## Rashi on II Chronicles Chapter 26

###### Rashi on II Chronicles 26:4:1
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**וַיַּעַשׂ הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינֵי ה׳ כְּכָל.** הַיָּשָׁר שֶׁ**עָשָׂה אָבִיו** עָשָׂה, וְלֹא עָשָׂה כְּרִשְׁעָתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord** like all the proper things that his father did, but not like his wickedness.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 26:5:1
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**בִּימֵי זְכַרְיָהוּ.** זֶה עֻזִּיָּהוּ, וּשְׁלֹשָׁה שֵׁמוֹת נִקְרְאוּ לוֹ: עֻזִּיָּהוּ, זְכַרְיָהוּ, עֲזַרְיָהוּ. וְדֻגְמָא: יְהוֹאָחָז, אֲחַזְיָהוּ (מלכים ב יד:יג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the days of Zechariah** This refers to Uzziah, and he was called by three names: Uzziah, Zechariah, and Azariah, similar to (II Kings 14): Yehoahaz/Ahaziah.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 26:5:2
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**הַמֵּבִין בִּרְאוֹת הָאֱלֹהִים.** שֶׁהֵבִין בְּיִרְאַת אֱלֹהִים שֶׁטּוֹבָה הִיא, וְנִתְיָרֵא מֵה׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who understood the visions of God** who understood that the fear of God is good, and feared the Lord.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 26:9:1
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**וַיִּבֶן עֻזִּיָּהוּ מִגְדָּלִים וְגוֹ׳.** הֻצְרַךְ לְחַזֵּק מַה שֶּׁפָּרְצוּ בַחוֹמָה בִּימֵי אָבִיו (דברי הימים ב כה:כג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And Uzziah built towers, etc.** He had to strengthen the parts of the wall they breached in his father’s days.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 26:10:1
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**אִכָּרִים.** אַרַאטוּ״רִי בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**plowmen** - Heb. אִכָּרִים, *aratkori* in Italian, plowmen.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 26:10:2
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**וּכְרָמִים.** דֻּגְמָא: ״לְכֹרְמִים וּלְיֹגְבִים״ (מלכים ב כה:יב); שׁוֹמְרֵי בְּהֵמוֹת הָיָה לוֹ:


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 26:10:3
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**כִּי אוֹהֵב אֲדָמָה הָיָה.** מְפֹרָשׁ בִּבְרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה (בראשית רבה כב:ג): שְׁנַיִם לְהוּטִים אַחֲרֵי אֲדָמָה הָיוּ, וְלֹא נִמְצָא בָם תּוֹעֶלֶת, הוּא וְקַיִן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for he loved the soil** It is explained in *Genesis Rabbah* (See 22:3): Two had a passion for agriculture, and no good was found in them: he and Cain.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 26:15:1
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**חִשְּׁבֹנוֹת מַחֲשֶׁבֶת חוֹשֵׁב.** דֻּגְמָא ״מַעֲשֵׂה חוֹשֵׁב״ (שמות כו:א), כְּלֵי מִלְחָמוֹת עָשָׂה בְאוּמָנוּת, כְּגוֹן דִּיק וְאֵילִים הַמְנַגְּחִים בַּחוֹמָה, כְּדִכְתִיב ״כִּי בְתַחְבֻּלוֹת תַּעֲשֶׂה לְךָ מִלְחָמָה״ (משלי כד:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**engines, invented by skillful men** - Heb. חִשְּׁבֹנוֹת מַחֲשֶׁבֶת חוֹשֵׁב, similar to (Exod. 28:6): “expert work (מַעֲשֵׂה חֹשֵׁב.)” He made war engines with craftsmanship, such as siege mounds and battering rams, as it is written (Prov. 24:6): “For you shall wage war with strategies.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 26:16:1
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**וַיִּמְעַל בַּה׳ אֱלֹהָיו.** כָּאן נוֹפֵל לוֹמַר מְעִילָה, כִּי בִּשְׁגָגָה עָשָׂה; דּוּגְמָא: ״נֶפֶשׁ כִּי תִמְעֹל מַעַל וְחָטְאָה בִּשְׁגָגָה״ (ויקרא ה:טו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he trespassed against the Lord, his God** - Heb. וַיִּמְעַל. Here it is appropriate to say מְעִילָה (trespass), for he sinned inadvertently, similar to (Lev. 5:15): “If a person commits a trespass (תִמְעל מַעַל) and sins inadvertently.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 26:16:2
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**וַיָּבֹא אֶל הֵיכַל ה׳.** שֶׁאָמַר: נָאֶה לַמֶּלֶךְ לְשָׁרֵת לְמֶלֶךְ הַכָּבוֹד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he came into the Temple of the Lord** for he said, “It is proper for a king to serve the King of glory.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 26:19:1
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**וּבְיָדוֹ מִקְטֶרֶת לְהַקְטִיר.** וְרָצָה לְהַכּוֹת בּוֹ הַכֹּהֵן הַמּוֹנְעוֹ מִלְּהַקְטִיר קְטֹרֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and in his hand was a censer to burn** and he wished to strike the priest who prevented him from burning incense.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 26:21:1
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**בֵּית הַחָפְשִׁית.** וּבִירוּשַׁלְמִי (כלאים ט, ג לב, א) מְפֹרָשׁ: עָשָׂה לוֹ בַּיִת בְּבֵית הַקְּבָרוֹת; עַל שֵׁם ״בַּמֵּתִים חָפְשִׁי״ (תהלים פח:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in a house of retirement** Heb. בֵּית הַחָפְשִׁית. And in *Yerushalmi* (unknown) it is explained that he made himself a house in the cemetery, reminiscent of (Ps. 88:6): “Among the dead, a free man (חָפְשִׁי) .”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 26:21:2
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**כִּי נִגְזַר.** לוֹ מִלָּבֹא עוֹד בֵּין הַבְּרִיּוֹת, דֻּגְמָא (אסתר ב:א): ״וְאֵת אֲשֶׁר נִגְזַר עָלֶיהָ״ (מגילה יב:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for it had been decreed** upon him to come no longer among people, similar to (Esther 2:1): “and that which was decreed upon her.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 26:23:1
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**בִּשְׂדֵה הַקְּבוּרָה.** וְלֹא בַּמְּעָרָה עִם הַמְּלָכִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the cemetery** but not in the cave with the kings.