מלכי ישראל.** לפי שבמלכי יהודה היו בהם מלכי כל ישראל, והם דוד ושלמה, קראם "מלכי ישראל". כלומ' כי לא היה ראוי לבא במחיצתם:

**The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007:**
**For they did not bring [Ahaz] to the tombs of the kings of Israel.** Because among the kings of Judah there were those who were kings over all Israel—namely David and Solomon—the text calls them “kings of Israel.” It means to say that [Ahaz] was unworthy to come into their space.