## Rashi on II Chronicles Chapter 34

###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:3:1
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**וְהוּא עוֹדֶנּוּ נַעַר הֵחֵל לִדְרוֹשׁ.** פִּתְרוֹן: אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהָיָה נַעַר הֵחֵל לִדְרוֹשׁ **אלֹהֵי דָּוִיד אָבִיו**; דּוּגְמַת ״וְהוּא נַעַר אֶת בְּנֵי בִלְהָה... וַיָּבֵא יוֹסֵף אֶת דִּבָּתָם רָעָה״ (בראשית לז:ב) – וְאֵין תֵּימַהּ בַּדָּבָר, אֲבָל אִם הָיָה בֶּן שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה לֹא הָיָה עוֹשֶׂה; וְזֶה תֵּימַהּ, שֶׁהָיָה נַעַר, וְאַף עַל פִּי כֵּן הֵחֵל לִדְרוֹשׁ וְגוֹ׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when he was still a youth, he started to seek** The meaning is that although he was still a youth, he started to seek after the God of David his father. This is similar to (Gen. 37:2): “and as a youth, with the sons of Bilhah, etc., Joseph brought evil reports of them,” and this is not surprising, but if he were thirty years old, he would not have done it. It is, however, surprising, that he (Josiah) was a youth, and nevertheless, he started to seek, etc.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:3:2
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**הֵחֵל לְטַהֵר אֶת יְהוּדָה וִירוּשָׁלִַם.** מִן הַבָּמוֹת וְהָאֲשֵׁרִים שֶׁעָשָׂה מְנַשֶּׁה וְחִדְּשָׁם אָמוֹן בְּנוֹ, כִּדְלְמַעְלָה (דברי הימים ב לג:ג) ״וַיָּשָׁב וַיִּבֶן אֶת הַבָּמוֹת אֲשֶׁר נִתֵּץ יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ אָבִיו וְגוֹ׳״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he started to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the asherim** that Manasseh had made and that Amon his son had renewed, as above (33:3): “And he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had demolished, etc.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:4:1
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**וְהַחַמָּנִים.** צוּרוֹת חַמָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the sun images** images of the sun.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:4:2
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**אֲשֶׁר לְמַעְלָה.** שֶׁהוֹשִׁיבוּ לְמַעְלָה מֵהֶם, גָּבוֹהַּ כְּנֶגֶד הַחַמָּה, וּמִשְׁתַּחֲוִים לוֹ. כָּל זֶה עָשָׂה מְנַשֶּׁה, כְּדִכְתִיב לְעֵיל ״וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲוֶה לְכָל צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם וַיַּעֲבֹד אוֹתָם״ (דברי הימים ב לג:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that were above** That they had placed above them, on high, opposite the sun, and they would prostrate themselves to it. Manasseh had done all this, as it is written above (33:3): “and he prostrated himself to the entire host of the heaven, and he worshipped them.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:4:3
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**וַיִּזְרֹק עַל פְּנֵי הַקְּבָרִים.** כָּאן נִתְקַיֵּים מַה שֶּׁאָמַר לְיָרָבְעָם: ״כֹּה אָמַר ה׳ הִנֵּה בֵן נוֹלָד לְבֵית דָּוִד יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ שְׁמוֹ וְזָבַח עָלֶיךָ עַצְמוֹת אָדָם אֶת כֹּהֲנֵי הַבָּמוֹת הַמַּקְטִרִים״ (מלכים א יג:ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he cast them upon the graves** Here was fulfilled what he said to Jeroboam, (I Kings 13:2): “so said the Lord, ‘Behold a son will be born to the house of David, Josiah will be his name, and upon you will he sacrifice, etc., and human bones, etc.’”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:6:1
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**וּבְעָרֵי מְנַשֶּׁה וְאֶפְרַיִם וְגוֹ׳.** מֵאוֹתָן עוֹלְלוֹת שֶׁנִּשְׁתַּיְּרוּ מֵחֶרֶב וּמִשְּׁבִי סַנְחֵרִיב (מלכים ב יז:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim, etc.** from those “gleanings” [survivors] who survived the sword and the captivity of Sennacherib.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:6:2
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**בְּחַרְבֹתֵיהֶם.** בְּהַר בָּתֵּיהֶם כְּתִיב, לְפִי שֶׁלֹּא הָיוּ כִּי אִם עוֹלֵלוֹת מְעַט, נִתְיָרְאוּ לֵישֵׁב בַּשְּׁפֵלָה, כִּי אִם לִקְבֹּעַ בְּהַר בָּתֵּיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with their instruments of destruction** Since they were but few “gleanings,” they feared to live in the lowland and established their houses on the mountain (בְּחַר בָּתֵּיהֶם).


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:8:1
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**הַמַּזְכִּיר.** בְּכָל מָקוֹם שֶׁכָּתוּב סוֹפֵר כָּתוּב בְּסָמוּךְ מַזְכִּיר, שֶׁהָיָה לְכָל מֶלֶךְ סוֹפֵר לִכְתֹּב כָּל הַמְּאוֹרָע לוֹ בַּמַּלְכוּת, בֵּין טוֹב בֵּין רַע, וַיְהִי לוֹ מַזְכִּיר יוֹשֵׁב אֵצֶל הַסּוֹפֵר לְהַזְכִּיר כָּל דָּבָר וְדָבָר, וְהַסּוֹפֵר כּוֹתֵב עַל פִּיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the recorder** Wherever a scribe is mentioned, a recorder is mentioned in close proximity, for every king had a scribe to write everything that occurred in the kingdom, whether favorable or unfavorable, and he had a recorder sitting beside the scribe, to mention every incident, and the scribe would write according to what he told him.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:9:1
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**אֲשֶׁר אָסְפוּ הַלְוִיִּם שֹׁמְרֵי הַסַּף וְגוֹ׳.** בְּחַרְבוֹתֵיהֶם סָבִיב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**which the Levites who guarded the threshold had gathered from the hands of Manasseh and Ephraim, etc.** from their ruins round about.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:10:1
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**לִבְדּוֹק וּלְחַזֵּק.** ״לִרְאוֹת אֶת עֶרְוַת הָאָרֶץ״ (בראשית מב:ט) מְתַרְגְּמִינָן: ״וּלְמֶחֱזֵי יָת בִּדְקָא דְאַרְעָא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to mend and repair** - Heb. לִבְדוֹק. (Gen 42:9): “to see the nakedness (עֶרְוַת) of the land,” is translated into Aramaic as “to see the crack (בִּדְקָא)” of the land.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:11:1
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**וְעֵצִים לַמְחַבְּרוֹת.** שְׁפַּנְגִי״ן בִּלְשׁוֹן אַשְׁכְּנַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and wood for the couplings** - *Spangen* in Middle High German, clasps.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:11:2
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**וּלְקָָרוֹת.** טְרַבִי״ר בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and to make beams** - *Traver* in Old French, to provide with beams.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:12:1
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**לְנַצֵּחַ.** רוֹמִי״שׁ טְרִי״ר בְּלַעַ״ז, וְכֵן (עזרא ג:ט) ״לְנַצֵּחַ עַל הַמְּלָאכָה״, וְכֵן ״שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת מְנַצְּחִים״ לְעֵיל (דברי הימים ב ב:יז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to direct** - Heb. לְנַצּחַ, *lemestriyer*, to direct, supervise, and so (Ezra 3:8): “to direct (לְנַצּחַ) the work of the House of the Lord,” and likewise (above 2:17): “and six hundred overseers (מְנַצּחִים) .”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:12:2
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**וְהַלְוִיִּם כָּל מֵבִין.** בְּכָל מָקוֹם אָמוּר לְעִנְיַן שִׁירָה הֲבָנָה, וְכֵן לְמַעְלָה כְּשֶׁהִפִּילוּ גּוֹרָלוֹת כְּתִיב ״כַּקָּטֹן כַּגָּדוֹל מֵבִין עִם תַּלְמִיד״ (דברי הימים א כה:ח), וְכֵן ״כָּל הַמֵּבִין בִּכְלֵי שִׁיר״, וּכְתִיב ״וּכְנַנְיָהוּ שַׂר הַלְוִיִּם וְגוֹמֵר כִּי מֵבִין הוּא״ (דברי הימים א טו:כב), וְהָיָה מְמֻנֶּה עֲלֵיהֶם לְיַסֵּר ״בַּמַּשָּׂא״ הֵיאַךְ יִשָּׂאוּ, כִּי מֵבִין הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the Levites, all who were expert** - Heb. מֵבִין. The term expertise (הֲבָנָה) is universally mentioned regarding song, and so above (I Chron. 25:8), when they cast lots, it is written: “like the small one so the great one, expert (מֵבִין) with pupil.” And likewise, (ibid. verse 7): “trained in song to the Lord: every expert (מֵבִין),” and it is written (ibid. 15:22): “And Chananiah, the leader of the Levites, etc., because he was an expert (מֵבִין),” and he was appointed over them to chastise [them] in raising [the voice], how they should raise [their voice], because he was an expert (מֵבִין).


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:13:1
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**וּמֵהַלְוִיִּם סוֹפְרִים.** לִכְתּוֹב **אֶת הַכֶּסֶף הַמּוּבָא בֵּית ה׳**, וְהֵיאַךְ גָּבוּ אוֹתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and of the Levites, scribes** to write down the [amount of] silver brought to the House of the Lord and how they had collected it.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:13:2
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**וְשׁוֹטְרִים.** בַּמְּלָאכָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and officers** over the work.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:14:1
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**אֶת סֵפֶר תּוֹרַת ה׳ בְּיַד מֹשֶׁה.** מִשְׁנֵה תּוֹרָה (דברים):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the Scroll of the Law of the Lord by the hand of Moses** the Book of Deuteronomy.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:15:1
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**וַיִּתֵּן חִלְקִיָּהוּ אֶת הַסֵּפֶר אֶל שָׁפָן.** שֶׁהֲרֵי עַל הַסּוֹפֵר לִקְרוֹת אֶת הַכֹּל לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan** because it was the scribe’s duty to read everything before the king.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:16:1
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**וַיָּשֶׁב עוֹד אֶת הַמֶּלֶךְ דָּבָר.** שֶׁמִּתְּחִלָּה הֵשִׁיב לַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלִיחוּתוֹ, שֶׁשְּׁלָחוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ **לְחַזֵּק בֵּית ה׳ אֱלֹהָיו**, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב לְמַעְלָה **שָׁלַח אֶת שָׁפָן בֶּן אֲצַלְיָהוּ וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he further brought back word to the king** for he first reported to the king about the errand that the king had sent him on to repair the House of the Lord his God, as is written above (verse 8): “he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, etc.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:17:1
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**וַיַּתִּיכוּ.** וַיַּצִּיקוּ; כְּמוֹ ״וַיִּצֹק שֶׁמֶן״ (בראשית כח:יח) וּמְתַרְגְּמִינָן: ״וְאַתִּיךְ״ (תרגום אונקלוס):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they poured** - Heb. וַיַּתִּיכוּ, they poured, like (Gen. 28:18): “and he poured (וַיִּצֹק) oil” and the *Targum* renders: וְאַתִּיךְ


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:18:1
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**וַיַּגֵּד שָׁפָן הַסּוֹפֵר.** אַחַר שֶׁהֵשִׁיב הַמֶּלֶךְ דָּבָר מִשְּׁלִיחוּתוֹ, הִגִּיד לוֹ שְׁלִיחוּת שֶׁל חִלְקִיָּהוּ הַכֹּהֵן **וַיִּקְרָא** אֶת הַסֵּפֶר **לְפָנָיו**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And Shaphan the scribe told the king** After bringing back word to the king regarding his errand, he gave him the message of Hilkiah the priest, and read the scroll before him.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:19:1
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**וַיִּקְרַע אֶת בְּגָדָיו.** כְּשֶׁשָּׁמַע שֶׁהָיוּ קוֹרִין ״יוֹלֵךְ ה׳ אוֹתְךָ וְאֶת מַלְכְּךָ וְגוֹמֵר״ (דברים כח:לו), וְדָרַשׁ בְּעַצְמוֹ ״אֲשֶׁר תָּקִים עָלֶיךָ״ (דברים כח:לו) – הָעָם הִמְלִיכוּ וְלֹא נָבִיא עַל פִּי הַדִּבּוּר (יומא נב:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that he rent his garments** When he heard them reading (Deut. 28:36): “The Lord will lead you and the king, etc.,” he interpreted [the following words] as referring to himself: “whom you will appoint over yourself.” The people had made him king, and he was not a prince by the word [of God].


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:21:1
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**אֲשֶׁר נִתְּכָה בָנוּ.** לְפִי שֶׁהַחֵמָה הִיא אֵשׁ, נוֹפֵל עָלֶיהָ לְשׁוֹן נִתּוּךְ, וְדֻגְמָתוֹ לְמַטָּה **וְתִתַּךְ חֲמָתִי בַּמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה וְלֹא תִכְבֶּה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**which has been poured upon us** Since wrath is [compared to] fire, the term pouring applies to it, and a similar instance is below (verse 25): “My wrath shall be poured down upon this place, and it shall not be quenched.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:22:1
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**אֶל חוּלְדָּה הַנְּבִיאָה.** רַבּוֹתֵינוּ דָּרְשׁוּ (מגלה יד:): לְפִי כִּי הָאִשָּׁה רַחֲמָנִית יוֹתֵר מִן הָאִישׁ, לָכֵן לֹא שָׁלַח אֶל יִרְמְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to Huldah the prophetess** Our Sages (*Meg.* 14b) explained that since a woman is more merciful than a man, he did not send them to Jeremiah the prophet.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:22:2
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**שׁוֹמֵר הַבְּגָדִים.** אִם תִּרְצֶה לוֹמַר: אוֹ בִּגְדֵי כְהֻנָּה אוֹ בִּגְדֵי מַלְכוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the keeper of the raiment** If you wish, you may say that this is either the priestly raiment or the royal raiment.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:22:3
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**יוֹשֶׁבֶת בִּירוּשָׁלִַם בַּמִּשְׁנֶה.** שְׁנֵי חוֹמוֹת הָיוּ לָעִיר, וְהִיא יוֹשֶׁבֶת בֵּין שְׁנֵי הַחוֹמוֹת. וְתַרְגּוּמוֹ: ״בֵּית אוּלְפָנָא״ – פֵּירוּשׁ: בִּמְקוֹם תּוֹרָה, כִּי לִשְׁכָּה אַחַת הָיְתָה לָהּ לְחוּלְדָּה, סְמוּכָה לְלִשְׁכַּת הַגָּזִית; לִשְׁכַּת חוּלְדָּה הָיְתָה פְּתוּחָה לַחוּץ וּסְתוּמָה כְּלַפֵּי סַנְהֶדְרִין שֶׁבְּלִשְׁכַּת הַגָּזִית, כָּךְ כָּתוּב בְּמַסֶּכֶת מִדּוֹת (מדות א:ג) – מִפְּנֵי צְנִיעוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and she was sitting in Jerusalem in the study-hall** - Heb. בַּמִּשֶׁנֶה. The city had two walls, and she lived between the two walls. The Targum renders: in the study-hall. The meaning is: in the place of Torah, for Huldah had a chamber adjacent to the Chamber of Hewn Stone. The Chamber of Huldah was open to the outside and closed toward the Sanhedrin in the Chamber of Hewn Stone. So it is written in Tractate *Middoth* (unknown) because of modesty.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:23:1
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**אִמְרוּ לָאִישׁ.** לְפִי שֶׁרָצָה לְהַפְסִיק חֲזוֹן הָעָם **עַל הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה וְעַל יוֹשְׁבָיו**, וּכְשֶׁשִּׁלֵּם אוֹתוֹ חֲזוֹן, אָז מְבָאֵר הֵטֵיב: **וְאֶל מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה הַשּׁוֹלֵחַ אֶתְכֶם**, וּמְקַצֵּר נְבוּאַת הַמָּקוֹם וְיוֹשְׁבָיו וּמְסַלְּקוֹ, וְתוֹפְשׂוֹ בִּנְבוּאַת הַמֶּלֶךְ שֶׁהוּא מְרֻבָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Say to the man** He wished to interrupt the prophecy of the people “upon this place and upon its inhabitants,” and when he finished that prophecy, he then delineates, “And concerning the king of Judah, who sent you,” and he deals briefly with the prophecy of the palace and its inhabitants and puts it aside and focuses upon the prophecy of the king, which is long.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:28:1
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**וְנֶאֱסַפְתָּ אֶל קִבְרוֹתֶיךָ בְּשָׁלוֹם.** וַהֲלֹא נֶהֱרַג (דברי הימים ב לה:כג-כד)! אֶלָּא בְּשָׁלוֹם מִזֶּה שֶׁ**לֹּא תִרְאֶינָה עֵינֶיךָ בְּכֹל הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי מֵבִיא עַל הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה וְעַל יֹשְׁבָיו**, כְּלוֹמַר: חֻרְבַּן הַבַּיִת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and you shall be gathered to your graves in peace** But was he not slain? It [means] in peace from this, that your eyes will not see all the evil that I am bringing upon this place and upon its inhabitants, i.e., the destruction of the Temple.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:30:1
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**סֵפֶר הַבְּרִית.** הֲרֵי כָּל הַחֲרָדָה שֶׁחָרַד הַמֶּלֶךְ עַל שֶׁנִּמְצָא כָתוּב ״יוֹלֵךְ ה׳ אוֹתְךָ״ (דברים כח:לו), וְרָאָה שֶׁקָּרְאָה הַתּוֹרָה אוֹתָהּ בְּרִית, ״אֵלֶּה דִבְרֵי הַבְּרִית״ (דברים כח:סט), וּלְכָךְ אַף הוּא כָּרַת בְּרִית. וְרָאָה כָתוּב בְּסָמוּךְ אַחֲרָיו ״וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת דִּבְרֵי וְגוֹ׳ וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אוֹתָם״ (דברים כט:ח), גַּם רָאָה יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ כָּתוּב בְּסָמוּךְ ״אַתֶּם נִצָּבִים הַיּוֹם כֻּלְּכֶם וְגוֹ׳״, עַד ״טַפְּכֶם נְשֵׁיכֶם״, עַד ״לְעָבְרְךָ בִּבְרִית״, עַד ״כֹּרֵת עִמְּךָ הַיּוֹם״ (דברים כט:ט-יא), אָמַר: אַף בְּאוֹתוֹ דֻגְמָא אֶכְרוֹת אַף אֲנִי בְּרִית, שֶׁשָּׁם כָּתוּב ״אַתֶּם נִצָּבִים וְגוֹ׳״, אַף אֲנִי ״וַיַּעֲמֹד כָּל הָעָם הַנִּמְצָא בִּירוּשָׁלִַם״ – מִקָּטֹן וְעַד גָּדוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the Scroll of the Covenant** All the fright that the king experienced was due to the words (Deut. 28: 36): “The Lord will lead you,” and he saw that the Torah called it a covenant: “These are the words of the covenant.” Therefore, he too enacted a covenant and saw written immediately following it (ibid. 29:8): “And you shall keep the words, etc., and practice them.” Josiah also saw written immediately following (ibid. verses 9ff.): “You are standing today, all of you, etc....your children, your wives...that you should pass into the covenant...enacts with you today.” He said, “In such a manner, I too shall enact a covenant, for there it is written: ‘You are standing, etc.’ I too [will do so], ‘And he caused all those found in Jerusalem, both small and great, to stand.’”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:31:1
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**בְּכָל לְבָבוֹ וּבְכָל נַפְשׁוֹ וְגוֹ׳.** אֲשֶׁר מָצָא שָׁם כָּתוּב (דברים ל:ב) ״וְשַׁבְתָּ עַד ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכָל לְבָבְךָ וּבְכָל נַפְשֶׁךָ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with all his heart and with all his soul** as he found written there, (Deut. 30:2): “And you will return to the Lord your God, etc. with all your heart and with all your soul.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:31:2
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**וַיַּעֲמֹד הַמֶּלֶךְ עַל עָמְדוֹ.** לְשׁוֹן ״נִצָּבִים״ (דברים כט:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in his place** An expression of נִצָּבִים, standing.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 34:32:1
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**כְּבְרִית אֱלֹהִים אֱלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם.** כְּכָל אוֹתָן שֶׁכָּתוּב שָׁם ״אֱלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם״, לְפִיכָךְ כְּתִיב כָּאן אֱלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם, שֶׁכָּרַת לַאֲבוֹתָם בַּמִּדְבָּר. וְכָל בְּרִית שֶׁלְּשָׁם – עַל עֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים, דִּכְתִיב ״וַתִּרְאוּ אֶת שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶם וְגוֹ׳״ (דברים כט:טז), עַד ״פּוֹנֶה הַיּוֹם מֵעִם ה׳״ (דברים כט:יז), לְפִיכָךְ **וַיָּסַר יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ אֶת כָּל הַתּוֹעֵבוֹת וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**according to the covenant of God, the God of their forefathers** According to all that which is written there: “the God of their forefathers.” Therefore, it is written here, “the God of their forefathers,” which He enacted for their forefathers in the desert. And every covenant that is there concerns idolatry, as it is written (Deut. 29:16f.): “And you saw their abominations and their depravities, etc....turns away today from the Lord.” Therefore, Josiah “removed all the abominations, etc.”