## Rashi on II Chronicles Chapter 11

###### Rashi on II Chronicles 11:1:1
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**וַיַּקְהֵל אֶת בֵּית יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִן.** שֶׁהָיוּ בִּתְחוּם יַחַד, וְגַם יְרוּשָׁלַיִם הָיְתָה שֶׁל שְׁנֵיהֶם, וּבֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ עַל תְּחוּם שְׁנֵיהֶם בָּנוּי, וּבַגְּבוּלִים בִּיהוֹשֻׁעַ מְפֹרָשׁ הֵיאַךְ הָיָה תְּחוּמָן יַחַד. וְגַם רַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ (יומא יב.): רְצוּעָה יוֹצְאָה מֵחֵלֶק בִּנְיָמִין וְנִכְנֶסֶת בְּחֶלְקוֹ שֶׁל יְהוּדָה וְעָלֶיהָ מִזְבֵּחַ בָּנוּי; לְכָךְ לֹא הָיוּ יְכוֹלִין לְהִפָּרֵד זֶה מִזֶּה, וְגַם כָּתוּב בְּסָמוּךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin** who were together on the border. Jerusalem belonged to both of them, and the Temple was built on their common border. In the section dealing with boundaries in Joshua, it explains how their border was shared. Our Rabbis also said (*Yoma* 12a, *Meg.* 26a, *Zeb.* 53b): A strip protruded from the territory of Benjamin and entered the territory of Judah, upon which the altar was built. Therefore, they were inseparable, and they are also mentioned close to one another.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 11:4:1
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**עִם אֲחֵיכֶם.** וַהֲלֹא אֲחֵיכֶם בְּנֵי אִישׁ אֶחָד?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with your brothers** Are they not your brothers, the sons of one man?


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 11:5:1
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**וַיִּבֶן עָרִים לְמָצוֹר.** עָרִים קְטַנִּים בָּנָה וְסִבֵּב כָּל סְבִיבוֹתָם מַיִם מִשּׁוּם חֹזֶק, וְזֶה מָצוֹר, כְּדַאֲמְרִינָן ״אֲנִי קַרְתִּי וְשָׁתִיתִי מַיִם וְאַחֲרִיב בְּכַף פְּעָמַי כָּל יְאוֹרֵי מָצוֹר״ (ישעיהו לז:כה); וְעַתָּה הֻצְרַךְ לְכָךְ, כִּי פָּשְׁעוּ בוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he built cities for fortification** - Heb. לְמָצוֹר. He built small cities and surrounded them with water for strength, and this is [called] מָצוֹר as it is written in Isaiah (37:25): “I dug and drank water, and I dried up with the soles of my feet all rivers of fortification (מַָצוֹר).” And this was now necessary because Israel rebelled against him.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 11:11:1
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**וַיִּתֵּן בָּהֶם נְגִידִים.** שָׂרִים וּנְצִיבִים לִשְׁמֹר הֶעָרִים וְהַכְּרַכִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**leaders** chiefs and officers to guard the towns and the large cities.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 11:11:2
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**וְאוֹצְרוֹת מַאֲכָל וְשֶׁמֶן וָיָיִן.** לְפִי שֶׁיְּהֵא לָהֶם מַאֲכָל מְזֻמָּן אִם יַעֲלוּ בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמָצוֹר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and storehouses of food, oil, and wine** in order to have food prepared for them should the house of Israel march upon them to besiege them.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 11:14:1
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**כִּי עָזְבוּ הַלְוִיִּם אֶת מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶם.** שֶׁבְּכָל אֶרֶץ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַשְּׁבָטִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For the Levites had abandoned their open land** that was in the entire land of the ten tribes.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 11:14:2
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**כִּי הִזְנִיחָם יָרָבְעָם.** הִזְנִיחָם מִלַּעֲבֹד וּמִכַּהֵן לַה׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because Jeroboam...had coerced them to abandon** He coerced them to abandon serving and ministering to the Lord.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 11:15:1
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**כֹּהֲנִים לַבָּמוֹת.** כְּלוֹמַר: לָמָּה הִזְנִיחַ יָרָבְעָם הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם? לְפִי שֶׁהֶעֱמִיד כֹּהֲנִים כּוֹמְרִים **לַשְּׂעִירִים**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**priests for the high places** i.e., Why did Jeroboam coerce them to abandon [their positions]? Because he stationed pagan priests for the satyrs.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 11:16:1
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**וְאַחֲרֵיהֶם.** שֶׁל לְוִיִּם וְכֹהֲנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And after them** [i.e., after] the Levites and the priests.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 11:18:1
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**אֲבִיהַיִל בַּת אֱלִיאָב.** כְּמוֹ וַאֲבִיהַיִל. דֻּגְמָא: ״כְּכֶבֶשׂ אַלּוּף״ (ירמיה‏ יא:יט). וְזֶה שֶׁטָּעָה שְׁמוּאֵל הָרוֹאֶה כְּשֶׁהֶעֱבִיר יִשַׁי אֶת אֱלִיאָב לִפְנֵי שְׁמוּאֵל וְאָמַר (שמואל א יז:לא) ״אַךְ נֶגֶד ה׳ מְשִׁיחוֹ״, זֶה שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא עָתִיד לוֹמַר ״קוּם נָא מְשָׁחֵהוּ כִּי הוּא זֶה״ (שמואל א יז:יב); וְטָעָה בּוֹ שְׁמוּאֵל, שֶׁרָאָה בִּתּוֹ שֶׁל אֱלִיאָב **אֵשֶׁת רְחַבְעָם** מַלְכָּה. וְעַל זֶה הַדָּבָר נֶעֱנַשׁ שְׁמוּאֵל, כִּי שֶׁשָּׁאַל לוֹ שָׁאוּל: ״אֵיזֶה בֵּית הָרוֹאֶה״ ״וַיֹּאמֶר״ שְׁמוּאֵל ״אָנֹכִי הָרוֹאֶה״ (שמואל א ט:יח-יט), שֶׁלֹּא עָנָהוּ דֶּרֶךְ עֲנָוָה, לוֹמַר: מַה תִּרְצֶה. אָמַר לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא: חַיֶּיךָ, אַתָּה עָתִיד לִרְאוֹת וְלֹא תֵדַע מַה תִּרְאֶה; כִּי טָעָה בֶּאֱלִיאָב וּבִתּוֹ הַמַּלְכָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Abihail the daughter of Eliab** Like: and Abihail, similar to (Jer. 11:19): “And I was like a lamb and a bull (כְּכֶבֶשׂ אַלּוּף).” The following was the reason that Samuel the seer erred when Jesse passed Eliab before Samuel, and he [Samuel] said, (I Sam. 16:6): “Surely before the Lord is His anointed.” This is the one about whom the Holy One, blessed be He, is destined to say, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.” But Samuel erred about him, for he saw Eliab’s daughter as Rehoboam’s wife, the queen, and because of the following matter, Samuel was punished: When Saul asked him, (ibid. 9: 18) “Which is the house of the seer?” Samuel replied, “I am the seer,” in which case he did not answer him with humility, saying, “What do you wish.” [Therefore,] the Holy One, blessed be He, said to him, “By your life, you are destined to see, and you will not know what you see,” for he erred concerning Eliab and his daughter the queen.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 11:22:1
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**לְנָגִיד בְּאֶחָיו.** כְּדֵי **לְהַמְלִיכוֹ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as a leader among his brothers** in order to make him king.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 11:23:1
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**וַיִּפְרֹץ.** פִּזֵּר **בָּנָיו לְכָל אַרְצוֹת יְהוּדָה**, דּוּגְמָא: ״וּבֵית אֲבִיהֶם פָּרְצוּ לָרֹב״ (דברי הימים א ד:לח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he dispersed** He scattered his sons to all the lands of Judah. A similar expression is (I Chron. 4:38): “And their fathers’ houses spread (פָּרְצוּ) exceedingly.”