## Rashi on II Chronicles Chapter 6

###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:1:1
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**אָז אָמַר שְׁלֹמֹה.** הוֹאִיל **וְהַבַּיִת מָלֵא** עָשָׁן, עַכְשָׁיו אֲנִי יוֹדֵעַ שֶׁהַשְּׁכִינָה שְׁרוּיָה בּוֹ **בָּעֲרָפֶל**, כִּי כֵן דַּרְכּוֹ, דִּכְתִיב ״וּמֹשֶׁה נִגַּשׁ אֶל הָעֲרָפֶל אֲשֶׁר שָׁם הָאֱלֹהִים״ (שמות כ:יח); וַדַּאי שֶׁרְצוֹנוֹ לְהִתְעַכֵּב בּוֹ. וּבְסִפְרֵי פֵּרֵשׁ (מכילתא בא פסחא יב): **אָז אָמַר שְׁלֹמֹה.** כְּשֶׁרָאָה הֶעָנָן אָמַר: עַתָּה אֲנִי רוֹאֶה שֶׁהַשְּׁכִינָה שְׁרוּיָה בַּבַּיִת אֲשֶׁר בָּנִיתִי, שֶׁהֲרֵי כָּךְ הִבְטִיחַ לָבוֹא וְלִשְׁכֹּן בּוֹ מִתּוֹךְ עָנָן וַעֲרָפֶל; וְהֵיכָן אָמַר: ״כִּי בֶּעָנָן אֵרָאֶה עַל הַכַּפֹּרֶת״ (ויקרא טז:ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Then Solomon said** Since the House is full of smoke, I now know that the Shechinah is resting in the thick darkness therein, for so is His wont, as it is written (Exod. 20:18): “and Moses drew near to the thick darkness wherein God appeared.” [Therefore, I deduce that] He surely wishes to stay therein, and in Sifre it is explained: Then Solomon said - when he saw the cloud, he said, “Now I see that the Shechinah rests in the House that I have built, for He promised to come and dwell therein out of the midst of the cloud and the thick darkness.” Now where did He say this? (Lev. 16:2): “for in the cloud I shall appear on the Ark cover.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:2:1
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**בֵּית זְבוּל.** מָדוֹר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a House to dwell in** - Heb. בֵית זְבֻל a dwelling.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:2:2
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**לְשִׁבְתְּךָ עוֹלָמִים.** שֶׁמִּשֶּׁנִּבְחֲרָה לֹא שָׁרְתָה שְׁכִינָה בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר וְלֹא הֻתְּרוּ הַבָּמוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for You to dwell in forever** For since it was selected, the Shechinah did not rest elsewhere, and the high places were prohibited.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:3:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:3:1)

**וַיְבָרֶךְ אֶת כָּל קְהַל יִשְׂרָאֵל.** בְּרָכָה הָאֲמוּרָה בְּסוֹף הָעִנְיָן (להלן פסוק יד ואילך):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and blessed all the congregation of Israel** the blessing stated at the end of the episode.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:4:1
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**אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר בְּפִיו.** שֶׁיִּתֵּן לוֹ בֵּן שֶׁיִּבְנֶה לוֹ בַּיִת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who spoke with His mouth** that He would give him a son who would build Him a House.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:4:2
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**מִלֵּא.** קִיֵּם דְּבָרוֹ הַטּוֹב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**has fulfilled** He fulfilled His good word.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:5:1
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**מִן הַיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִי.** שֶׁאַף זֶה דִּבַּרְתָּ אֶל אָבִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Since the day that I brought forth** For this too You spoke to my father.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:6:1
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**וָאֶבְחַר בִּירוּשָׁלִַם.** מוּסָב עַל **לֹא בָחַרְתִּי בְעִיר**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I chose Jerusalem** This refers to “I chose no city.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:6:2
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**וָאֶבְחַר בְּדָוִיד.** מוּסָב עַל **וְלֹא בָחַרְתִּי בְאִישׁ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I chose David** This refers back to “neither did I choose a man.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:8:1
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**הֱטִיבוֹתָ כִּי הָיָה עִם לְבָבֶךָ.** כְּלוֹמַר: גַּם אֲנִי בּוֹחֵר בַּבַּיִת אֲשֶׁר עָלָה בְלִבְּךָ לִבְנוֹתוֹ, לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמִי שָׁם; כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר לְמַעְלָה (לעיל, ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you did well that it was in your heart** i.e., I too choose the House that you thought to build, where My name shall dwell, as is stated above.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:12:1
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**וַיִּפְרֹשׂ כַּפָּיו.** הָיָה לוֹ לוֹמַר כָּךְ: וַיִּפְרֹשׂ כַּפָּיו הַשָּׁמַיְמָה וַיֹּאמֶר וְגוֹ׳, אֶלָּא שֶׁמַּפְסִיק בֵּינְתַיִם לְהוֹדִיעַ עַל מָה עָמַד, וְכֵן בִּמְלָכִים (מלכים א ח:כב) ״וַיִּפְרֹשׂ כַּפָּיו הַשָּׁמַיְמָה וַיֹּאמֶר״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he spread forth his hands** Scripture should have said the following: “and he spread forth his hands toward heaven, and he said, etc.,” but it interrupted in between to inform [us] on what he stood, and so in I Kings (8:22f.): “and he spread forth his hands towards heaven, and he said.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:13:1
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**כִּי עָשָׂה שְׁלֹמֹה.** מוּסָב עַל **נֶגֶד כָּל קְהַל יִשְׂרָאֵל**, כְּלוֹמַר: הֵיאַךְ הָיָה גָּבוֹהַּ מִכּוּלָּם לְהַשְׁמִיעַ דְּבָרָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For Solomon had made** This refers back to “opposite all the congregation of Israel,” i.e., how was he higher than all of them to make his words heard?


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:13:2
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**וַיַּעֲמֹד עָלָיו.** וְעַתָּה יְכוֹלִין לִרְאוֹתוֹ **כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל**. וּמִשּׁוּם שֶׁמַּפְסִיק הָעִנְיָן, צָרִיךְ לוֹמַר כְּבָרִאשׁוֹנָה: **נֶגֶד כָּל קְהַל יִשְׂרָאֵל** וְכֵן **וַיִּפְרֹשׂ כַּפָּיו הַשָּׁמָיְמָה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he stood on it** And now, all Israel could see him, and since he interrupted the topic, he had to repeat, “opposite all the congregation of Israel,” and so, “and he spread forth his hands toward heaven.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:14:1
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**אֵין כָּמוֹךָ אֱלֹהִים.** מִמָּה שֶׁאַתָּה **שׁוֹמֵר הַבְּרִית וְהַחֶסֶד**, שֶׁאַתָּה גּוֹזֵר מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם לָתֵת לְאוֹהֲבֶיךָ, אַתָּה מַצְנִיעוֹ וְגוֹנֵז **הַבְּרִית וְהַחֶסֶד** לְקַיֵּם הַבְטָחָתְךָ **בָּאָרֶץ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**there is no God like You** insofar as You keep the covenant and the kindness that You decree from heaven to give to those who love You. You hide and conceal the covenant and the kindness to fulfill Your promise on earth.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:14:2
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**הַהוֹלְכִים לְפָנֶיךָ.** כְּמוֹ שֶׁהָלַךְ דָּוִד אָבִי; וְזֶה **אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַרְתָּ לְעַבְדְּךָ דָוִד** – בִּלְשׁוֹן אֲמָנַת הַבְטָחָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who walk before You** as my father David walked, and this is [the meaning of] **For You have kept for Your servant David** with an expression referring to the realization of a promise.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:18:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:18:1)

**כִּי הַאֻמְנָם יֵשֵׁב אֱלֹהִים אֶת הָאָדָם עַל הָאָרֶץ.** לְשׁוֹן תְּמִיהָּ: וְכִי אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁיַּאֲמִין אָדָם שֶׁיֵּשֵׁב אֱלֹהִים עַל הָאָרֶץ! **כִּי שָׁמַיִם וּשְׁמֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְגוֹ׳**, אֶלָּא מֵחֲמַת חֶסֶד שֶׁגָּמַלְתָּ לְדָוִד אָבִי, צִמְצַמְתָּ שְׁכִינָתְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But will God indeed dwell with man on the earth?** This is an expression of wonder. Is it possible for man to believe that God will dwell on the earth? For the heaven and the heaven of the heaven, etc. However, because of the kindness that You bestowed upon my father, David, You contracted Your Shechinah.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:18:2
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**אַף כִּי הַבַּיִת הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר בָּנִיתִי.** וְלָמָּה בְּנִיתִיו? לְהִתְפַּלֵּל לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים וְלִפְנוֹת הוּא אֶל תְּפִלָּתֵינוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**much less this House that I have built** So why did I build it? To pray before God and so that He should turn to our prayers.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:19:1
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**לִשְׁמֹעַ אֶל הָרִנָּה.** זוֹ צְעָקָה, כְּמוֹ ״וַתַּעֲבֹר הָרִנָּה בַּמַּחֲנֶה״ (מלכים א כב:לו). וְעַל כָּרְחֲךָ: עַל צַעֲקָתָם שֶׁל כָּל אָדָם שֶׁהוּא נָס מִפְּנֵי צָרָתוֹ, אַל יִתְפַּלֵּל אֶלָּא בִּצְעָקָתוֹ בְּסֵתֶר. כָּךְ חִבּוּר הַמִּקְרָאוֹת, וְסוֹף הָעִנְיָן מוֹכִיחַ, שֶׁאָמַר: **וְאַתָּה תִּשְׁמַע מִמְּקוֹם שִׁבְתְּךָ** – לָמַדְתָּ שֶׁלֹּא בְּנָאוֹ אֶלָּא לְדַעַת כֵּן, לְהוֹרִיד בּוֹ שְׁכִינָה, כְּדֵי שֶׁיֵּשֵׁב עַל הָאָרֶץ לִשְׁמֹעַ מִמְּכוֹן שִׁבְתְּךָ אֶל הַתְּפִלּוֹת שֶׁיִּתְפַּלְּלוּ בּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the cry** - Heb. הָרִנָּה. This is a cry, like (I Kings 22:36): “A cry (הָרִנָּה) passed through the camp.” Perforce, concerning the cry of any man who flees in distress, he will not pray but express his cry in secret. This is the sequence of the verses, and the conclusion of the topic proves it, for he says, “You shall hear from Your abode.” You have thus learned that he built it only with this intention to bring down the Shechinah therein, in order that He dwell on the earth, to hear “from Your abode” the prayer that they will pray therein.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:20:1
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**לִהְיוֹת עֵינֶיךָ פְתֻחוֹת.** בְּכָל עֵת אֲשֶׁר יִתְפַּלְלוּ אֵלֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**That Your eyes may be open, etc.** whenever they pray to You.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:22:1
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**אִם יֶחֱטָא אִישׁ.** מִקְרָא זֶה עַל כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל הַמְחַיֵּב חֲבֵרוֹ שְׁבוּעָה: אִם בֶּאֱמֶת הוּא מַשְׁבִּיעוֹ, וְהַנִּשְׁבָּע נִשְׁבָּע לַשֶּׁקֶר, **אַתָּה תִשְׁמַע הַשָּׁמַיִם**, וְאִם הַדִּין עִם הַנִּשְׁבָּע, שֶׁבַּעַל הַדִּין מַזְקִיקוֹ עַל שְׁבוּעָה שֶׁל חִנָּם, אַף הַמַּשְׁבִּיעוֹ קָרוּי רָשָׁע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**If a man sins** This verse refers to all Israel; whoever exacts an oath from his neighbor - if he is adjuring him legitimately, and the one swearing is swearing falsely, You shall hear from heaven. If, on the other hand, justice is on the side of the one who swears, for the litigant exacts an oath from him for naught, even the one who exacts the oath is called wicked.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:23:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:23:1)

**וּלְהַצְדִּיק צַדִּיק.** שֶׁלֹּא לְעָנְשׁוֹ עַל הַשְּׁבוּעָה, שֶׁהֲרֵי בֶּאֱמֶת הוּא נִשְׁבַּע. וְתוֹסֶפְתָּא דְּסוֹטָה מְפָרֵשׁ (תוספתא סוטה א:ג): אֶת אֲשֶׁר יֶחֱטָא – בּוֹעֵל אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ; **וְנָשָׂא בוֹ אָלָה** – וִיחַיֵּב בּוֹ אָלָה, כְּשֵׁם שֶׁהַמַּיִם בּוֹדְקִים אוֹתָהּ כָּךְ הַמַּיִם בּוֹדְקִין אוֹתוֹ; **לִפְנֵי מִזְבְּחֶךָ** – כְּדִכְתִיב ״וְהֶעֱמִיד הַכֹּהֵן אֶת הָאִשָּׁה״ (במדבר ה:יח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and to justify the righteous** not to punish him for the oath, for he swore in truth. *Tosefta* of *Sotah* (1: 3) explains [this verse as referring to the rite of the sotah, the married woman accused of adultery Num. 5:11-30)]: If a man sins by being intimate with a married woman. **and an oath be exacted of him** and an oath makes him guilty, for just as the water tests her, so does the water test him. before Your altar - as it is written (Num. 5:18): “And the priest shall have the woman stand [before the Lord].”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:23:2
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:23:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:23:2)

**לָתֵת דַּרְכּוֹ בְּרֹאשׁוֹ.** כְּדִכְתִיב ״וְצָבְתָה בִטְנָהּ״ (במדבר ה:כז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to bring his way upon his head** - as it is written (ibid. verse 27): “her belly will swell and her thigh will fall away.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:23:3
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:23:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:23:3)

**וּלְהַצְדִּיק צַדִּיק.** דִּכְתִיב ״וְנִקְּתָה וְנִזְרְעָה זָרַע״ (במדבר ה:כח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and to justify the righteous** - (ibid. verse 28): “and she will be blessed with offspring.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:24:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:24:1)

**וְאִם יִנָּגֵף עַמְּךָ.** וְלֹא מִפְּנֵי שֶׁיָּדְךָ קְצָרָה מִלְּהוֹשִׁיעַ, אֶלָּא דָּבָר זֶה גּוֹרֵם: **כִּי יֶחֶטְאוּ לָךְ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And if Your people...is struck down** not because You have no power, but because they will sin against You.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:24:2
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:24:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:24:2)

**וְשָׁבוּ וְהוֹדוּ אֶת שְׁמֶךָ.** פִּתְרוֹן: וְהִתְוַדּוּ אֶת עֲוֹנָם (ויקרא כו:מ), וְהָאַחֲרוֹן מוֹכִיחַ: **וְהוֹדוּ אֶת שְׁמֶךָ וּמֵחַטָּאתָם יְשׁוּבוּן כִּי תַעֲנֵם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and confess** - Heb. וְהוֹדוּ. The meaning is: and they will confess their iniquity, and the latter verse proves this (verse 26): “and confess to Your name and repent of their sin, so that You may answer them.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:25:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:25:1)

**וְהַשִׁיבוֹתָם.** וְהָשֵׁב אוֹתָם **אֶל הָאֲדָמָה**; כִּי כְּשֶׁנּוֹפְלִים וְנִגָּפִים לִפְנֵי אוֹיְבֵיהֶם, תּוֹפְשִׂים מַה שֶּׁיְּכוֹלִים וּמְבִיאִים אוֹתָם בְּשִׁבְיָה אֶל אֶרֶץ אַחֶרֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and bring them back to the land** For when they fall and are struck down before their enemies, they [their enemies] will seize what they can and will bring them into captivity to another land.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:26:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:26:1)

**בְּהֵעָצֵר הַשָּׁמַיִם.** כְּדִכְתִיב ״וְעָצַר אֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְלֹא יִהְיֶה מָטָר״ (דברים יא:יז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**When heaven is shut up** as it is written (Deut. 11:17): “and He will shut up the heaven, and there will be no rain.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:27:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:27:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:27:1)

**כִּי תוֹרֵם אֶל הַדֶּרֶךְ.** כְּמוֹ שֶׁעָשִׂיתָ כְּשֶׁהָיָה רָעָב בִּימֵי דָוִד שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים (שמואל ב כא:א), וְהוֹרֵיתָ וְאָמַרְתָּ לָהֶם: ״אֶל שָׁאוּל וְאֶל בֵּית הַדָּמִים״ (שמואל ב כא:ב), כְּמוֹ כֵן תּוֹרֵם אֵיזֶה חֵטְא גּוֹרֵם לָהֶם עַל מָה נֶעֶצְרוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for You will teach them the good way** as You did when there was a famine in David’s time for three years (II Sam. 21:1), and You taught them and said to them, “(It is) for Saul and (also) for his bloody house.” Likewise, so shall You teach them which sin causes them [their distress], for what reason the heaven was shut up.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:28:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:28:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:28:1)

**כָּל נֶגַע.** פִּתְרוֹן: הֲרֵי זָכַרְתִּי לְךָ דֶּבֶר, **שִׁדָּפוֹן וְיֵרָקוֹן**, נְגִיפָה, אַף בַּעֲצִירַת גְּשָׁמִים, וּמָה עוֹד לְהַרְבּוֹת? אֶלָּא **כָּל נֶגַע וְכָל מַחֲלָה כִּי יִהְיֶה** וְהִתְפַּלֵּל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness (there be)** The meaning is: I have mentioned to You pestilence, blast and mildew, being struck down [in battle], and lack of rainfall, and what else can I include, but whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there may be, and he pray and spread forth his hands toward this House, and this is what it says.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:29:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:29:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:29:1)

**וּפָרַשׂ כַּפָּיו אֶל הַבַּיִת הַזֶּה.** וְזֶה שֶׁאָמַר: **כָּל תְּפִלָּה** וְ**כָל תְּחִנָּה** שֶׁיִּתְפַּלֵּל וְיִתְחַנֵּן עַל זֹאת מִכָּל אֶחָד הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Any prayer, any supplication** that he will pray and supplicate about, concerning any of these matters.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:29:2
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:29:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:29:2)

**אֲשֶׁר יֵדְעוּ אִישׁ נִגְעוֹ.** כְּלוֹמַר: אִם יִתְפַּלֵּל עַל נִגְעוֹ וְעַל **מַכְאֹבוֹ** לַהֲסִירוֹ מִמֶּנּוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**every man shall know his plague** i.e., if he pray about his affliction or about his sickness to remove it from him.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:30:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:30:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:30:1)

**וְסָלַחְתָּ וְנָתַתָּה לָאִישׁ כְּכָל דְּרָכָיו וְגוֹ׳.** לָרָשָׁע כְּרִשְׁעָתוֹ וְלַצַּדִּיק כְּצִדְקָתוֹ (דברים ז:י); שֶׁאִם לֹא יְשַׁלֵּם לָרָשָׁע כְּפִי רוֹעַ מַעַלְלֵיו, יַטִּיחַ דְּבָרִים כְּלַפֵּי מַעְלָה וְיֹאמַר: ״אֵין אֱלֹהִים״ (תהלים יד:א) (אָז) יוֹדֵעַ לְבָבוֹ וְיִהְיֶה חִלּוּל הַשֵּׁם; כְּמוֹ כֵן תַּעֲשֶׂה לַצַּדִּיק כְּצִדְקָתוֹ, שֶׁתַּעֲשֶׂה לוֹ כְּשֶׁיִּתְפַּלֵּל לְפָנֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and forgive and give to each man according to his ways, etc.** to the wicked according to his wickedness and to the righteous according to his righteousness. For if He does not repay the wicked according to his wickedness, he will speak insolently toward Heaven, and he will say, “There is no God.” Then [the thoughts of] his heart will be known, and there will be a profanation of the Name [of God]. Likewise shall You do to the righteous according to his righteousness, which You shall do for him when he prays to You.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:31:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:31:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:31:1)

**לְמַעַן יִירָאוּךָ.** וְיָשׁוּב הָרָשָׁע מִדַּרְכּוֹ, וּלְכָךְ אֲנִי מִתְפַּלֵּל לָתֵת לוֹ לָאִישׁ ״כִּדְרָכָיו״ (ירמיה לב:יט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**That they may fear You** and the wicked will repent of his way; therefore, I pray to give each man according to his ways.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:33:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:33:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:33:1)

**וְעָשִׂיתָ כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר יִקְרָא אֵלֶיךָ הַנָּכְרִי.** בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל אֲנִי מִתְפַּלֵּל לָתֵת לוֹ כִּדְרָכָיו (לעיל, ל), אֲבָל לְעוֹבֵד גִּלּוּלִים: כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר יִקְרָא לְךָ. לְפִי שֶׁיִּשְׂרָאֵל מַכִּירִין בְּהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא וְיוֹדְעִין שֶׁהַיְּכֹלֶת בְּיָדוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת, אִם אֵין תְּפִלָּתוֹ נִשְׁמַעַת, תּוֹלֶה בְּעַצְמוֹ בַּחֲטָאָיו וּמְפַשְׁפֵּשׁ בְּמַעֲשָׂיו, אֲבָל הָעוֹבֵד גִּלּוּלִים קוֹרֵא תִּגָּר וְאוֹמֵר: שָׁמַעְתִּי שִׁמְעוֹ בְּכָל הָעוֹלָם, וְנִתְיַגַּעְתִּי בַּדְּרָכִים הַרְבֵּה עַד שֶׁבָּאתִי וְהִתְפַּלַּלְתִּי בַּמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה, וְלֹא מָצָאתִי בּוֹ מַמָּשׁ כִּשְׁאָר אֱלָהוּת; לְפִיכָךְ: וְעָשִׂיתָ כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר יִקְרָא אֵלֶיךָ הַנָּכְרִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and You shall do whatever the stranger calls upon You** Concerning an Israelite, I pray to give him according to his ways, but concerning a heathen, according to all the stranger calls upon You, because Israelites recognize the Holy One, blessed be He, and they know that He has the ability to do, and if his prayer is not heard, he assigns the cause to himself, to his sins, and he searches his deeds, but the heathen will complain of injustice and say, “I heard His fame throughout the world, and I toiled on many roads until I came and prayed in this place, and I did not find reality in Him any more than the other deities.” Therefore, You shall do whatever the stranger calls upon You.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:34:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:34:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:34:1)

**דֶּרֶךְ הָעִיר.** פְּנֵיהֶם לְצַד יְרוּשָׁלַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**toward the city** With their faces toward Jerusalem.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:35:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:35:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:35:1)

**וְעָשִׂיתָ מִשְׁפָּטָם.** נִקְמָתָם בְּאוֹיְבֵיהֶם. עִנְיָן אַחֵר: צָרְכֵיהֶם; דֻּגְמָא: ״לַעֲשׂוֹת מִשְׁפַּט עַבְדּוֹ״ (מלכים א ח:נט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and maintain their cause** their revenge from their enemies. Another meaning is: their necessities. A similar instance is (I Kings 8:59): “that He sustain the cause of His servant.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:38:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:38:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:38:1)

**אֲשֶׁר בָּנִיתִי לִשְׁמֶךָ.** פִּתְרוֹן: הַ**בַּיִת** הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר בָּנִיתִי כְּדֵי לְגַדֵּל שְׁמֶךָ, כִּי אָז, כְּשֶׁתְּקַבֵּל תְּפִלָּתָם, אָז יִתְפַּלְּלוּ לְךָ בַּבַּיִת הַזֶּה אוֹ בְּכָל מָקוֹם שֶׁהֵם וְיִפְנוּ לְבֵיתְךָ זֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that I built for Your name** The meaning is: this House, which I built in order to aggrandize Your name, for when You accept their prayer, they will pray to You in this House; wherever they are, they will turn to this, Your House.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:39:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:39:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:39:1)

**וְשָׁמַעְתָּ תְּפִלָּתָם.** וְעַל זֶה יִתְגַּדֵּל שִׁמְךָ בָּעוֹלָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You shall hear, etc.** And through this, Your name will be aggrandized in the world.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:41:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:41:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:41:1)

**וְעַתָּה קוּמָה ה׳.** שֶׁלֹּא לְהִטַּלְטֵל כַּאֲשֶׁר עַד עַתָּה: מִשִּׁילֹה לְנוֹב וּמִנּוֹב לְגִבְעוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And now, arise, O Lord** so as not to have to move as until now, from Shiloh to Nob and from Nob to Gibeon.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:41:2
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:41:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:41:2)

**אַתָּה וַאֲרוֹן עֻזֶּךָ.** שֶׁלֹּא יִטַּלְטֵל עוֹד מֵעַתָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You and the Ark of Your might** that it will no longer move from now on.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:41:3
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:41:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:41:3)

**עֻזֶּךָ.** עַל שֵׁם כֵּן קָרוּי עֻזֶּךָ, עַל שֶׁעָשָׂה נִפְלְאוֹתָיו וַעֲזוּזוֹת בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּים; וְכֵן כְּתִיב בְּ״הוֹדוּ לַה׳״ (דברי הימים א טז:ח): ״דִּרְשׁוּ ה׳ וְעֻזּוֹ״ (דברי הימים א טז:יא). וְעוֹד אָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ בְּמַסֶּכֶת עֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים (עבודה זרה כד:): ״וַיִּשַּׁרְנָה הַפָּרוֹת״ (שמואל א ו:יב) – מָה שִׁירָה אָמְרוּ? ״הוֹשִׁיעָה לּוֹ יְמִינוֹ וּזְרוֹעַ קָדְשׁוֹ״ (תהלים צח:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Your might** Because of the following it is called “Your might”: because it performed wonders and mighty deeds among the Philistines. And so it is written above (I Chron 16:8-36): “Give thanks to the Lord,” “Search for the Lord and His might.” Our Sages stated further in Tractate *Abodah Zarah* 24b (I Sam. 6:12): “And the cows sang.” What song did they recite? They said, (Ps. 98:1) “His right hand and His holy arm have gained Him the victory.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:41:4
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:41:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:41:4)

**יִלְבְּשׁוּ תְשׁוּעָה.** מֵחֲמַת שֶׁלֹּא יִטַּלְטְלוּ מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם; כְּמוֹ ״וְהָיָה צֶדֶק אֵזוֹר מָתְנָיו״ (ישעיהו יא:ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall be attired with salvation** because they will not wander from place to place, like (Isa. 11:5): “And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:41:5
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:41:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:41:5)

**וַחֲסִידֶיךָ יִשְׂמְחוּ בַטּוֹב.** בְּרוֹב טוֹבוֹת וּמַעַשְׂרוֹת הַנִּתָּן לַלְוִיִּם בִּשְׂכַר שֶׁשּׁוֹמְרִין אֶת הָאָרוֹן וּמְשׁוֹרְרִים לְפָנָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and Your pious ones shall rejoice with the goodness** with the abundance of goodness and tithes that will be given to the Levites as reward for guarding the Ark and singing before it.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 6:42:1
[Rashi on II Chronicles 6:42:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Chronicles/r/6:42:1)

**אַל תָּשֵׁב פְּנֵי מְשִׁיחֶךָ.** מִלַּעֲשׂוֹת טוֹבָה עִמָּדִי; וְאִם לֹא לְמַעֲנִי, עֲשֵׂה לְמַעַנְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**do not turn back the face of Your anointed one** by not treating me with goodness, and if not for my sake, do it for Your sake.