## Rashi on II Chronicles Chapter 8

###### Rashi on II Chronicles 8:1:1
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**וַיְהִי מִקֵּץ עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה.** פִּתְרוֹן: מִקֵּץ עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה שֶׁנִּגְמַר כָּל הַבִּנְיָן שֶׁל **בֵּית ה׳** שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים **וְאֶת בֵּיתוֹ** שְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנִים, כְּדִכְתִיב בִּמְלָכִים (מלכים א ו:לח – ז:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now it came to pass at the end of twenty years** The meaning is: at the end of twenty years that the entire construction had been completed: that of the House of the Lord seven years and that of his palace thirteen years, as it is written in I Kings (6:38, 7:1).


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 8:4:1
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**וַיִּבֶן אֶת תַּדְמֹר בַּמִּדְבָּר.** וּבִמְלָכִים (מלכים א ט:יח) כְּתִיב ״אֶת תָּמוֹר״ וְ״תַדְמֹר״ קָרִינָן, וְזֶה שֶׁשָּׁנִינוּ בִּיבָמוֹת (טז.) אֵין מְקַבְּלִים גֵּרִים מִן הַתַּרְמוֹדִים. וּבִבְרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה (בראשית רבה נו:יט) בְּפָרָשַׁת עֲקֵידָה מְפָרֵשׁ, שֶׁעָזְרוּ לְשׂוֹנְאֵיהֶם שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל, וּלְפִי שֶׁהֵמִירוּ עַצְמָם וְנִתְחַלְּפוּ לְרָעָה בַּסּוֹף, עַל כֵּן נִכְתַּב בַּמְּלָכִים ״תָּמוֹר״ לְשׁוֹן תְּמוּרָה, שֶׁהָיָה לָהֶם לַעֲשׂוֹת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל חֶסֶד עָשָׂה עִמָּהֶם שְׁלֹמֹה, שֶׁבָּנָה לָהֶם כְּרַךְ תַּדְמֹר. וּמִשּׁוּם שְׁלֹמֹה לֹא נִכְתַּב כָּאן ״תָּמוֹר״ אֶלָּא תַּדְמֹר, כְּלוֹמַר: עִיר חֲשׁוּבָה; הַכֹּל לִכְבוֹד שְׁלֹמֹה, שֶׁאֵין כְּבוֹד שְׁלֹמֹה לוֹמַר כָּאן הָא בָּנָה כְּרַךְ שֶׁמָּרְדוּ בּוֹ וְקִלְקְלוּ בּוֹ; וְעַל כֵּן כָּתַב תַּדְמֹר וְלֹא ״תָּמוֹר״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he built Tadmor in the desert** In I Kings (9:18) it [the name] is written “Tamar,” but read, “Tadmor.” This accounts for that which we learned in Tractate *Jebamoth* (16a): We may not accept proselytes from the Tarmodites; and in *Genesis Rabbah* (56:11), in the portion dealing with the binding [of Isaac] it is explained that they aided Israel’s enemies, and because they changed themselves and became worse, the word תָּמָר is used in Kings, an expression of exchange (תְּמוּרָה), for they should have repaid Israel for the kindness that Solomon bestowed upon them, for he built the city of Tadmor for them. Because of Solomon, it is not written here “Tamar,” but “Tadmor,” i.e., an important city, in deference to Solomon’s honor, for it is no honor to Solomon to say here that he built a city which rebelled against him and sinned against him. Therefore, it is written, “Tadmor,” and not “Tamar.”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 8:5:1
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**עָרֵי מָצוֹר.** לְפִי שֶׁהָיוּ עוֹמְדִים עַל הַתְּחוּם, הֻצְרְכוּ חֹזֶק כָּל כָּךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**fortified cities** Because they stood on the border, they needed to be fortified.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 8:9:1
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**לִמְלַאכְתּוֹ.** לִמְלֶאכֶת בִּנְיָנוֹ; לָמָּה? כִּי הַגֵּרִים לִמְלַאכְתּוֹ וְלֹא אַנְשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל, לְפִי **כִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵמָּה** אַנְשֵׁי חַיִל וְ**אַנְשֵׁי מִלְחָמָה וְשָׂרֵי רִכְבּוֹ וּפָרָשָׁיו**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for his work** [i.e.] for the work of his building. Why? All the proselytes were [employed] to do his work, but not the men of Israel, because the Israelites served as soldiers and men of war and the officers of his chariots and his horsemen.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 8:10:1
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**חֲמִשִּׁים וּמָאתַיִם.** וּבִמְלָכִים ״חֲמִשִּׁים וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת״ (מלכים א ט:כג)! אֶלָּא זֶה וָזֶה אֶחָד הוּא, שֶׁמְחַסֵּר לְשָׁם שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת וְשָׁנָה וּמָנָה אוֹתָם שׁוּב, שֶׁהֲרֵי שָׁם כָּתוּב לְמַעְלָה ״לְבַד מִשָּׂרֵי הַנִּצָּבִים וְגוֹ׳ שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת הָרֹדִים״ (מלכים א ה:ל) וְכָאן כְּתִיב לְעֵיל ״שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת״ (דברי הימים ב ב:א), נִמְצָא מַה שֶּׁחָסֵר בְּפָסוּק אֶחָד הוֹסִיף בְּפָסוּק אַחֵר. וּמְחַלְּקָם, בִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁהַשְּׁלוֹשׁ מֵאוֹת הַיְּתֵרִים גֵּרִים הָיוּ, וְהָיוּ מְמֻנִּים עַל אוֹתָן שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת הָרוֹדִים עַל שִׁבְעִים אֶלֶף נֹשֵׂא סֵבֶל וּשְׁמוֹנִים אֶלֶף חֹצֵב בָּהָר. וְאֵלּוּ חֲמִשִּׁים וּמָאתַיִם הַנֶּאֱמַר כָּאן – יִשְׂרְאֵלִים הָיוּ, מְמֻנִּים עַל אוֹתָם שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת גֵּרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**two hundred fifty** And in I Kings (9:23): “five hundred fifty,” but [in fact], these two are identical, for there Scripture deducts three hundred and then repeats and counts them again, for there it is written (5:30): “Besides Solomon’s chief officers, etc....three thousand and three hundred, who bore rule,” and here it is written above (2:1): “three thousand six hundred.” We find that what is missing in one verse is added in the other verse. Scripture separates them because the three hundred extra were proselytes, and they were appointed over those three thousand three hundred who ruled over the seventy thousand who bore burdens and the eighty thousand hewers in the mountains (I Kings 5:29), and these two hundred fifty were Israelites, appointed over those three hundred proselytes.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 8:11:1
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**הֶעֱלָה שְׁלֹמֹה מֵעִיר דָּוִד.** הִיא צִיּוֹן, שֶׁהוֹשִׁיבָהּ בְּעִיר דָּוִד כְּשֶׁלְּקָחָהּ, וְהָיְתָה שָׁם עַד כְּלוֹתוֹ לִבְנוֹת אֶת בֵּיתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Solomon brought up from the City of David** That is Zion, for he let her dwell in the City of David when he married her, and she was there until he completed building his palace.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 8:11:2
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**כִּי קֹדֶשׁ הֵמָּה.** כָּל הָעִיר וְכָל הַבָּתִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because they are holy** The entire city and all the houses.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 8:11:3
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**אֲשֶׁר בָּאָה אֲלֵיהֶם.** לְפִי שֶׁבָּאָה אֲלֵיהֶם אֲרוֹן ה׳. **בָּאָה** – לְשׁוֹן נְקֵבָה, דּוּגְמָא ״וַאֲרוֹן בְּרִית ה׳ נִלְקָחָה״ (שמואל א ד:יז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**since the Ark of the Lord came to them** because the Ark of the Lord had come to them. [The word] בָּאָה is a feminine expression, similar to (I Sam. 4:17): “and the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord (sic) was taken (נִלְקְחָה).”


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 8:12:1
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**עַל מִזְבַּח ה׳.** זֶה מִזְבַּח הַנְּחֹשֶׁת שֶׁבָּנָה שְׁלֹמֹה (דברי הימים ב ד:א; ז:ז), וְיֵשׁ מְפָרְשִׁים: מִזְבַּח הַנְּחֹשֶׁת שֶׁעָשָׂה שְׁלֹמֹה תַּחַת מִזְבַּח הַנְּחֹשֶׁת שֶׁבָּנָה מֹשֶׁה (שמות לח:ל; לט:לט). וְתֵימַהּ בַּדָּבָר, שֶׁהֲרֵי כְּתִיב: ״וְאֶת עֹלַת כָּל עַם וְכָל דַּם עוֹלָה וְגוֹ׳ יִהְיֶה לְבַקֵּר״ (מלכים ב טז:טו), כְּלוֹמַר: מִזְבַּח הַנְּחֹשֶׁת שֶׁהָיָה שָׁם קֹדֶם לָכֵן יִהְיֶה לִי לְבַקֵּר; מִכְּלָל שֶׁהַמִּזְבֵּחַ הָיָה שֶׁל נְחֹשֶׁת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on the altar of the Lord** This was the copper altar that Solomon built. Some explain that this was the copper altar that Solomon made instead of the copper altar that Moses built, but this is astounding, because it is written (II Kings 16:15): “and the burnt offerings of the entire people of the land, etc. and the blood of every burnt offering, etc. shall be for me to visit,” i.e., the copper altar, which was there heretofore, shall be for me to visit. This proves that Moses’ copper altar was still there.


###### Rashi on II Chronicles 8:16:1
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**עַד הַיּוֹם מוּסַד בֵּית.** מִיּוֹם הִוָּסְדוֹ עַד כְּלוֹתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**until this day [from] the founding of the House of the Lord** From the day of its founding until its completion.