## Rashi on II Chronicles Chapter 24

###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:2:1
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**כָּל יְמֵי יְהוֹיָדָע.** וּבִמְלָכִים (מלכים ב יב:ג) כְּתִיב ״כָּל יָמָיו אֲשֶׁר הוֹרָהוּ הַכֹּהֵן״, אֲבָל לְאַחַר שֶׁמֵּת, אָז בָּאוּ שָׂרֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ לְהִשְׁתַּחֲווֹת לוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹתוֹ קֹדֶשׁ. וּבַמִּדְרָשׁ מְפֹרָשׁ (תנחומא, וארא טז): לְפִי שֶׁנִּטְמַן בְּבֵית קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים וְלֹא הוּזַק, אָמְרוּ: כְּדַי אַתָּה לִהְיוֹת אֱלוֹהַּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**all the days of Jehoiada** And in II Kings (12:3) it is written: “all his days, [he did] that which Jehoiada the priest instructed him,” but after he died, the officers of the king came to prostrate themselves to him and to deify him (below verse 17). In the midrash (*Exod. Rabbah* 8:2, *Tan.* Buber, *Va’era*) it is explained that, because he hid in the Holy of Holies and was not harmed, they said, “You are fit to be a god.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:3:1
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**וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנוֹת.** לְפִי שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר לְמַטָּה (לקמן, כב) שֶׁהָרַג יוֹאָשׁ אֶת בְּנֵי יְהוֹיָדָע, הֻצְרַךְ לוֹמַר שֶׁהָיוּ לוֹ בָּנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he begot sons and daughters** Because it says below (verse 25) that Joash slew the sons of Jehoiada, it was necessary to note that he had sons.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:5:1
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**וְקִבְצוּ מִכָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל.** כְּלוֹמַר: קִבְצוּ אוֹתוֹ **כֶּסֶף** שֶׁהָיוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל נוֹתְנִים **מִדֵּי שָׁנָה בְּשָׁנָה**, כְּדִכְתִיב ״כָּל הָעוֹבֵר עַל הַפְּקוּדִים״ (שמות ל:יג) וּבִמְלָכִים ״כָּל כֶּסֶף הַקֳּדָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר יוּבָא בֵּית ה׳ כֶּסֶף עוֹבֵר וְגוֹ׳״ (מלכים ב יב:ה); שֶׁשָּׁלֹשׁ כְּסָפִים הָיוּ: ״כֶּסֶף עוֹבֵר״ שְׁקָלִים בְּכָל שָׁנָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״כָּל הָעוֹבֵר עַל הַפְּקוּדִים״ (שמות ל:יג) – ״עוֹבֵר״ עַל שֵׁם הָעוֹבֵר; ״כֶּסֶף נַפְשׁוֹת עֶרְכּוֹ״ (מלכים ב יב:ה) – עַל אִישׁ שֶׁהִתְנַדֵּב עֵרֶךְ נַפְשׁוֹ, כְּמוֹ הָאוֹמֵר עֶרְכִּי עָלַי; וְכָל כֶּסֶף אֲשֶׁר יַעֲלֶה עַל לֵב אִישׁ נְדָבָה לְבֶדֶק הַבַּיִת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and gather money from all Israel** i.e., Gather the money that the Israelites were accustomed to giving yearly, as it is written (Exod. 30:14): “Each one included in the census,” and in II Kings (12: 5): “All money of the hallowed things that is brought to the House of the Lord, in current money, etc.” There were three types of money: (1) the money of all those counted in the census, viz. the shekels for every year, as it is said (Exod. 30:14): “Each one included in the census,” lit., “[the money of anyone] who passes,” reminiscent of “each one who passes.” (2) Personal donations - money donated by individuals to reflect the value of their souls, like one who says, “My value shall be incumbent upon me to donate.” (3) All donations inspired by a person’s heart for the repairs of the Temple.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:5:2
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**וְאַתֶּם תְּמַהֲרוּ לַדָּבָר וְלֹא מִהֲרוּ הַלְוִיִּם.** מְפֹרָשׁ בְּטוֹב בִּמְלָכִים (מלכים ב יב:ו) שֶׁאָמַר הַמֶּלֶךְ ״יִקְחוּ לָהֶם הַכֹּהֲנִים אִישׁ מֵאֵת מַכָּרוֹ״, וְיִתְעַצְּלוּ בַּדָּבָר לְהַטְרִיחַ מַכָּרֵיהֶם, וּכְשֶׁרָאָה הַמֶּלֶךְ כֵּן אָמַר לָהֶם (מלכים ב יב:ח) ״וְעַתָּה אַל תִּקְחוּ כֶּסֶף מֵאֵת מַכָּרֵיכֶם כִּי לְבֶדֶק הַבַּיִת תִּתְּנוּהוּ״, זֶהוּ שֶׁאָמַר כָּאן וְאַתֶּם תְּמַהֲרוּ לַדָּבָר וְלֹא מִהֲרוּ הַלְוִיִּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and hasten to the matter,” but the Levites did not hasten** It is explained in II Kings (12:6f.) that the king said, “Let the priests take [the money] for themselves, each one from his acquaintance,” but they neglected to impose upon their acquaintances, and when the king saw this, he said to them, (ibid. verse 8): “Do not take money from your acquaintances [any longer], but deliver it for the repairs of the House.” This is what is written here: “’and hasten to the matter,’ but the Levites did not hasten.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:6:1
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**מַשְׂאַת מֹשֶׁה עֶבֶד ה׳.** כְּלוֹמַר: שְׁקָלִים שֶׁצִּוָּה עֲלֵיהֶם בַּמִּדְבָּר (שמות ל:יג-טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the tax of Moses the servant of the Lord** i.e., the shekels which he mandated upon them in the desert.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:6:2
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**מַשְׂאַת.** עַל שֵׁם ״כִּי תִשָּׂא״ (שמות ל:יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the tax of** - Heb. מַשְׂאַת, reminiscent of (Exod. 30:12): “When you take (כִּי תִשָּׂא) [the sum].”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:7:1
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**כִּי עֲתַלְיָהוּ הַמִּרְשַׁעַת בָּנֶיהָ פָרְצוּ.** הֻצְרַךְ לוֹמַר, כִּי מֵחָדָשׁ בְּנָאוֹ שְׁלֹמֹה בִּנְיָן חָזָק, כִּי מִשֶּׁבְּנָאוֹ שְׁלֹמֹה עַד יוֹאָשׁ לֹא הָיוּ רַק מֵאָה עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנָה וּכְבָר הָיָה נִפְרָץ, שֶׁאִם לֹא שֶׁפָּרְצוּ עֲתַלְיָהוּ וּבָנֶיהָ, עֲדַיִן הָיָה קַיָּם, שֶׁהֲרֵי מִיּוֹאָשׁ עַד יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ יוֹתֵר מִמָּאתַיִם שָׁנָה, וְלֹא הֻצְרְכוּ לְחַזְּקוֹ עַד יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ; וְאַף עַל פִּי כֵּן לֹא עֲשָׂאוֹ יוֹאָשׁ חָדָשׁ כְּבַתְּחִלָּה. וּמִגְּמַר הַבַּיִת עַד יוֹאָשׁ מֵאָה עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ כֵּיצַד? שְׁלֹמֹה מָלַךְ אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה וְאַרְבַּע שָׁנָה לְמַלְכוּתוֹ הִתְחִיל לִבְנוֹתוֹ, וְשֶׁבַע שָׁנָה עִכֵּב בְּבִנְיָנוֹ, הֲרֵי עֶשֶׂר שָׁנָה, וְנִשְׁאַר שְׁלוֹשִׁים; וְרְחַבְעָם מָלַךְ שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה, הֲרֵי אַרְבָּעִים וָשֶׁבַע; וַאֲבִיָּה שָׁלוֹשׁ, הֲרֵי חֲמִשִּים; וְאָסָא אַרְבָּעִים וְאַחַת, הֲרֵי תִּשְׁעִים וְאַחַת; וִיהוֹשָׁפָט עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ, הֲרֵי מֵאָה וְשֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה; יְהוֹרָם שְׁמוֹנֶה, הֲרֵי מֵאָה עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבַּע; וַאֲחַזְיָה אַחַת, הֲרֵי מֵאָה עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ. וּמִיּוֹאָשׁ עַד יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ כֵּיצַד? אֲמַצְיָה מָלַךְ עֶשְׂרִים וְתֵשַׁע שָׁנִים, עֻזִּיָּהוּ חֲמִשִּׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם, יוֹתָם שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה, אָחָז שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה, חִזְקִיָּה עֶשְׂרִים וְתֵשַׁע, מְנַשֶּׁה חֲמִשִּׁים וְחָמֵשׁ וְאָמוֹן שְׁתַּיִם, הֲרֵי מָאתַיִם חָסֵר אַחַת. וְאוֹתָן שָׁנִים יוֹתֵר שֶׁחָיָה יוֹאָשׁ לְאַחַר חֶזְקַת הַבַּיִת, נִמְצָא שֶׁלֹּא הֻצְרְכוּ לְחַזֵּק אֶת בֶּדֶק הַבַּיִת אִם לֹא עֲתַלְיָהוּ הַמִּרְשַׁעַת וּבָנֶיהָ פָּרְצוּהוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For the wicked Athaliah—her sons had breached** He had to say this because Solomon had built it as a new sturdy edifice. Only 125 years elapsed from the time that Solomon built it until the days of Joash and it was already breached. Had Athaliah and her sons not breached it, it would have continued to endure, for more than 200 years elapsed from Joash to Josiah and they did not have to repair it until Josiah, although Joash did not make it new as it was originally. One hundred and twenty-five years elapsed from the completion of the Temple until Joash. How so? Solomon reigned 40 years, and in the fourth year of his reign he commenced to build it. It took 7 years to build, totaling 10 years, leaving him 30. Rehoboam reigned 17, totaling 47; Abijah 3, totaling 50; Asa 41, totaling 91; Jehoshaphat 25, totaling 116; Jehoram 8, totaling 124, and Ahaziah one, totaling 125. And from Joash until Josiah were 200 years. How so? Amaziah reigned 29 years, Uzziah 52, Jotham 16, Ahaz 16, Hezekiah 29, Manasseh 55, Amon 2, totaling 200 less 1, in addition to those years that Joash lived after he had repaired the Temple. We find that they would not have had to repair the damage of the Temple had not the wicked Athaliah and her sons breached it.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:7:2
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**כִּי עֲתַלְיָהוּ וְגוֹ׳.** לָכֵן אֵין תֵּימַהּ אִם צָרִיךְ מְהֵרָה כָּל כָּךְ חִזּוּק. וְגַם אַל תִּתְמַהּ שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב שֶׁל הַקְדָּשׁוֹת בְּאוֹצְרוֹת בֵּית ה׳, עַד שֶׁהֻצְרְכוּ לִיתֵּן **קוֹל בִּיהוּדָה וּבִירוּשָׁלַיִם לְהָבִיא מַשְׂאַת, כִּי גַם כָּל קָדְשֵׁי בֵית ה׳ עָשׂוּ לַבְּעָלִים**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For Athaliah, etc.** It is therefore no wonder that it needed repairs so soon, and also no wonder that there was no hallowed silver and gold in the treasuries of the House of the Lord, so that they had to make an announcement in Judah and Jerusalem to bring the tax, for they had also used all the hallowed things of the House of the Lord for the baalim.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:8:1
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**וַיַּעֲשׂוּ אֲרוֹן אֶחָד.** וּבִמְלָכִים כְּתִיב ״וַיִּקֹּב חוֹר בְּדַלְתּוֹ״ (מלכים ב יב:י); עַל יְדֵי אוֹתוֹ חוֹר הָיוּ זוֹרְקִין בָּאָרוֹן הַהֶקְדָּשׁוֹת וְלֹא לִפְתּוֹחַ הַדֶּלֶת, פֶּן יָבֹא רַמַּאי וְיִגְנוֹב מִמֶּנּוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they made one chest** and in II Kings (12:10), it is written: “and he bored a hole in its door,” and through that hole they would cast the hallowed things, but they did not open the door lest a thief come and steal from it.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:8:2
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**וַיִּתְּנֻהוּ בְּשַׁעַר בֵּית ה׳ חוּצָה.** כְּדֵי שֶׁיּוּכְלוּ לָבֹא אֵלָיו כָּל נְדִיב לֵב (שמות לה:כב) לָתֵת בּוֹ אֶת תְּרוּמַת ה׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they placed it in the gate of the House of the Lord, to the outside** so that all the generous people would be able to come and deposit the donation to the Lord therein.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:11:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 24:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/24:11:1)

**וְכִרְאוֹתָם כִּי רַב הַכֶּסֶף.** אָז בָּא סוֹפֵר הַמֶּלֶךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and when they saw that there was much money** then the king’s scribe came.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:11:2
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**וּפְקִיד כֹּהֵן רֹאשׁ.** מְשָׁרֵת הַמְּמֻנֶּה תַּחַת כֹּהֵן הָרֹאשׁ, וְהוּא סְגַן כְּהֻנָּה, עִם סוֹפֵר הַמֶּלֶךְ. וּבִמְלָכִים כְּתִיב ״וַיַּעַל סוֹפֵר הַמֶּלֶךְ וְכֹהֵן גָּדוֹל״ (מלכים ב יב:יא) – פִּתְרוֹן ״וַיַּעַל סוֹפֵר הַמֶּלֶךְ״ וְאַף ״כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל״ שָׁלַח פְּקִידוֹ, הוּא הַסּוֹפֵר הַכּוֹתֵב מַה שֶּׁכֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל מְצַוֶּה לוֹ; כִּי אֵין הָגוּן וְכָבוֹד לְכֹהֵן גָּדוֹל לֵילֵךְ עִם עַבְדֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the appointee of the head priest** The servant appointed under the head priest, who was the assistant to the high priest, together with the king’s scribe. In II Kings (12:11), it is written: “the king’s scribe and the high priest went up.” The meaning is that the king’s scribe went up, and the high priest also sent his appointee, who was the scribe who wrote what the high priest commanded him, because it was unfitting and degrading for the high priest to go with the king’s servants.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:11:3
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**וַיְעָרוּ אֶת הָאָרוֹן.** דֻּגְמָא: ״וַתְּעַר כַּדָּהּ״ (בראשית כד:כ):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**empty the chest** - Heb. וִיעָרוּ. A similar instance is (Gen. 24:20): “and emptied (וַתְּעַר) her pitcher.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:11:4
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**וַיִּשָּׂאֻהוּ.** בְּכָל יוֹם וָיוֹם כְּשֶׁרוֹאִין כִּי רַב הַכֶּסֶף שֶׁבּוֹ, מְבִיאִין אוֹתוֹ לִפְקִיד הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּתוֹךְ הָעֲזָרָה, מְעָרִין אוֹתוֹ וְנוֹשְׂאִין אוֹתוֹ וּמַחֲזִירִין **אֶל מְקוֹמוֹ בְּשַׁעַר ה׳ חוּצָה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**carry it** Every day, when they saw that there was much money in it, they would bring it to the king’s appointee within the forecourt, empty it, carry it, and return it to its place outside the gate of the Lord.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:13:1
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**וַתַּעַל אֲרוּכָה לַמְּלָאכָה.** דֻּגְמָא: ״הַיְחַיּוּ הָאֲבָנִים״ דְּעֶזְרָא (נחמיה ג:לד), וְגַם לְעֵיל ״יוֹאָב יְחַיֶּה אֶת שְׁאָר הָעִיר״ (דברי הימים א יא:ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the work was improved** A similar instance is (Neh. 3:34): “Will they revive the stones” of Ezra. Also, above (I Chron. 11:8): “and Joab sustained.’


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:13:2
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**עַל מַתְכֻּנְתּוֹ.** עַל מְכוֹנוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on its base** - Heb. עַל מַתְכֻּנְתּוֹ, on its base.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:14:1
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**כְּלֵי שָׁרֵת וְהַעֲלוֹת.** שְׁטוּשִׁיל בִּלְשׁוֹן אַשְׁכְּנַז, הוּא שֶׁכּוֹתְשִׁין אֶת הַבְּשָׂמִים בְּמַכְתֶּשֶׁת; דּוּגְמָא: ״אִם תִּכְתּוֹשׁ אֱוִיל בַּמַּכְתֵּשׁ״ (משלי כז:כב). כֵּן אָמַר לִי רַבִּי יִצְחָק בַּר שְׁמוּאֵל מִנַּרְבּוֹנָא. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים: **וְהַעֲלוֹת** אֵלּוּ הַנְּסָרִים שֶׁחוֹתְכִין עֲלֵיהֶם בָּשָׂר; וְדוּגְמָא בְּבֵיצָה (יא.): אֵין מְטַלְטְלִין אֶת הָעֱלִי לְקַצֵּב עָלָיו בָּשָׂר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**service vessels and pestles** (*Stessel* in German.) This is [the implement] with which they crush spices in the mortar. A similar instance is (Prov. 27:22): “If you crush a fool in a mortar [among grain with a pestle (בַּעֱלִי)”]. Rabbi Isaac the son of Samuel of Narbonne told me this. Others say that וְהַעֲלוֹת refers to boards upon which meat is cut, and an example of this appears in Bezah (1:5): We may not move a board (עלי) to cut meat upon it.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:14:2
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**וְכַפּוֹת וּכְלֵי זָהָב וָכָסֶף.** וּבִמְלָכִים (מלכים ב יב:יד) כָּתִיב ״אַךְ לֹא יֵעָשֶׂה בֵּית ה׳ סִפּוֹת כֶּסֶף״, הָא כֵּיצַד? מְפֹרָשׁ בִּכְתוּבוֹת בְּפֶרֶק קַמָּא (כתובות קו.-קו:): בְּעָא מִינֵּיהּ רַב הוּנָא מֵרַב: כְּלֵי שָׁרֵת מַהוּ שֶׁיַּעֲשׂוּ מִקָּדְשֵׁי בֶּדֶק הַבַּיִת וְכוּ׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and spoons and gold and silver vessels** But in II Kings (12:14) it is written: “But there would not be made for the House of the Lord silver pitchers.” How is this possible? It is explained in *Kethuboth*, chapter 13 (106): Rav Huna inquired of Rav: May vessels of ministry be made of material hallowed for the repair of the Temple, etc.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:20:1
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**מֵעַל לָעָם.** גָּבוֹהַּ מִכָּל הָעָם כְּדֵי לְהַשְׁמִיעַ קוֹלוֹ. וּבְאֵיכָה רַבָּתִי (איכה רבתי פתיחתא כג) דּוֹרֵשׁ: סָמַךְ עַל עַצְמוֹ שֶׁהָיָה שַׂר גָּבוֹהַּ מִכָּל הָעָם, נָבִיא וְכֹהֵן, וּבְיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים וַחֲתַן הַמֶּלֶךְ, וְלֹא נִתְיָירֵא מִלּוֹמַר נְבוּאָה; וְעַל זֶה נֶאֱמַר ״אִם יֵהָרֵג בְּמִקְדַּשׁ ה׳ כֹּהֵן וְנָבִיא״ (איכה ב:כ):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**above the people** Higher than the people, in order to make his voice heard. In *Lamentations Rabbah* (Proem 23), it is interpreted as meaning that he relied on himself; he was a prince higher than all the people, a prophet and a priest, and it was Yom Kippur, and he was the king’s son-in-law, and he was not afraid to say the prophecy. Concerning this incident, it was stated (Lam. 2:20): “shall priest and prophet be slain in the Sanctuary of the Lord?”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:22:1
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**וּבְמוֹתוֹ אָמַר יֵרֶא ה׳ וְיִדְרוֹשׁ.** כִּי לֹא הֲרָגוּנִי אֶלָּא שֶׁאָמַרְתִּי שְׁלִיחוּתוֹ שֶׁל מָקוֹם, וּמֵאַחַר שֶׁנֶּהֱרַגְתִּי עָלָיו, מִן הַדִּין וְהָגוּן וְכְדַאי הוּא שֶׁיִּדְרוֹשׁ דָּמִי; וְכֵן הָיָה, כִּי מִיָּד נִדְרַשׁ דָּמוֹ, כִּי **לִתְקוּפַת הַשָּׁנָה וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and upon his death, he said, “May the Lord see and requite.”** For they have slain me only because I spoke as the Omnipresent’s medium, and since I have been slain for His sake, it is proper and fitting that He requite my blood. And so it was: his blood was immediately requited, for “it came to pass at the turn of the year, etc.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:23:1
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**וַיְהִי לִתְקוּפַת הַשָּׁנָה.** לְפִי שֶׁבְּנֵי יְהוּדָה חָטְאוּ יוֹתֵר מִשְּׁאָר שְׁבָטִים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר לְעֵיל **וַיַּעַזְבוּ אֶת בֵּית ה׳ אֱלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And it came to pass at the turn of the year** Because the sons of Judah sinned more than the other tribes, as it is written above (verse 18): “And they forsook the House of the Lord, the God of their fathers.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:23:2
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**וַיַּשְׁחִיתוּ אֶת כָּל שָׂרֵי הָעָם.** מוּסָב לְמַעְלָה **וְאַחֲרֵי מוֹת יְהוֹיָדָע בָּאוּ שָׂרֵי יְהוּדָה וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַמֶּלֶךְ**, וְהֶחֱטִיאוּ אֶת יוֹאָשׁ אַחֲרֵיהֶם; עַל זֶה נִפְרַע לָהֶם גְּמוּלָם, שֶׁבָּאוּ חֵיל אֲרָם וְהִשְׁחִיתוּ אֶת כָּל שָׂרֵי הָעָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they destroyed all the princes of the people** This refers back to the above (verse 17): “And after the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came and prostrated themselves to the king,” and caused Joash to sin after them. Because of that, they were paid in kind: the army of Aram came and destroyed all the princes of the people.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:23:3
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**מֵעָם.** מִהְיוֹת עָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from among the people** from being a people.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:25:1
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**בִּדְמֵי בְּנֵי יְהוֹיָדָע.** בִּשְׁבִיל דְּמֵי זְכַרְיָה שֶׁהָיָה בֶּן יְהוֹיָדָע, כִּי הָיָה לוֹ לִזְכֹּר טוֹבָה וָחֶסֶד שֶׁגָּמַל עִמּוֹ יְהוֹיָדָע, וּבִשְׁבִיל אוֹתוֹ עָוֹן נִתְקַשְּׁרוּ **עָלָיו עֲבָדָיו וַיַּהַרְגֻהוּ עַל מִטָּתוֹ** – מָדְדוּ לוֹ מִדָּה כְּנֶגֶד מִדָּה: עַל שֶׁנֶּהֱרַג זְכַרְיָה שָׁקֵט וְשָׁלֵיו וּבוֹטֵחַ, שֶׁאֵין לוֹ לִדְאֹג, כִּי בֶּן יְהוֹיָדָע הוּא, וְלִכְבוֹדוֹ יִנְהֲגוּ בּוֹ כָּבוֹד, וְשָׁפְכוּ דָּמָיו לָאָרֶץ – וְעַל כֵּן נֶהֱרַג גַּם הוּא בְּשָׁלוֹם וְהַשְׁקֵט (ישעיה לב:יז) **עַל מִטָּתוֹ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest** Because of the blood of Zechariah, who was the son of Jehoiada, for he should have remembered the favors and the loving-kindness that Jehoiada had bestowed upon him, and because of that iniquity, his servants conspired against him and slew him in his bed. They meted out to him a measure corresponding to a measure. Because Zechariah was slain, tranquil and secure, with nothing to worry about, for he was the son of Jehoiada, and out of respect for him [Jehoiada], they respected him [Zechariah], and spilled his blood onto the ground, therefore, he [Jehoash] too was slain in tranquility and security in his bed.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 24:26:1
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**הַמּוֹאָבִית.** מָה לִי מִי הָיוּ וּמִמִּי יָצְאוּ, אִם מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אוֹ מִמּוֹאָבִים? אֶלָּא יָבֹאוּ כְּפוּיֵי טוֹבָה, שֶׁכָּפוּ טוֹבָתוֹ שֶׁל אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ לְלוֹט אֲבִיהֶם, שֶׁנִּלְחַם עִם הַמְּלָכִים כְּשֶׁשָּׁמַע שֶׁנִּשְׁבָּה לוֹט (בראשית יד:יד-טז), וְהֵם שָׂכְרוּ אֶת בִּלְעָם לְקַלֵּל בָּנָיו (במדבר כב:ה-ו), וְיִפָּרְעוּ מִיּוֹאָשׁ שֶׁכָּפָה טוֹבָתוֹ שֶׁל יְהוֹיָדָע וְהָרַג אֶת זְכַרְיָה בְּנוֹ; כֵּן מְפֹרָשׁ בַּמְּכִילְתָּא (מכילתא בשלח עמלק א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the Moabitess** What difference does it make who they were and from whom they were descended? However, [Scripture means that] those ingrates who did not show their gratitude for the favor of Abraham our father to Lot their father, who fought with the kings when he heard that Lot was captured, and they hired Balaam to curse his sons; [they were chosen] to punish Joash, who [similarly] did not show gratitude to Jehoiada and slew his son Zechariah. It is explained this way in *Mechilta* (Exod. 17:8).