## Rashi on II Chronicles Chapter 31

###### Rashi on II Chronicles 31:2:1
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**אִישׁ כְּפִי עֲבוֹדָתוֹ.** **הַכֹּהֲנִים לְשָׁרֵת, וְהַלְוִיִּם** לִהְיוֹת מְשׁוֹרְרִים וְשׁוֹעֲרִים, וְכָל אִישׁ וָאִישׁ **עַל עֲבוֹדָתוֹ** הַנְּכוֹנָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**each man according to his service** the priests to minister, and the Levites to be singers and gate sentries, and every man at his proper service.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 31:3:1
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**וּמְנַת הַמֶּלֶךְ מִן רְכוּשׁוֹ לָעֹלוֹת וְגוֹ׳.** אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לַעֲשׂוֹת אוֹתָם (בְּרָָצוֹן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the king’s portion from his possessions for the burnt-offerings, etc.** which he (willingly) gave to perform them.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 31:4:1
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**וַיֹּאמֶר לָעָם לְיוֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם וְגוֹ׳ לְמַעַן יֶחֶזְקוּ בְּתוֹרַת ה׳.** יוֹתֵר בְּרָצוֹן; וְעוֹד, בְּעוֹד שֶׁיְּהֵא לָהֶם פַּרְנָסָתָם מְזֻמֶּנֶת, יוּכְלוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת וְלַעֲסֹק בְּתוֹרַת ה׳; לְפִי שֶׁלֹּא נִתְּנָה הַתּוֹרָה אֶלָּא לְאוֹכְלֵי הַמָּן (מכילתא בשלח ויהי פתיחתא), וּשְׁנִיִּים לָהֶם אוֹכְלֵי תְּרוּמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he commanded the inhabitants of Jerusalem, etc. in order that they be strengthened in the Law of the Lord** with greater enthusiasm. Moreover, as long as their sustenance will be provided, they will be able to perform and occupy themselves with the Law of the Lord, because the Law was given only to those who ate manna, and secondly, to those who eat the heave-offering (*Mechilta, Beshallach* 17, *Tanh. Beshallach 20).*


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 31:5:1
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**וְכִפְרֹץ הַדָּבָר.** מִפִּי הַמֶּלֶךְ, **לָתֵת מְנָת** לַכֹּהֲנִים **וְהַלְוִיִּם, הִרְבּוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל רֵאשִׁית דָּגָן תִּירוֹשׁ וְיִצְהָר וּדְבַשׁ**, דְּבַשׁ תְּמָרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And when the word burst forth** from the king’s mouth to give a portion to the priests and the Levites, **the Children of Israel increased the first of corn, wine, oil, honey** date honey.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 31:5:2
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**וְכָל תְּבוּאַת שָׂדֶה.** וְכָל אֵלּוּ לֹא מִתְּבוּאַת הַשָּׂדֶה הֵם, אֶלָּא כָּךְ מְפֹרָשׁ בְּמַסֶּכֶת נְדָרִים בְּפֶרֶק הַנּוֹדֵר מִן הַיָּרָק (נדרים נד.): הַנּוֹדֵר מִן הַיָּרָק מֻתָּר בִּדְלוּעִים; מְתִיב רַב יוֹסֵף: **וְכִפְרֹץ הַדָּבָר הִרְבּוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְגוֹ׳**, וְאִי אָמְרַתְּ דָּגָן – כָּל דְּמִדְגַּן מַשְׁמַע, מַאי **וְכִפְרֹץ וְגוֹמֵר**? אָמַר אַבַּיֵּי: לְאָתוֹיֵי פֵּירוֹת הָאִילָן וְיָרָק, עַד אָמַר רָבָא: תְּבוּאָה לְחוּד וּתְבוּאַת שָׂדֶה לְחוּד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and all the increase of the field** But all these [aforementioned] are not of the grain of the field, but so it is explained in Tractate *Nedarim*, in the chapter, “Whoever vows [to abstain] from herbs, is permitted to partake of pumpkins,” (55a): Rav Josef questioned: “And when the word burst forth, the Children of Israel increased, etc.” Now if you say that all these [i.e., all plants that are stacked up] are included in the term דָּגָן, what is the meaning of “when the word burst forth”? Replied Abbaye: This is to include fruit of trees and vegetables....Replied Rava: תְּבוּאָה (grain) is one thing, and תְּבוּאַת שָׂדֶה (increase of the field) is another.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 31:6:1
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**וּמַעְשַׂר קָדָשִׁים הַמְקֻדָּשִׁים לַה׳.** הַמַּעֲשֵׂר מִן הַמַּעֲשֵׂר שֶׁהַלְוִיִּם נוֹתְנִים לַכֹּהֲנִים (במדבר יח:כה-כו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the tithes of sacred things consecrated to the Lord** the tithe of the tithe, which the Levites give the priests (Num. 18:25f.).


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 31:6:2
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**וַיִּתְּנוּ עֲרֵמוֹת עֲרֵמוֹת.** הוֹיְ״פִין בִּלְשׁוֹן אַשְׁכְּנַז, דֻּגְמָא: ״עֲרֵמַת חִטִּים״ (שיר השירים ז:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they gave many stacks** עֲרֵמוֹת עֲרֵמוֹת (*houffen*, Middle High German, heaps), an example is (Song 7:3): “a stack of (עֲרֵמַת) wheat.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 31:7:1
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**הֵחֵלּוּ הָעֲרֵמוֹת לְיִסּוֹד.** כִּי תְּחִלַּת דָּבָר נִקְרָא יְסוֹד, כְּמוֹ יְסוֹד הַבַּיִת שֶׁהוּא רֹאשׁ לְבִנְיָן, וְדוֹמֶה לוֹ ״הוּא יְסֻד הַמַּעֲלָה וְגוֹמֵר״ (עזרא ז:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they commenced to lay the foundations of the stacks** The beginning of anything is called a foundation, like the foundation of a house, which is the beginning of the structure, and like the verse in Ezra (7:9) “that is the commencement of (יְסֻד) the ascent, etc.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 31:8:1
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**וַיְבָרְכוּ אֶת ה׳.** שֶׁנָּתַן בְּלֵב יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהַפְרִישׁ תְּרוּמוֹתֵיהֶם וּמַעַשְׂרוֹתֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they blessed the Lord** Who inspired Israel to separate their heave-offerings and their tithes.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 31:9:1
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**וַיִּדְרֹשׁ יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ.** לְפִי שֶׁרָאָה חִזְקִיָּהוּ הָעֲרֵמוֹת גְּדוֹלוֹת, אָמַר בְּלִבּוֹ: שֶׁמָּא לֹא לָקְחוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם מֵהֶם וְלֹא נָגְעוּ בָּהֶם? שֶׁאִם נָגְעוּ בָּהֶם, אֵיךְ נִתְרַבּוּ כָּל כָּךְ? וְתָמַהּ וְדָרַשׁ מֵהֶם **עַל** דְּבַר **הָעֲרֵמוֹת** עַל מָה זֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And Hezekiah demanded** Since Hezekiah saw that the stacks were large, he said to himself, “Perhaps the priests and the Levites have not taken [their share] from them and have not touched them, for had they touched them, how could they be so large? Since he was puzzled, he questioned them concerning the stacks, “What is the reason for this?”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 31:10:1
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**וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו עֲזַרְיָהוּ.** הוּא הָיָה בִּימֵי עֻזִּיָּהוּ (דברי הימים ב כו:כ):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And Azariah...said to him** He lived in the days of Uzziah.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 31:10:2
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**מֵהָחֵל הַתְּרוּמָה לָבִיא.** אָכַלְנוּ **אָכוֹל**, וְלֹא אֲכִילַת עֲרַאי אֶלָּא **אָכוֹל וְשָׂבוֹעַ וְהוֹתֵר**; וּמַה שֶּׁאַתָּה מִתְמֵהַּ עַל שֶׁאָכַלְנוּ אַרְבָּעָה חֳדָשִׁים וְאַף עַל פִּי כֵן עֲרֵמוֹתֵיהֶם כָּל כָּךְ גְּדוֹלוֹת – זֶה הַדָּבָר, **כִּי בֵּרַךְ ה׳ אֶת עַמּוֹ** וְנָתַן לָהֶם תְּבוּאוֹת הַרְבֵּה, לְפִיכָךְ הִרְבָּה הַתְּרוּמוֹת וְהַמַּעַשְׂרוֹת שֶׁלָּנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“From the beginning of bringing the heave-offering** We have surely eaten, and not an incidental meal but we ate, were satisfied, and left over. Now what you are surprised about, that we ate four months, and nevertheless, their stacks are so large - this is because the Lord blessed His people and gave them abundant grains; therefore, they increased our heave-offerings and tithes.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 31:10:3
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**וְהַנּוֹתָר.** מִן אֲכִילָתֵנוּ זֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and what is left over** from this eating of ours.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 31:10:4
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**הֶהָמוֹן הַזֶּה.** אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה רוֹאֶה עֲרֵמוֹת עֲרֵמוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**is this abundance** that you see: many stacks.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 31:11:1
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**לְהָכִין לְשָׁכוֹת בְּבֵית ה׳.** וְלָשׂוּם בָּהֶם הַתְּרוּמוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to prepare the chambers in the House of the Lord** in which to deposit the heave-offerings.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 31:17:1
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**וְאֶת הִתְיַחֵשׂ הַכֹּהֲנִים לְבֵית אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם וְהַלְוִיִּם.** עִם יִחוּס טַפָּם, נְשֵׁיהֶם, בְּנֵיהֶם וּבְנוֹתֵיהֶם, לְכָל אוֹתוֹ קָהָל הָיוּ מַסְפִּיקִין מְזוֹנוֹתֵיהֶם מֵהַתְּרוּמוֹת וּמַעַשְׂרוֹת הַקֹּדֶשׁ. וְהַתְּרוּמוֹת וְהַמַּעַשְׂרוֹת, כָּל אֵלּוּ שֶׁאָמַרְנוּ – לְאוֹתָן הָעוֹמְדִים לְשָׁרֵת בָּעֲזָרָה, וְגַם לִבְנֵי אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֲנִים שֶׁלֹּא הִגִּיעַ מִשְׁמְרוֹתָם לְשָׁרֵת, וְהֵם בִּשְׂדֵה מִגְרַשׁ עָרֵיהֶם בְּכָל עִיר וָעִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the priests who traced their genealogy to the house of their fathers, and the Levites** with the genealogy of their infants, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. They would supply their sustenance from the heave-offerings and the tithes for that entire congregation. All these whom we mentioned [would supply food] to those who stood in the forecourt, and also to the sons of Aaron, the priests whose watch had not yet come about in which to minister, and who were in the field of the open land of their cities, in every city.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 31:19:1
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**אֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר נִקְּבוּ בְשֵׁמוֹת.** לְמַעְלָה (יב-יג) כְּנַנְיָהוּ וְאֶחָיו הָיוּ מְמֻנִּים עֲלֵיהֶם לְקַבֵּל הַמָּנוֹת הַתְּרוּמוֹת וְהַמַּעַשְׂרוֹת מֵאֵת יִשְׂרָאֵל, **לָתֵת** הַ**מָּנוֹת לְכָל זָכָר בַּכֹּהֲנִים** וּלְוִיִּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**were men who were mentioned by names** Above (verses 12ff.) Conaniah and his brethren were appointed over them to receive the portions: the heave-offerings and the tithes from the Israelites to distribute the portions to every male among the priests and the Levites


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 31:19:2
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**לְכָל זָכָר בַּכֹּהֲנִים.** וְגַם לְכָל נְשֵׁיהֶם, בְּנֵיהֶם וּבְנוֹתֵיהֶם (לעיל, יח); וּמַה שֶּׁאָמַר כָּאן לְכָל זָכָר – מִשּׁוּם רְבוּתָא, שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ לִזְכָרִים קְטַנִּים הָיוּ מַסְפִּיקִין, כִּדְלְעֵיל **לִזְכָרִים מִבֶּן שָׁלֹשׁ וָמַעְלָה**, וְכָל שֶׁכֵּן שֶׁהָיוּ מַסְפִּיקִין לִנְשֵׁיהֶם וְלִבְנֵיהֶם וְלִבְנוֹתֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to every male among the priests** and also to their wives, their sons, and their daughters. The Chronicler says “to every male” here to teach something remarkable, i.e., they would provide even to the young male children, as above (verse 16): “of the males from three years old and over,” and they would surely provide for their wives, sons and daughters.