## Rashi on II Chronicles Chapter 10

###### Rashi on II Chronicles 10:1:1
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**כִּי שְׁכֶם בָּאוּ כָל יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהַמְלִיךְ אֹתוֹ.** בִּשְׁכֶם שֶׁהוּא מְקוֹם יָרָבְעָם שֶׁבְּחֵלֶק אֶפְרַיִם, ״וְיָרָבְעָם אֶפְרָתִי״ (מלכים א יא:כו). וְכָל זֹאת הָיְתָה סִבָּה מֵאֵת הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְקַיֵּם דְּבָרוֹ: ״קָרוֹעַ אֶקְרַע הַמַּמְלָכָה״ (מלכים א יא:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king** In Shechem, which was Jeroboam’s place, which was in the territory of Ephraim. And Jeroboam was an Ephrathite, and all this was brought about by the Holy One, blessed be He, to fulfill His word, (I Kings 11:11): “I will surely tear the kingdom.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 10:2:1
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**וַיְהִי כִּשְׁמֹעַ.** פִּתְרוֹן: וַיְהִי כִּשְׁמֹעַ מִקּוֹדֶם לָכֵן שֶׁבָּאוּ לְהַמְלִיכוֹ בִּשְׁכֶם כְּשֶׁ**הוּא** עוֹדֶנּוּ **בְּמִצְרַיִם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And it was when... heard** The meaning is: And it was when he heard - prior to this, when they came to make him [Rehoboam] king in Shechem, when he [Jeroboam] was still in Egypt.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 10:3:1
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**וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ וַיִּקְרְאוּ לוֹ וַיָּבֹא.** וְכָל זֶה לְהוֹדִיעֵנוּ רְצוֹנוֹ שֶׁל מֶלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ יָרָבְעָם עַצְמוֹ בָּא לְהַמְלִיכוֹ לִרְחַבְעָם, וְהֵסֵב הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אַחַר דְּבָרָיו עַד שֶׁמָּלַךְ יָרָבְעָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they sent and called him, and...came** All this was to let us know the will of the Holy One, blessed be He, that even Jeroboam himself came to make Rehoboam king, but the Holy One, blessed be He, reversed his words [i.e., Jeroboam’s intention,] until Jeroboam reigned.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 10:4:1
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**אָבִיךָ הִקְשָׁה אֶת עֻלֵּנוּ.** כִּי אִישׁ טוֹרֵחַ בִּמְלָאכָה הָיָה, וְעָלֵינוּ הִטִּיל לְפַרְנֵס פּוֹעֲלָיו וְהַמַּס; כְּדִכְתִיב בִּמְלָכִים ״וַיַּעַל הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה מַס וְגוֹמֵר״ (מלכים א ה:כז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Your father made our yoke hard** because he was a man who toiled at work, and he made it incumbent upon us to sustain his laborers with the tax, as it is written in I Kings (5:27): “And King Solomon raised a levy, etc.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 10:6:1
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**נוֹעָצִים.** כְּמוֹ יוֹעֲצִים, וְכֵן יֹאמַר מִן יוֹדְעִים – נוֹדָעִים; אַךְ יוֹעֲצִים – לְהַבָּא, נוֹעָצִים – נִתְיַעֲצִים כְּבָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**How do you advise** - Heb. נוֹעָצִים, [in the passive voice], like יוֹעֲצִים [in the active voice], and so he says from יוֹדְעִים, נוֹדָעִים. יוֹעֲצִים means the future, and נוֹעָצִים means that which they already counseled.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 10:10:1
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**קָטָנִּי עָבָה מִמָּתְנֵי אָבִי.** אֶצְבַּע קְטַנָּה שֶׁלִּי גְּדוֹלָה מִמָּתְנֵי אָבִי; כְּלוֹמַר: אֲנִי חָזָק מִמֶּנּוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins** My little finger is larger than my father’s loins; i.e., I am stronger than he.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 10:11:1
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**הֶעְמִיס.** כְּמוֹ ״וַיַּעֲמֹס אִישׁ עַל חֲמוֹרוֹ״ (בראשית מד:יג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**burdened** - Heb. הֶעֱמִיס, loaded, like (Gen. 44:13): “and each man loaded (וַיַַַַַּעֲמס) his donkey.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 10:11:2
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**בָּעֲקְרַבִּים.** בְּרִימְ״ן בִּלְשׁוֹן אַשְׁכְּנַ״ז, שֶׁעוֹקְצִין כַּעֲקְרַבִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with scorpions** *Brimmen* in German, which sting like scorpions.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 10:15:1
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**כִּי הָיְתָה נְסִבָּה לְמַעַן הָקִים ה׳ אֶת דְּבָרוֹ.** כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְפֹרָשׁ בִּמְלָכִים (מלכים א יא:לא) לְהָסִיר מִמֶּנּוּ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַשְּׁבָטִים וְלִיתֵּן לְיָרָבְעָם. וְזֶהוּ ״לֹא יָסוּר שֵׁבֶט מִיהוּדָה״ (בראשית מט:י) – לֹא יֵרֵד מִמַּלְכוּתוֹ, ״עַד כִּי יָבֹא שִׁילֹה״ (בראשית מט:י) – פִּתְרוֹן: עַד כִּי יָבֹא יְהוּדָה שִׁילֹה לְהַמְלִיךְ שָׁם רְחַבְעָם, וְשָׁם ״לוֹ יִקְּהַת עַמִּים״ (בראשית מט:י) לְהַמְלִיכוֹ, וְשָׁם נֶחְלְקָה הַמַּלְכוּת וְאָבַד מַלְכוּת שֶׁל עֲשָׂרָה הַשְּׁבָטִים. וְשְׁכֶם עִיר קְטַנָּה סְמוּכָה לְשִׁילֹה, כְּדִכְתִיב ״וְהִנֵּה חַג לַה׳ בְּשִׁילוֹ מִיָּמִים יָמִימָה... בַּמְסִלָּה הָעוֹלָה מִבֵּית אֵל שְׁכֶמָה״ (שופטים כא:יט), וּכְתִיב בְּיִרְמְיָה ״מִשְּׁכֶם״ וּ״מִשִּׁלֹה״ (ירמיה מא:ה). וְלִכְבוֹד מִשְׁכַּן שִׁילֹה נֶאֱסָפִים לִשְׁכֶם, שֶׁהוּא רָאוּי לַאֲסִיפַת בְּנֵי אָדָם וּסְמוּכָה לְשִׁילֹה, וּכְשֶׁנֶּאֱסָפִים בִּשְׁכֶם, אָז ״יָסוּר שֵׁבֶט מִיהוּדָה״ (בראשית מט:י), שֶׁשָּׁם הַמַּלְכוּת נֶחְלְקָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because it was brought about, etc. so that the Lord God might establish His word** as is delineated in I Kings (11:31–37), to remove from him the ten tribes and to give them to Jeroboam, and this is the meaning of (Gen. 49:10): “The scepter will not depart from Judah” [meaning that] he will not be banished from his kingdom, “until he comes to Shiloh,” meaning until Judah comes to Shiloh to crown Rehoboam there, and there “peoples will gather to him” to crown him, and there the kingdom was divided, and the reign over the ten tribes was lost. Now Shechem is a small city adjacent to Shiloh, as it is written at the end of Judges (21:19): “Behold, there is a sacrifice before the Lord in Shiloh from time to time, etc. on the east side of the highway that goes up from Beth-El to Shechem,” and it is written in Jeremiah (41:5): “from Shechem (and) from Shiloh,” and in honor of the Tabernacle of Shiloh, they would gather in Shechem, which was fit for the people to assemble in, and it adjoined Shiloh. And when they would assemble in Shechem, the scepter would depart from Judah, for there the kingdom was divided.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 10:16:1
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**לְאֹהָלֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל.** מוּסָב עַל **מַה לָּנוּ חֵלֶק בְּדָוִיד**: מַה לַעֲזֹב אָהֳלֵינוּ וְלֵילֵךְ אַחֲרָיו, לֹא כֵן, אֶלָּא לְכוּ **כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל** אִישׁ **לְאֹהָלָיו**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Each man to your homes, O Israel** This refers back to, “What share do we have in David?” Why should we leave our homes and follow him? Not so, but all Israel, return each man to his home.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 10:16:2
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**עַתָּה רְאֵה בֵיתְךָ דָּוִיד.** מוּסָב עַל **וְלֹא נַחֲלָה בְּבֶן יִשַׁי**, כְּלוֹמַר: אֵין לָנוּ בּוֹ נַחֲלָה אֶלָּא בְּבֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ שֶׁבִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, שֶׁאָנוּ זוֹבְחִים בּוֹ וְלִרְאוֹת בּוֹ בְּשָׁלֹשׁ רְגָלִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now see your house, David** This refers back to, “And no heritage in Jesse’s son,” i.e., we have no heritage in him, but in the Temple in Jerusalem, where we sacrifice and appear on the three Pilgrimage Festivals.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 10:16:3
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**רְאֵה בֵיתְךָ דָּוִד.** אֵין אָנוּ צְרִיכִין לוֹ לֵילֵךְ שָׁם, יִהְיֶה לְךָ לְבַדְּךָ (וְכָל זֶה לֹא נִרְאֶה לִי), אֶלָּא רְאֵה בֵיתְךָ דָּוִד, אִי אִפְשָׁנוּ לֹא בְּךָ וְלֹא בְּבֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ שֶׁלְּךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**see your house, David** We do not need it to go there. Let it be yours alone. (But all this does not appeal to me) but, “See your house, David we have no desire either in you or in your Temple.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 10:18:1
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**הֲדוֹרָם.** הוּא ״אֲדוֹנִירָם״ (מלכים א ד:ו) שֶׁבִּימֵי שְׁלֹמֹה גְּדֻלָּתוֹ גְּדוֹלָה, וּבִימֵי רְחַבְעָם נִשְׁפְּלָה גְּדֻלָּתוֹ, עַל כֵּן נִקְרָא הֲדוֹרָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Hadoram** He is identical with Adoniram (I Kings 4:6), for during Solomon’s time, he enjoyed great eminence, but in Rehoboam’s time his greatness was humbled. Therefore, he was called Hadoram.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 10:18:2
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**וַיִּרְגְּמוּ בוֹ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶבֶן.** וּלְפִי שֶׁרְחַבְעָם לֹא יָדַע הַסִּבָּה וְהַקֶּשֶׁר שֶׁהֵסַבּוּ מִמֶּנּוּ, עַל כֵּן נֶהֱרַג כְּשֶׁשָּׁאַל הַמַּס שֶׁקָּצַב עֲלֵיהֶם שְׁלֹמֹה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the Children of Israel pelted him with stones** and because Rehoboam did not know the cause of the rebellion in which they turned away from him, he was slain when he requested the levy that Solomon had levied upon them.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 10:19:1
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**וַיִּפְשְׁעוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּבֵית דָּוִיד.** לְשׁוֹן מַרְדּוּת, וְדֻגְמָא: ״בְּיָמָיו פָּשַׁע מוֹאָב וְגוֹ׳״ (מלכים ב א:א), ״אָח נִפְשָׁע מִקִּרְיַת עֹז״ (משלי יח:יט), ״אָז תִּפְשַׁע לִבְנָה״ (דברי הימים ב כא:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the Israelites rebelled against the house of David** - Heb. וַיִפְשְׁעוּ, an expression of rebellion. Examples are (II Kings 1:1): “Moab rebelled (וַיִפְשַׁע) against Israel”; (Prov. 18:19): “A rebellious (נִפְשַׁע) brother”; (below 27:19): “then Libnah rebelled (תִּפְשַׁע).”