## Rashi on II Kings Chapter 1

###### Rashi on II Kings 1:2:1
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**בְּעַד הַשְּׂבָכָה.** גראד"ה בְּלַעַ"ז. אוֹמֵר אֲנִי שֶׁרְגִילִים לְאָרְגוֹ שְׁתִי וָעֵרֶב בִּנְסָרִים אֲרֻכִּים וּקְצָרִים שֶׁקּוֹרִין קנטינל"י בְּלַעַ"ז, וְעוֹשִׂין נְקָבִים נְקָבִים כְּעֵין שְׂבָכָה, וְקָרוּי פרדונ"י בְּלַעַ"ז. וַאֲנִי שָׁמַעְתִּי 'שְׂבָכָה' ווי"ץ בְּלַעַ"ז, וּבִלְשׁוֹן אַשְׁכְּנַז שווינדל שטיג כְּמוֹ שֶׁפֵּרַשְׁתִּי וּבְלוּלִּים יַעֲלוּ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Through the lattice.** *Gradil*, in Latin. I say that they were accustomed to weave it as a warp and a woof with long and short boards, which is called (*lates*) *cantineli*, in Latin, and it was made full of holes like sort of a net, and it is called *prodne*, in O.F. But I heard that שְׂבָכָה is *wiz*, in O.F., and in German, *schwindel* *steg*, as I explained [in], “and by a winding stairway they went up.”¹

footnotes:
¹ Melochim 2:1


###### Rashi on II Kings 1:2:2
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**וַיָּחַל.** לְשׁוֹן חֹלִי.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And he became ill.** An expression of sickness.²

footnotes:
² IMelochim 6:8.


###### Rashi on II Kings 1:17:1
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**וַיִּמְלֹךְ יְהוֹרָם תַּחְתָּיו.** אָחִיו הָיָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And Yehorom reigned in his place.** He was his brother.


###### Rashi on II Kings 1:17:2
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**בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לִיהוֹרָם בֶּן יְהוֹשָׁפָט.** אֶפְשָׁר לוֹמַר כֵּן, וַהֲלֹא מָלַךְ בִּשְׁנַת תְּשַׁע עֶשְׂרֵה לִיהוֹשָׁפָט, שֶׁהֲרֵי אֲחַזְיָה מָלַךְ בִּשְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה, וּמָלַךְ שְׁנָתַיִם, וּבְסָמוּךְ נָמֵי כְּתִיב: בִּשְׁנַת שְׁמוֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה לִיהוֹשָׁפָט מָלַךְ יְהוֹרָם, וִיהוֹשָׁפָט מָלַךְ עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים קֹדֶם שֶׁמָּלַךְ יְהוֹרָם בְּנוֹ, אֶלָּא רָאוּי הָיָה יְהוֹשָׁפָט לֵהָרֵג בְּרָמוֹת גִּלְעָד, וּבִשְׂכַר שֶׁזָּעַק, תָּלָה לוֹ שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים, וּמֵאוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה הוּא מוֹנֶה לִבְנוֹ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**In the second year of Yehorom, son of Yehoshophot.** Is it possible to say this? Did he not reign in the nineteenth year of Yehoshophot? For Achazyah reigned in the seventeenth year [of Yehoshophot] and he reigned for two years,³ and also, below it is written, “In the eighteenth year of Yehoshophot,”⁴ that Yehorom reigned, and Yehoshophot reigned twenty-five years before Yehorom, his son, reigned.⁵ But, Yehoshophot deserved to be killed in Ramos Gilad, but as a reward for [his] crying out, his [death] was suspended for seven years,⁶ and from that time [Scripture] counts [the years] to his son.⁷

footnotes:
³ The root of the word is חלה (=to become ill).
⁴ He did not reign for a full two years. He reigned during two different years, and his total reign might have been less than one year, covering only the last few months of one year and the first few months of the following year.—Ralbag
⁵ Below 3:1.
⁶ According to Radak, the seven years discrepancy is resolved as follows. Yehoshophot gave over the throne to Yehorom during his lifetime because he wanted to establish Yehorom as his successor and to prevent conflict among the brothers. This occurred at the end of Yehoshophot’s reign. The first seven years of Yehorom’s reign were while his father was alive. The second year of Yehorom’s reign corresponds with the year that Yehorom son of Achov became king over Yisroel, as stated below in 3:1.
⁷ Tosefta Maseches Sotah 12:2.