## Rashi on II Chronicles Chapter 28

###### Rashi on II Chronicles 28:7:1
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**אֶת מַעֲשֵׂיָהוּ בֶּן הַמֶּלֶךְ.** אָחָז, הָרַג **זִכְרִי גִּבּוֹר אֶפְרַיִם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Maaseiah, the king’s son** [I.e., the son of] Ahaz. Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim slew [him].


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 28:7:2
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**וְאֶת עַזְרִיקָם.** וְאֶת... וְאֶת, דֻּגְמָא: ״וְאַיָּה וַעֲנָה״ (בראשית לו:כד), וְכֵן ״נִרְדָּם וָרֶכֶב וָסוּס״ (תהלים עו:ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and Azrikam** - Heb. וְאֶת וְאֶת, similar to (Gen. 36:24): “and Aiah and Anah (וְאַיָּה וְעַנָה),” and similarly, (Ps. 76:7): “and chariot and horse (וָרֶכֶב וָסוּס) were stunned.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 28:15:1
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**וַיָּקֻמוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר נִקְּבוּ בְשֵׁמוֹת.** לְמַעְלָה מִי הֵם? אוֹתָם אֲנָשִׁים שֶׁהֵם **מֵרָאשֵׁי בְנֵי אֶפְרַיִם**: עֲזַרְיָהוּ בֶּן יְהוֹחָנָן וַחֲבֵירָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the men who were mentioned by name arose** above (verse 12). Who were they? Those men who were of the heads of the sons of Ephraim: Azariah the son of Jehohanan and his colleagues.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 28:15:2
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**וְכָל מַעֲרֻמֵּיהֶם.** לְשׁוֹן ״עֵרוֹם וְעֶרְיָה״ (יחזקאל טז:ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and all their nakedness** - Heb. מַעֲרֻמֵּיהֶם, an expression of (Ezek. 15: “naked (עֵרם) and bare.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 28:18:1
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**וּפְלִשְׁתִּים פָּשְׁטוּ בְּעָרֵי הַשְּׁפֵלָה וְהַנֶּגֶב.** שֶׁהוּא כְּנֶגְדָּם, כְּדִכְתִיב ״וְהַכְּנַעֲנִי יוֹשֵׁב עַל הַיָּם״ (במדבר יג:כט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And Philistines raided the cities of the lowlands and the southland** which was opposite them, as it is written about the Philistines, (Zeph. 2:5): “the inhabitants of the seacoast.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 28:19:1
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**כִּי הִפְרִיעַ בִּיהוּדָה.** דֻּגְמָא: ״כִּי פְרָעֹה אַהֲרֹן״ (שמות לב:כה); ״בִּפְרֹעַ פְּרָעוֹת״ (שופטים ה:ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for he exposed Judah** - Heb. הִפְרִיעַ, similar to (Exod. 32:25): “for Aaron had exposed them (פְּרָעֹה) (Jud. 5:2): “When breaches are made (בִּפְרֹעַ פְּרָעוֹת).”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 28:20:1
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**וַיָּבֹא עָלָיו.** שֶׁשָּׁלַח אַחֲרָיו לַעֲזֹר לוֹ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב בִּמְלָכִים (מלכים ב טז:ז) ״וַיִּשְׁלַח מַלְאָכִים אֶל תִּגְלַת פִּלְנְאֶסֶר״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**came upon him** for he had sent after him to aid him, as is written in II Kings (16:7): “And Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pilneser.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 28:20:2
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**וַיָּצַר לוֹ.** מִמַּה שֶׁחָלַק לוֹ **אֶת בֵּית ה׳ וְאֶת בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and oppressed him** from that which he shared with him [from] the House of the Lord and the palace of the king, etc.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 28:21:1
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**וְלֹא לְעֶזְרָה לוֹ.** אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁמָּצִינוּ בִּמְלָכִים ״וַיַּעַל מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר עַל דַּמֶּשֶׂק וַיִּתְפְּשֶׂהָ וַיַּגְלֶהָ קִירָה וְאֶת רְצִין הֵמִית״ (מלכים ב טז:ט), לֹא הָיָה לוֹ לְעֶזְרָה כָּל כָּךְ לְחַזְּקוֹ וּלְהָשִׁיב לוֹ עָרִים שֶׁלָּקְחוּ מִמֶּנּוּ פְּלִשְׁתִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but he was of no help to him** Even though we find in II Kings (ibid. verse 9): “and the king of Assyria went up to Damascus and seized it and exiled it[s inhabitants] to Kir, and slew Rezin,” he was not much of an aid to him to strengthen him and to restore the cities that the Philistines had taken from him.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 28:24:1
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**וַיִּסְגֹּר אֶת דַּלְתוֹת בֵּית ה׳.** כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יָבוֹאוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים לַעֲבֹד עֲבוֹדָתָם בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד, כִּי אִם לָבוֹא לַ**מִּזְבְּחוֹת** שֶׁעָשָׂה **בְּכָל פִּנָּה בִּירוּשָׁלִַם**; וְחִזְקִיָּה **פָּתַח... דַּלְתוֹת בֵּית ה׳** – לְפִי שֶׁאָבִיו סָגַר **דַּלְתוֹת בֵּית ה׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he closed the doors of the House of the Lord** so that the priests would not go to perform their service in the Tent of Meeting, but come to the altars that he erected on every corner in Jerusalem, and Hezekiah “opened the doors of the House of the Lord,” (below 29:3) because his father had closed the doors of the House of the Lord.