## Rashi on II Chronicles Chapter 25

###### Rashi on II Chronicles 25:7:1
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**כִּי אֵין ה׳ עִם יִשְׂרָאֵל כֹּל בְּנֵי אֶפְרָיִם.** לְפִי שֶׁיָּרָבְעָם מִשֵּׁבֶט אֶפְרַיִם, וְהוּא הָיָה הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁהֶחֱטִיא אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, וּבְכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר אַחֲרָיו הָיָה לָהֶם לְמוֹקֵשׁ, שֶׁהָיוּ עוֹבְדִין לְעֶגְלֵי זָהָב שֶׁל יָרָבְעָם (דברי הימים ב יג:ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for God is not with Israel, all the sons of Ephraim** because Jeroboam was of the tribe of Ephraim, and he was the first to cause Israel to sin. And in every generation thereafter he remained a stumbling block for them, for they worshipped the golden calves of Jeroboam.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 25:8:1
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**כִּי אִם בֹּא אַתָּה.** פִּתְרוֹן: אִם לֹא תַאֲמִין בִּדְבָרַי, הֲלֹא תְנַסֶּה; בֹּא אַתָּה וַ**עֲשֵׂה וַחֲזַק לַמִּלְחָמָה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But if you come** The meaning is: If you do not believe my words, will you not try [to put effort into your military campaign?] Come, do, and strengthen yourself for war.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 25:8:2
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**לַעְזֹר וּלְהַכְשִׁיל.** פִּתְרוֹן: **יֵשׁ** לוֹ **כֹּחַ** וּגְבוּרָה לַעְזֹר לְךָ בְּלֹא חַיִל שֶׁל אֶפְרַיִם, וּלְהַכְשִׁיל אוֹתְךָ אִם תּוֹלִיכֵם עִמְּךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to help or to cause to stumble** The meaning is: He has the strength to help you without the army of Ephraim and to cause you to stumble if you take them with you.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 25:12:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 25:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/25:12:1)

**וְכֻלָּם נִבְקָעוּ. וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי בֹא וְגוֹ׳.** בְּאֵיכָה רַבָּתִי (איכה רבה פתיחתא יד) עָלָיו נֶאֱמַר ״וְרָגַז וְשָׂחַק וְאֵין נָחַת״ (משלי כט:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they were all split open, etc...after [Amaziah] had come, etc.** In Lam. Rabbah it says about him, “whether he is angry or he laughs” (Prov. 29:9).


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 25:13:1
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**וַיִּפְשְׁטוּ בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָה מִשֹּׁמְרוֹן וְעַד בֵּית חוֹרוֹן.** לְאַחַר שֶׁחָזְרוּ לִמְקוֹמָם, כְּדִלְעֵיל **וַיִּחַר אַפָּם מְאֹד בִּיהוּדָה וַיָּשׁוּבוּ לִמְקוֹמָם**; שֶׁאִם לֹא כֵן, אֶלָּא מִיָּד שֶׁנִּבְדְּלוּ מֵאֲמַצְיָה פָּשְׁטוּ בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָה, הָיָה לוֹ לוֹמַר: וַיִּפְשְׁטוּ בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָה מִבֵּית חוֹרוֹן עַד שׁוֹמְרוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**raided the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth-Horon** after they returned to their place, as above, “they were very angry with Judah and returned to their place.” For if it were not so, i.e., if they had raided the cities of Judah as soon as they left Amaziah, Scripture would have said, “and they raided the cities of Judah from Beth-Horon to Samaria,” [i.e., going from Judah to Samaria].


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 25:16:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 25:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/25:16:1)

**כִּי יָעַץ אֱלֹהִים לְהַשְׁחִיתֶךָ.** כְּלוֹמַר: אִם אֵין אַתָּה שׁוֹמֵעַ לַעֲצָתִי לֵילֵךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ יְשָׁרָה, דַּע לְךָ, אַתָּה הַמֶּלֶךְ, כִּי יָעַץ ה׳ לְהַשְׁחִיתֶךָ, הוֹאִיל **כִּי עָשִׂיתָ זֹּאת וְלֹא שָׁמַעְתָּ לַעֲצָתִי**. וּמַה הִיא הָעֵצָה? שֶׁהִשִּׂיאֲךָ לְהִתְגָּרוֹת בְּמֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלִיפּוֹל לְפָנָיו, כְּדִכְתִיב **וַיִּוָּעֵץ אֲמַצְיָה מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה וַיִּשְׁלַח אֶל יוֹאָשׁ וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that God has given counsel to destroy you** i.e., If you do not hearken to My advice to follow the straight path, you should know, O king, that the Lord has given counsel to destroy you because you have done this, and have not hearkened to the counsel. Now what is the counsel? That he enticed you to provoke the king of Israel and to fall before him, as it is written: “And Amaziah the king of Judah took counsel, and he sent to Joash, etc.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 25:17:1
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**לְךָ נִתְרָאֶה פָנִים.** לְהַרְאוֹת גְּבוּרָתֵינוּ עַל סוּסִים בָּרְמָחִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Come, let us confront each other** to show our might on horses with spears.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 25:18:1
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**הַחוֹחַ אֲשֶׁר בַּלְּבָנוֹן.** שֶׁהוּא שְׁפַל רוּחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The thistle that was in Lebanon** which is of short stature.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 25:18:2
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**שָׁלַח אֶל הָאֶרֶז.** שֶׁהוּא שַׂר גָּדוֹל מִכָּל הָאִילָנוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**sent to the cedar** which is the greatest prince of all the trees.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 25:18:3
[Rashi on II Chronicles 25:18:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/25:18:3)

**וַתַּעֲבֹר וַתִּרְמוֹס.** וְלֹא רָצָה הָאֶרֶז לְהָרְגוֹ, כִּי זִילוּת הוּא בְּעֵינָיו לִטְרֹף הַחוֹחַ, אֶלָּא עָבְרָה עָלָיו וּרְמָסַתּוֹ לְבִזָּיוֹן, כִּי הֵיאַךְ נְשָׂאוֹ לִבּוֹ לִשְׁלֹחַ בִּזָּיוֹן גָּדוֹל כָּזֶה לְאֶרֶז גָּבוֹהַּ; אַף אַתָּה כְּחוֹחַ, שֶׁאֵין לְךָ רַק שְׁנֵי שְׁבָטִים, וְעַתָּה עֲבָדַי יְקוּמוּן עָלֶיךָ וְיִרְמְסוּךָ כְּשֶׁיִּשְׁמְעוּ הַבִּזָּיוֹן הַזֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**passed by and trampled the thistle** The cedar did not wish to kill it because it was degrading in his eyes to cut down the thistle, but a beast of the field passed by and trampled it in contempt, for how did he dare to send such a great insult to the lofty cedar? You too are like the thistle, for you have only two tribes, and now my servants will rise up against you and trample you when they hear of this disgrace.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 25:19:1
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**וּנְשָׂאֲךָ לִבְּךָ.** לִרְדֹּף אַחַר הַכָּבוֹד, וְרוֹצֶה אַתָּה לְהִתְכַּבֵּד אַף בִּי; וּבִמְלָכִים: ״הִכָּבֵד וְשֵׁב בְּבֵיתֶךָ״ (מלכים ב יד:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and your heart has made you haughty** to pursue glory, and you wish to be glorified also on my account. In II Kings (14:10), the reading is: “Retain your honor by staying home.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 25:20:1
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**כִּי מֵהָאֱלֹהִים הִיא לְמַעַן תִּתָּם בְּיָד.** כְּלוֹמַר: בִּידֵיהֶם; כְּדִלְעֵיל **יָדַעְתִּי כִּי יָעַץ אֱלֹהִים לְהַשְׁחִיתֶךָ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because this was from God in order to deliver them into their hands** i.e., into their hands, as above (verse 16): “I know that God has given counsel to destroy you.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 25:21:1
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**בְּבֵית שֶׁמֶשׁ.** הָיְתָה הַמִּלְחָמָה, וְהֻצְרַךְ לוֹמַר, שֶׁלֹּא תֹאמַר: כְּשֶׁתְּפָשׂוּ אֲמַצְיָה, לָמָּה הֱבִיאוֹ לִירוּשָׁלַיִם וְלֹא לְשׁוֹמְרוֹן? לְפִי שֶׁהָיָה בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ סָמוּךְ לִירוּשָׁלַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in Beth-Shemesh** the war took place. It was necessary to say this lest you ask why they brought Amaziah to Jerusalem and not to Samaria when they seized him. [The answer is] that Beth-Shemesh was near Jerusalem.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 25:23:1
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**וַיִּפְרֹץ בְּחוֹמַת.** שֶׁאָמַר: מֵעַתָּה לֹא יִמְרֹד בִּי, כִּי לֹא גָבַהּ לִבּוֹ (דברי הימים ב כו:טז) כָּל כָּךְ לִמְרֹד, הוֹאִיל וְנִפְרְצָה הַחוֹמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and breached the wall of...** He said, “From now on, he will not rebel against me, because his heart will not be so haughty since the wall has been breached”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 25:24:1
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**הַנִּמְצָאִים בְּבֵית הָאֱלֹהִים עִם עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם.** כִּי הוּא וּבָנָיו נְגִידִים עַל הָאוֹצָרוֹת כָּל יְמֵיהֶם, כְּדִלְעֵיל (דברי הימים א כו:טו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that were found in the House of God with Obed-Edom** for he and his sons were keepers of the treasures all their lives.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 25:24:2
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**וְאֶת בְּנֵי הַתַּעֲרֻבוֹת.** שֶׁלֹּא הִנִּיחוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת אֲמַצְיָהוּ לִהְיוֹת עוֹד מֶלֶךְ בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, עַד שֶׁנָּתַן בְּנֵי הַשָּׂרִים עֵרָבוֹן שֶׁלֹּא יִמְרְדוּ עוֹד בּוֹ; וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן אוֹתוֹ בִּמְלָכִים (מלכים ב יד:יד): ״בְּנֵי רַבְרְבַיָּא״. וְרַבֵּינוּ יוֹסֵף פֵּרֵשׁ **תַּעֲרֻבוֹת** – אוֹתָן הַתַּעֲרֻבוֹת שֶׁהָיָה לוֹ לַמֶּלֶךְ נְתוּנִים בְּעֵרָבוּת שֶׁלֹּא יִמְרְדוּ אֲבוֹתָם בּוֹ. וְלֹא נִרְאֶה לִי, כִּי לֹא מָצִינוּ שֶׁגָּבְרָה יַד יְהוּדָה כָּל כָּךְ עַל אֲחֵרִים שֶׁיְּהוּ צְרִיכִים לִיתֵּן לִיהוּדָה בְּנֵיהֶם לְעֵרָבוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the hostage children** For the Jews did not permit Amaziah to be king any longer in Jerusalem until he made the children of the officers hostages so that they would no longer rebel against him, and so did Jonathan translate it in II Kings (14:14): “the children of the officers.” Rabbi Joseph (Kara) explained “the hostage children” to mean those hostages that the king had taken as security so that their fathers would not rebel against him. This, however, does not appear correct to me because we do not find that Judah had such power over others that they could have [forced them] to give Judah their children as hostages.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 25:27:1
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**וּמֵעֵת אֲשֶׁר סָר אֲמַצְיָה מֵאַחֲרֵי ה׳.** וְנָפַל לִפְנֵי מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל מִיָּד **וַיִּקְשְׁרוּ עָלָיו קֶשֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלִַם** לְהָרְגוֹ, כִּי הָיָה לִבָּם דָּוֶה אִישׁ עַל בְּנוֹ וְעַל אָחִיו וְעַל קְרוֹבוֹ שֶׁנֶּהֶרְגוּ עַל יָדוֹ, לְפִי שֶׁנִּתְגָּרָה בְּמֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And from the time that Amaziah turned away from following the Lord** and was defeated by the king of Israel, immediately **they conspired against him in Jerusalem** to kill him, because each one was grieved over his son, his brother, and his kinsman who were slain because of him, because he provoked the king of Israel.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 25:27:2
[Rashi on II Chronicles 25:27:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/25:27:2)

**וַיָּנָס לָכִישָׁה.** עִיר מִבְצָר אֲשֶׁר נִלְחַם עָלֶיהָ סַנְחֵרִיב (מלכים ב יח:יד), וְנָס לָכִישָׁה וַיְהִי שָׁם ט״ו שָׁנִים, עַד שֶׁשָּׁלְחוּ אַחֲרָיו **לָכִישָׁה וַיְמִיתֻהוּ שָׁם**. וְאוֹתָן חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה שֶׁהָיָה בְלָכִישׁ מָלְכָה יְכָלְיָהוּ אֵם עֻזִּיָּהוּ תַּחְתָּיו. אַךְ קָשֶׁה לִי; וּבְפֵירוּשׁ ר׳ יוֹסֵף זַצַ״ל (מלכים ב יד:יז-כב) רָאִיתִי: גַּם אוֹתָן חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנִים שֶׁהָיָה בְלָכִישׁ מָלַךְ עֻזִּיָּהוּ בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּיו – וְלֹא נָכוֹן לְפוֹתְרוֹ כֵּן, שֶׁהֲרֵי כְּתִיב בְּסָמוּךְ: ״וְהוּא בֶּן שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה״ (דברי הימים ב כו:ג) – נִמְצָא שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה בִּזְמַן שֶׁבָּרַח אָבִיו אֶלָּא בֶּן שָׁנָה; וְעוֹד, שֶׁאִם כֵּן, הָיָה לוֹ לוֹמַר: וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת עֻזִּיָּהוּ וַיַּמְלִיכוּ תַּחַת אָבִיו בְּחַיָּיו; אֶלָּא מַשְׁמַע שֶׁלֹּא מָלַךְ בְּחַיֵּי אָבִיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he fled to Lachish** a fortified city against which Sennacherib waged war. He fled to Lachish, where he remained fifteen years until they followed him to Lachish and assassinated him there. And during those fifteen years that he was in Lachish, Jecoliah, Uzziah’s mother, reigned in his stead. This is how it appears to me. In the commentary of Rabbi Joseph (Kara), I saw that during those fifteen years that he was in Lachish, Uzziah his son reigned in his stead, but it is incorrect to interpret it in this manner, for it is written immediately following (26:1): “who was sixteen years old.” We find that when his father fled, he was only one year old. Moreover, if this is the case, it should say, “took Uzziah and made him king instead of his father during his lifetime.” Rather, Scripture intimated that he did not reign during his father’s lifetime.