## Rashi on II Chronicles Chapter 4

###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:2:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:2:1)

**עֶשֶׂר בָּאַמָּה מִשְּׂפָתוֹ אֶל שְׂפָתוֹ.** עֶשֶׂר עַל עֶשֶׂר בְּאֶמְצָעִיתוֹ **עָגוֹל סָבִיב**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**ten cubits from brim to brim** Ten by ten in its center, circular around.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:2:2
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:2:2)

**וְקָו שְׁלֹשִׁים בָּאַמָּה יָסֹב אֹתוֹ.** כָּל שֶׁיֵּשׁ בְּהֶקֵּיפוֹ שְׁלֹשָׁה טְפָחִים, יֵשׁ בְּרָחְבּוֹ טֶפַח (סוכה ז:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a line of thirty cubits did encompass it round about** Whatever has a circumference of three handbreadths has a diameter of one handbreadth.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:2:3
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:2:3)

**וְחָמֵשׁ בָּאַמָּה קוֹמָתוֹ.** עָמְקוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the height thereof was five cubits** its depth.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:3:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:3:1)

**וּדְמוּת בְּקָרִים תַּחַת לוֹ.** צוּרַת דְּמוּת בְּקָרִים יָצַק מִמֶּנּוּ לַעֲמוֹד עָלָיו, וַאֲדוּקִים בּוֹ, כְּדַאֲמַר בְּסוֹף הַפָּסוּק: **הַבָּקָר יְצוּקִים בְּמֻצַקְתּוֹ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the likeness of oxen was beneath it** And he cast the forms of the likeness of oxen from it to stand upon, and they were fastened to it, as is stated at the end of the verse: “The oxen were cast when it was cast.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:3:2
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:3:2)

**סָבִיב סוֹבְבִים אוֹתוֹ עֶשֶׂר בָּאַמָּה מַקִּיפִים אֶת הַיָּם.** אֵין מְפֹרָשׁ כָּאן מָה הַדָּבָר שֶׁסּוֹבְבָן אֶלָּא בִּמְלָכִים (מלכים א ז:כד) כְּתִיב ״לִפְקָעִים מִתַּחַת לִשְׂפָתוֹ סָבִיב וְגוֹ׳״, פְּקָעִים כְּגוֹן שֶׁעוֹשִׂין לְכוֹסוֹת פימילי״ש עֲגוּלִים מִשּׁוּם נוֹי, וּמִתַּחַת לִשְׂפָתוֹ וְסָבִיב הָיוּ עוֹמְדִים בְּשָׁלֹשׁ אַמּוֹת הַתַּחְתּוֹנוֹת מְרֻבָּעוֹת וּשְׁתַּיִם עֶלְיוֹנוֹת עֲגוּלוֹת, וְאִי אֶפְשָׁר לְהָכִיל אֲלָפִים בַּת יָכִיל שֶׁהֵם מֵאָה וַחֲמִשִּׁים מִקְוֵה טָהֳרָה, אֶלָּא בְּעִנְיָן זֶה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּפֹרָשׁ בְּעֵירוּבִין (עירובין יד). וְהָעֶלְיוֹנוֹת מְרֻבּוֹעַת וְתַחְתּוֹנוֹת עֲגוּלוֹת אִי אֶפְשָׁר לוֹמַר, דְּכִי כְּתִיב **עָגֹל סָבִיב, סָבִיב מִשְּׂפָתוֹ** כְּתִיב, וּמַה שֶׁאָמַר בַּפְּקָעִים הַלָּלוּ עֶשֶׂר אַמָּה לְכָל רוּחַ, אֲבָל בִּמְקוֹם עִגּוּלוֹ אִי אֶפְשָׁר לוֹמַר עֶשֶׂר בָּאַמָּה סָבִיב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**round about, encompassing it; ten cubits encompassing the sea** It is not elucidated here what the thing that encompassed them was, but in I Kings (7:24) it is written: “And under the brim were ornamental knobs encompassing it round about, for ten cubits, encompassing the sea round about.” Knobs are like those made for cups, round pomels (apple-shaped) knobs, for the sake of beauty, and beneath its brim and round about, they stood in the three lowest cubits, which were square, and the two round upper ones. And it is impossible to contain [that which Scripture says] (ibid. verse 26): “it contained two thousand bath,” which are the equivalent of one hundred fifty purifying pools, except in this matter, as is delineated in Erubin (13a). And it is impossible to say that the upper ones were square and the lower ones were round, because that which is written: “it was round all about,” refers to its brim, and that which Scripture states about these knobs, “ten cubits” on each side, but where it was round, it is impossible to say, “ten cubits around.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:3:3
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:3:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:3:3)

**שְׁנַיִם טוּרִים.** הָיוּ הַפְּקָעִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**two rows** the knobs were cast when it was cast;


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:3:4
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:3:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:3:4)

**יְצוּקִים בְּמֻצַקְתּוֹ.** הַכֹּל יְצוּקִים יַחַד, לֹא שֶׁחִבֵּר לוֹ אֶת הַפְּקָעִים אַחַר יְצִיקָתוֹ עַל יְדֵי מַסְמְרוֹת אוֹ עַל יְדֵי דֶּבֶק שֶׁקּוֹרִין שׁוֹלְדוּרָא בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**all were cast together,** not that he attached the knobs after its casting, with nails or with glue, called *soldure* in Old French, soldering.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:4:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:4:1)

**וְכָל אֲחוֹרֵיהֶם בָּיְתָה.** אֲחוֹרֵיהֶם שֶׁל בְּקָרִים הַלָּלוּ הָיוּ פּוֹנִים בָּיְתָה אֶל תַּחְתֵּיהֶם, שֶׁבַּצָּפוֹן פּוֹנִים אֲחוֹרֵיהֶם כְּנֶגֶד אוֹתָן שֶׁבַּדָּרוֹם, וְשֶׁל מִזְרָח כְּנֶגֶד שֶׁבַּמַּעֲרָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and all their hind parts were inward** The hind parts of all these oxen were facing inward (to) their bottom; those in the north their hind parts were facing opposite those in the south, and those in the east opposite those in the west.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:5:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:5:1)

**וְעָבְיוֹ טֶפַח.** שׁוּלָיו וּדְפָנוֹתָיו, אֶלָּא שֶׁאֵצֶל פִּיו הָיָה דַּק מְרֻקָּע וּמְרֻדָּד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And its thickness was a handbreadth** [i.e.] its bottom and its walls, but at its mouth it was thin, spread out and flattened.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:5:2
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:5:2)

**כְּמַעֲשֵׂה שְׂפַת כּוֹס.** שֶׁשּׁוֹתִין בּוֹ, וּמְצֻיָּר **פֶּרַח** שׁוֹשָׁן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like the work of the brim of a cup** used for drinking, upon which is depicted a lily flower.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:5:3
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:5:3)

**מַחֲזִיק בַּתִּים שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים יָכִיל.** אַף זֶה מַחֲזִיק, וּבִמְלָכִים (מלכים א ז:כו) כְּתִיב ״אַלְפַּיִם בַּת יָכִיל״, גּוֹדְשָׁא תְּלָתָא, שֶׁהַבַּת שָׁלוֹשׁ סְאִין, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״הָאֵיפָה וְהַבַּת תֹּכֶן אֶחָד״ (יחזקאל מה:יא) לָהֶם, הֲרֵי לְךָ שֵׁשֶׁת אֲלָפִים סְאִין, נִמְצְאוּ מֵאָה וַחֲמִשִּׁים מִקְוֵה טָהֳרָה לְאַרְבָּעִים מְאוֹת סְאִין, מֵאָה מִקְוָאוֹת, נִמְצָא גַּם לְעֶשְׂרִים מְאוֹת סְאִין הַנּוֹתָרִים חֲמִשִּׁים מִקְוָאוֹת, וְאַף לִכְשֶׁתַּחֲלֹק הַכְּלִי לְפִי הַמִּדָּה שֶׁשִּׁעֲרוּ חֲכָמִים אַמָּה עַל אַמָּה בְּגֹבַהּ שָׁלֹשׁ אַמּוֹת לַמִּקְוֶה תִּמְצָא, וְכֵן לְשָׁלֹשׁ אַמּוֹת מְרֻבָּעוֹת קוֹמָה וְעֶשֶׂר עַל עֶשֶׂר מִשְּׂפָתוֹ אֶל שְׂפָתוֹ מְרֻבָּעוֹת מֵאָה מִקְוָאוֹת, וְלִשְׁתַּיִם אַמּוֹת עֲגֻלּוֹת קוֹמָה עֶשֶׂר עַל עֶשֶׂר מִשְּׂפָתוֹ אֶל שְׂפָתוֹ עֲגֻלּוֹת חֲמִשִּׁים מִקְוָאוֹת, שֶׁמְּרֻבָּע יוֹתֵר עַל הֶעָגוֹל רְבִיעַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**it contained three thousand** It contained this amount, but in I Kings (7:26) it is written: “It contained two thousand baths.” The heaped measure was a third, for a bath is three seah, as is said: (Ezek. 45:11): “The ephah and the bath shall have one volume.” Thus you have six thousand seah. This equals a hundred and fifty purifying pools for four thousand seah equal a hundred mikvaoth. And we find also for the remaining two thousand seah fifty mikvaoth, and even if you divide the vessel according to the measure that the Rabbis computed, namely a cubit by a cubit by the height of three cubits for a mikvah, you will find the same: for the height of three cubits, which was square, and which was ten by ten from its brim to its brim, are a hundred mikvaoth, and for the height of two cubits, where it was round, ten by ten from its brim to its brim around equal fifty mikvaoth, because a square is a fourth more than a circle.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:6:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:6:1)

**וַיַּעַשׂ כִּיּוֹרִים עֲשָׂרָה.** לְבַד אוֹתָן שֶׁל מֹשֶׁה (שמות ל:יח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he made ten lavers** in addition to Moses’.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:6:2
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:6:2)

**וַיִּתֵּן חֲמִשָּׁה מִיָּמִין.** לַכִּיּוֹר שֶׁל מֹשֶׁה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he placed five on the right** of Moses’ laver.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:6:3
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:6:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:6:3)

**וַחֲמִשָּׁה מִשְּׂמֹאל לְרָחְצָה בָהֶם.** קִדּוּשׁ יָדַיִם וְרַגְלַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and five on the left to wash with them** This is the sanctification of the hands and feet.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:6:4
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:6:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:6:4)

**אֶת מַעֲשֵׂה הָעוֹלָה יָדִיחוּ בָם.** מִן מֵימֵי הַכִּיּוֹר יָדִיחוּ קִרְבֵי הָעוֹלָה. וְדַוְקָא עוֹלָה, אֲבָל שְׁלָמִים לֹא, שֶׁהוּא נֶאֱכָל לַבְּעָלִים בְּכָל הָעִיר. הַכִּיּוֹרִים הָיוּ לְקִדּוּשׁ טְבִילָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the performance of the burnt offering they would rinse with them** With the water of the laver they would rinse the innards of the burnt offering, and only the burnt offering, but not the peace offering, because it was eaten by the owners and throughout the city. The lavers were for sanctification and the sea for immersion.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:7:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:7:1)

**וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת מְנֹרוֹת הַזָּהָב עֶשֶׂר כְּמִשְׁפָּטָם.** לָמָּה נֶאֱמַר בַּמְּנוֹרוֹת כְּמִשְׁפָּטָם? לְפִי שֶׁמּוֹדִיעֵנוּ לָמָּה עָשָׂה **עֲשָׂרָה מְנוֹרוֹת**, וְהַכֹּל דָּרַשׁ מִן הַתּוֹרָה (שמות כה:לא-מ): פְּרָחִים כַּפְתּוֹרִים גְּבִיעִים מְשֻׁקָּדִים נֶאֱמְרוּ בַּפָּסוּק שִׁבְעִים, הֲרֵי לְכָל עֲשָׂרָה מְנוֹרוֹת שִׁבְעָה נֵרוֹת (כֵּן פֵּרֵשׁ אֲחִי אִמִּי, דּוֹדִי רַבִּי קְלוֹנִימוּס בְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה; וּמִדְרָשׁ הוּא); וְשִׁבְעָה נֵרוֹתֶיהָ כְּנֶגֶד שִׁבְעָה כּוֹכָבִים: חַמָּה, נֹגַהּ, כּוֹכָב, לְבָנָה, שַׁבְּתַאי, צֶדֶק, מַאְדִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he made the ten golden candelabra according to their regulations** Why is it stated in connection with the candelabra, “according to their regulations”? Because he informs us why he made ten candelabra, and everything he deduced from the Torah: the flowers, the knobs, the almond-shaped cups enumerated in the chapter were seventy, meaning that for each of the ten candelabra were seven lamps. (This is how my mother’s brother, my uncle, Rabbi Klonimos the son of Rabbi Judah explained it, and it is a midrash), and its seven lamps corresponded to the seven planets: Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:7:2
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:7:2)

**וַיִּתֵּן בַּהֵיכָל חָמֵשׁ מִיָּמִין.** לַמְּנוֹרָה שֶׁל מֹשֶׁה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and placed them in the Heichal, five from the right** of Moses’ candelabrum.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:7:3
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:7:3)

**וְחָמֵשׁ מִשְּׂמֹאול.** וְכֻלָּם בַּדָּרוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and five from the left** but they were all in the south.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:8:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:8:1)

**מִשְּׂמֹאול.** שֶׁל שֻׁלְחָן בַּצָּפוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the left** of the table in the north.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:8:2
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:8:2)

**וַיַּעַשׂ מִזְרְקֵי זָהָב מֵאָה.** שֶׁזּוֹרְקִין בּוֹ הַדָּם עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he made a hundred golden basins** with which to sprinkle the blood on the altar.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:9:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:9:1)

**וַיַּעַשׂ חֲצַר הַכֹּהֲנִים.** עֶזְרַת הַכֹּהֲנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he made the priests’ court** This is known as the ְעֶזרַת הַכֹּהֲנִים.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:9:2
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:9:2)

**וְהָעֲזָרָה הַגְּדוֹלָה.** זוֹ עֶזְרַת יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the large court** This is the court of the Israelites.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:10:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:10:1)

**מִכֶּתֶף הַיְמָנִית קֵדְמָה מִמּוּל נֶגְבָּה.** רִחֵק אוֹתוֹ מִן הַמִּזְרָח מִן כְּנֶגֶד הַפֶּתַח לִדְרוֹמָהּ שֶׁל עֲזָרָה, לְפִי שֶׁאֵין כָּבוֹד וְנָאֶה שֶׁיְּהוּ מַטְבִּילִין כְּנֶגֶד פֶּתַח הָאוּלָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the right side eastward, opposite the south** He distanced it from the east, from opposite the entrance to the south of the forecourt, because it is neither respectful nor fitting that they should immerse themselves opposite the entrance of the vestibule.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:11:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:11:1)

**וַיַּעַשׂ חוּרָם אֶת הַסִּירוֹת.** סִירוֹת נְחֹשֶׁת שֶׁעֲשׂוּיִים לַחְתּוֹת הַדֶּשֶׁן, לָתֵת לְתוֹךְ הַסִּירוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And Huram made the pots** Copper pots, made to gather the ashes to put them into the pots.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:12:1
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**וְהַגֻּלּוֹת וְהַכֹּתָרוֹת עַל רֹאשׁ הָעַמּוּדִים שְׁתָּיִם.** לִשְׁתֵּי הָעַמּוּדִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the two bowls and chapiters atop the pillars** for the two pillars.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:12:2
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:12:2)

**וְהַשְּׂבָכוֹת שְׁתַּיִם.** אֵלּוּ הַ״שַּׁרְשְׁרוֹת״ שֶׁנֶּאֱמְרוּ לְמַעְלָה (דברי הימים ב ג:טז), וְתֵדַע שֶׁכֵּן הוּא, שֶׁהֲרֵי לֹא בְּכָאן וְלֹא בִּמְלָכִים מַזְכִּיר בְּפָרָשָׁה זוֹ בְּשׁוּם מָקוֹם ״שַׁרְשְׁרוֹת״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the networks were two** These are the chains mentioned above (3:16), and the proof that it is so is that neither here nor in Kings does he mention the chains anywhere.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:12:3
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:12:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:12:3)

**לְכַסּוֹת אֶת שְׁתֵּי גֻּלּוֹת הַכֹּתָרוֹת.** לְכַסּוֹת חֲלַל הַכּוֹתֶרֶת בַּשְּׂבָכוֹת; וְאוֹתָן עֲנָפִים כְּעַנְפֵי חֲרִיּוֹת, כְּמוֹ שֶׁפֵּרַשְׁתִּי (דברי הימים ב ג:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to cover the two bowls of the chapiters** to cover the hollow of the chapiters with chains, and those branches were like palm branches, as I explained (ad loc.).


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:13:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:13:1)

**וְאֶת הָרִמּוֹנִים אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת.** לְמַעְלָה הוּא אוֹמֵר ״וַיַּעַשׂ רִמּוֹנִים מֵאָה״ (דברי הימים ב ג:טז), הָא כֵּיצַד? אֶלָּא כָּךְ יֵשׁ לָנוּ לְפָרֵשׁ: וַדַּאי אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת רִמּוֹנִים עָשָׂה כַּאֲשֶׁר נֶאֱמַר כָּאן, וּמַה שֶׁאָמַר מֵאָה – הֲרֵי מֵאָה לְכָל טוּר וְטוּר, וְאַרְבָּעה טוּרִים הֵם, כְּדַאֲמַר שְׁנֵי טוּרִים לַשְּׂבָכָה אַחַת, וְכֵן שְׁנֵי טוּרִים רִמּוֹנִים לַשְּׂבָכָה אַחַת, הֲרֵי אַרְבָּעה טוּרִים. וְהָרִמּוֹנִים הָיוּ מְחוֹזָרִים בְּתוֹךְ הַשְּׂבָכוֹת הַמְשֻׁבָּצִים וּתְקוּעִים לְכַסּוֹת בָּהּ הֵיטֵב אֶת שְׁתֵּי גֻּלּוֹת הַכֹּתָרוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the four hundred pomegranates** Above (ad loc.), he states: “and he made a hundred pomegranates.” How so? We must explain it in this manner: He surely made four hundred pomegranates, as is stated here, and where it is stated [that he made] a hundred, it means a hundred for each row, for there were four rows, as it is stated: “two rows of pomegranates to one network,” and so two rows of pomegranates to the other network, totaling four rows, and the pomegranates were strung within the networks, which were set and inserted to cover the two bowls of the chapiters.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:14:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:14:1)

**וְאֶת הַמְּכוֹנוֹת עָשָׂה.** וּבִמְלָכִים כְּתִיב ״וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת הַמְּכֹנוֹת עֶשֶׂר״ (מלכים א ז:כז). מְכוֹנוֹת הֵם כַּנֵּי הַכִּיּוֹר, וְשָׁם מְפֹרָשׁ מְלַאכְתָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he made the bases** But in I Kings (7:27), it is written: “And he made the ten bases of copper.” The bases are the bases of the laver, and there their work is explained.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:16:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:16:1)

**וְאֶת הַסִּירוֹת וְאֶת הַיָּעִים וְאֶת הַמִּזְלָגוֹת.** אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֲמַרְנוּהוּ כְּבָר לְמַעְלָה (פסוק יא), בָּא וְחָזַר וְשָׁנָה. וְעוֹד לְהוֹדִיעֵנוּ, כִּי **נְחֹשֶׁת** הָיוּ. וְגַם מוֹדִיעֵנוּ **מִזְלָגוֹת** שֶׁלֹּא הֻזְכַּר לְמַעְלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the pots, and the shovels, and the forks** Although we already mentioned it above, he repeats it again, to let us know that they were copper, and also to let us know about the forks, which were not mentioned above.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:16:2
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:16:2)

**מָרוּק.** דֻּגְמַת ״מִרְקוּ הָרְמָחִים״ (ירמיהו מו:ד); ״וּמֹרַק וְשֻׁטַּף בַּמָּיִם״ (ויקרא ו:כא), וּבִמְלָכִים (מלכים א ז:מה) כְּתִיב ״מְמֹרָט״, כְּמוֹ ״כִּי יִמָּרֵט רֹאשׁוֹ״ (ויקרא יג:מ), וְתַרְגּוּמוֹ: ״נְחַשׁ טָב״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**burnished** - Heb. מָרוּק, similar to (Jer. 46:4): “polish (מִרְקוּ) the spears,”; (Lev. 6: 21): “it shall be scoured (וּמרַק) and rinsed with water.” In I Kings (7:45), it is written מְמרָט, like (Lev. 13:40): “whose head will become bald (יִמָּרֵט),” and the *Targum* renders: fine copper.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:17:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:17:1)

**בַּעֲבִי הָאֲדָמָה.** תַּרְגּוּמָא: ״גַּרְגּוּשְׁתָּא״, בָּאַרְדִּילָ״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the thickness of the ground** The *Targum* renders: clay, *ardille* in Old French.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:17:2
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:17:2)

**בֵּין סֻכּוֹת וּבֵין צְרֵדָתָה.** וּבִמְלָכִים כָּתוּב ״צָרְתָן״ (מלכים א ז:מו). צְרֵדָתָה הוּא מְקוֹמוֹ שֶׁל יָרָבְעָם, ״וְיָרָבְעָם בֶּן נְבָט אֶפְרָתִי מִן הַצְּרֵדָה וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ צְרוּעָה אִשָּׁה אַלְמָנָה״ (מלכים א יא:כו) – לְפִי שֶׁמֵּת מְטַמֵּא בָּאֹהֶל, וְגַם מְצֹרָע כְּמוֹ כֵן, וְכֵן עֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁשָּׁנִינוּ בְּפֶרֶק שְׁלִישִׁי דַּעֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים (עבודה זרה מט.) בְּסוֹפוֹ: ״אַלְמָנָה״ – שֶׁאַלְמָן יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֱלֹהָיו. מִן צְרֵדָתָה – נִרְאֶה שֶׁהֵצַר הַתּוֹרָה וְלֹא הִרְחִיבָהּ; הֵצַר דַּת אֱלֹהֵינוּ. כֵּן פֵּרֵשׁ לִי דּוֹדִי זַ״ל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**between Succoth and Zeredathah** In I Kings (7: 46) it says Zarethan. Zeredathah was the place of Jeroboam, (11: 26): “And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow.” Since a corpse conveys ritual contamination in a tent, and a mezora likewise, and so it is with an idol, as we learned at the end of the third chapter of *Abodah Zarah* (Mishnah 8). “A widow” means that he widowed [isolated] Israel from its God. “From Zeredah” means that he narrowed the Torah and did not broaden it; i.e., מִן הַצְרֵדָתָה, means הֵצַר דַּת אֱלֹהֵינוּ he narrowed the law of our God. My uncle of blessed memory explained it to me in this manner.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:20:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:20:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:20:1)

**וְאֶת הַמְּנוֹרוֹת וְנֵרֹתֵיהֶם.** לְהוֹצִיא מִלִּבָּן שֶׁל מְפָרְשִׁין נֵרוֹת הָיוּ עוֹשִׂין מִגּוּפָהּ שֶׁל מְנוֹרָה וַאֲדוּקִין בָּהּ, שֶׁהֲרֵי כְּתִיב וְאֶת הַמְּנוֹרָה וְנֵרֹתֵיהֶם – מַה שֶּׁהִזְכִּיר אֶת הַנֵּרוֹת בִּפְנֵי עַצְמָן וְלֹא שְׁאָר מַעֲשֵׂה הַמְּנוֹרָה בִּפְנֵי עַצְמָן, גְּבִיעִים כַּפְתּוֹרִים וּפְרָחִים, מִכְּלָל שֶׁלֹּא הָיוּ הַנֵּרוֹת אֲדוּקִין; וְהוֹאִיל וְאֵין אֲדוּקִין בָּהּ, נִרְאֶה כְּמַעֲשֶׂה אַחֵר וְצָרִיךְ לְהַזְכִּיר נֵרֹתֵיהֶם, אֲבָל שְׁאָר מְלָאכוֹת שֶׁהָיוּ אֲדוּקִין בָּהּ אֵינוֹ מַזְכִּירָם שֶׁנִּקְרָאִים עַל שֵׁם הַמְּנוֹרָה. וּמַה שֶּׁעָשָׂה עֶשֶׂר מְנוֹרוֹת וְעֶשֶׂר שֻׁלְחָנוֹת וְעֶשֶׂר כִּיּוֹרִים וְהַכְּרוּבִים וְכָל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה – מְפֹרָשׁ בִּבְרַיְתָא דְּרַבִּי פִּנְחָס בֶּן יָאִיר (מדרש תדשא ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the candelabra and their lamps** To remove [the false idea] from the hearts of those who explain that the lamps were made from the body of the candelabrum and attached to it, because it is written: “and the candelabra and their lamps.” Since Scripture mentions the lamps separately and not the remaining work of the candelabrum separately, namely the cups and the flowers, we deduce that the lamps were not attached, and since they were not attached to it, they appeared like a different work, and it was necessary to mention the lamps, but the other works, which were attached to it, he does not mention because they are called by the name of the candelabrum, and [the reason] he made ten candelabra, ten tables, ten lavers, the cherubim, and all that he made is explained in the Baraitha of Rabbi Phinehas the son of Jair (*Midrash Tadshe*, ch. 2).


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:21:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:21:1)

**וְהַפֶּרַח.** פֵּרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ (מנחות כח:) הוּא כְּנֶגֶד אוֹתוֹ פֶּרַח שֶׁהוֹסִיף מֹשֶׁה בְּפָרָשַׁת בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ, ״עַד יְרֵכָהּ עַד פִּרְחָהּ וְגוֹ׳״ (במדבר ח:ד), שֶׁלֹּא נֶאֱמַר בִּתְרוּמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the flower** Our Rabbis explained that this corresponds to the flower that Moses added in the section, “Behaalothecha”: (Num. 8:4) “to its rootstock, to its flower, etc.,” which is not mentioned in “Terumah.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:21:2
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:21:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:21:2)

**וְהַמֶּלְקָחַיִם זָהָב.** שֶׁמַּגְבִּיהִים הַפְּתִילָה מִן הַנֵּר שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ הַשֶּׁמֶן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the tongs were gold** with which they would lift up the wick from the lamp containing oil.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:21:3
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:21:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:21:3)

**הוּא מִכְלוֹת זָהָב.** מְזֻקָּק וְצָרוּף, פִּיי״ן בְּלַעַ״ז. וּבִמְנָחוֹת מְפֹרָשׁ (כט.): מִכָּל זָהָב שֶׁהָיָה לוֹ לִשְׁלֹמֹה, מֵרוֹב הַזָּהָב שֶׁנִּכְנַס בַּמְּנוֹרָה לְזוֹקְקָהּ וּלְקַיֵּם ״מְנוֹרַת זָהָב טָהוֹר״ (שמות כה:לא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**it was fine gold** Refined and purified gold, *fin* in Old French, refined, pure, and in *Menahoth* (29a) it is explained: out of all the gold that Solomon had, out of the abundance of gold that entered the candelabrum to refine it and purify it and to fulfill the commandment of making a candelabrum of pure gold.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:22:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:22:1)

**וְהַמְזַמְּרוֹת.** כְּלֵי זֶמֶר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the musical instruments** - Heb. וְהַמְזַמְּרוֹת.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:22:2
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:22:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:22:2)

**וְהַמִּזְרָקוֹת.** לִזְרוֹק בָּהֶם דָּם עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the basins** with which to sprinkle the blood on the altar.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:22:3
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**וְהַכַּפּוֹת.** לְבָזִיכֵי לְבוֹנָה (ויקרא כד:ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the spoons** for th e spoons of frankincense (Lev. 24:7).


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 4:22:4
[Rashi on II Chronicles 4:22:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/4:22:4)

**וְהַמַּחְתּוֹת.** לַחְתּוֹת בָּהֶם תְּרוּמַת הַדֶּשֶׁן, לְהָרִים מֵעַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ: ״וְלָקַח מְלֹא הַמַּחְתָּה וְגוֹמֵר״ (ויקרא טז:יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the censers** with which to gather up the part of the ashes that is separated [from the rest and cast beside the altar, as in Lev. 6:31, (and the rest of the ashes) to pick up from the altar, (ibid. 16:12): “And he shall take a full censer, etc.”