## Rashi on II Kings Chapter 11

###### Rashi on II Kings 11:2:1
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**בַּחֲדַר הַמִּטּוֹת.** בַּעֲלִיַּת בֵּית קָדְשֵׁי הַקֳּדָשִׁים, כְּמָה שֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר: וַיְהִי אִתָּהּ בֵּית ה' מִתְחַבֵּא וְגוֹ', עָלָיו אָמַר דָּוִד: כִּי יִצְפְּנֵנִי בְּסֻכֹּה יַסְתִּירֵנִי בְּסֵתֶר אָהֳלוֹ. וְקוֹרֵא אוֹתָהּ חֲדַר הַמִּטּוֹת, עַל שֵׁם: בֵּין שָׁדַי יָלִין. וְזֶהוּ שֶׁיִּסֵּד רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר: נִפֵּץ חֲדַר הַמִּטּוֹת, חָרְבַּן בֵּיתְךָ יְכַפֵּר עֲלֵיהֶם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Into the bed-chamber‘room.** In the attic of the Holy of Holies,¹, and she therefore had access to the chambers in the Beis Hamikdosh. as it states, “And he remained with her in the Beis [Hamikdosh] of Adonoy, hiding, etc.”² Concerning him Dovid said, “For He will hide me in His Tabernacle … He will conceal me in the shelter of His Tent.”³ He calls it the “bed-chamber” in accordance with, “Between my breasts He lodges.”⁴⁵ This is what Rabbi Eliezer⁶ instituted, [May He remember for atonement] “the destruction of the bed-chamber,” [i.e.,] “May the destruction of Your Beis [Hamikdosh] atone for them.”

footnotes:
¹ In II Divrei Hayomim 22:11 it indicates that Yehosheva was the wife of Yehoyada the chief kohein
² Below v. 3.
³ Tehillim 27:5.
⁴ Shir Hashirim 1:13.
⁵ The Holy Presence rested between the two staves of the Ark within the Holy of Holies. The staves protruded into the curtain like a woman’s breasts. See Rashi I Melochim 8:8 and Maseches Yoma 54a.
⁶ Rashi is referring to Rabbi Elazar Hakalir, the author of this poetic liturgy.


###### Rashi on II Kings 11:4:1
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**לַכָּרִי.** שָׂרֵי הַמֵּאוֹת לַגִּבּוֹרִים, וְשָׂרֵי מֵאוֹת לָרָצִים. וּלְשׁוֹן כָּרִי שֶׁלֹּא אָמַר לַכָּרִים, שֵׁם דָּבָר שֶל קְבוּצַת הַגִּבּוֹרִים, ברני"ר בְּלַעַ"ז.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The mighty warriors.** The officers of the hundreds of the mighty warriors and the officers of the hundreds of the runners. The expression כָּרִי is used, and not כָּרִים,⁷ because [כָּרִי] is a noun, [meaning] a company of mighty warriors, *barned*, in O.F.

footnotes:
⁷ Which is the plural of כָּרִי.


###### Rashi on II Kings 11:4:2
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**וַיִּכְרֹת לָהֶם בְּרִית.** שֶׁיִּהְיוּ בְּעֶזְרָתוֹ, לְהַמְלִיךְ אֶת בֶּן הַמֶּלֶךְ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**He made a covenant with them.** That they will help him in crowning the king’s son.


###### Rashi on II Kings 11:5:1
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**הַשְּׁלִשִׁית מִכֶּם בָּאֵי הַשַּׁבָּת.** הַמִּשְׁמָרוֹת הָיוּ מִתְחַדְּשׁוֹת וּבָאוֹת בְּשַׁבָּת, מִשְׁמְרוֹת כְּהֻנָּה וּלְוִיָּה, אַחַת נִכְנֶסֶת וְאַחַת יוֹצֵאת, וְצִוָּה אֶת הַמִּשְׁמָר הַנִּכְנָס לְהִתְחַלֵּק לִשְׁלשָׁה חֲלָקִים, הַשְּׁלִישִׁית בְּבֵית הַמֶּלֶךְ, לִשְׁמֹר שֶׁלֹּא יַעֲמֹד אִישׁ עַל הַמֶּלֶךְ לְהָרְגוֹ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**One third of you of those who come on Shabbos.** The watches would be renewed on Shabbos,⁸ and *Leviyim* that served in rotation in the Beis Hamikdosh. They changed places on Shabbos. the watches of the *kohanim* and *Leviyim*. one would enter and one would leave. He ordered the watch that was entering, to divide into three parts, one third in the king’s palace, to guard that no one rise up against the king to assassinate him.⁹

footnotes:
⁸ See Mishnayos Maseches Taanis 2:6,7. There were twenty-four families of kohanim
⁹ I.e., Yoash.


###### Rashi on II Kings 11:6:1
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**וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁית בְּשַׁעַר סוּר. הוּא שַׁעַר הַמִּזְרָחִי שֶׁבָּעֲזָרָה, שַׁעַר הַסִּירָה. וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁית בְּשַׁעַר הָרָצִים.** אַף הוּא מִשַּׁעֲרֵי הָעֲזָרָה. וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: בְּתַרְעָא דְּבַתְרוֹהִי תַּרְעָא רָהֲטַיָּא. וְשַׁעַר הָרָצִים, דֶּרֶךְ שָׁם בָּאִין מִבֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ לְבֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, כְּמָה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בְּסוֹף הָעִנְיָן, וְאוֹתוֹ שַׁעַר הָעֲזָרָה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר אַחֲרָיו שַׁעַר הָרָצִים, קְרָאוֹ בְּדִבְרֵי הַיָּמִים: שַׁעַר הַסִּפִּים.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**one third in the Sur Gate, the eastern gate of the Temple court, the Hasirah Gate. [6.] And one third [will be] at the gate behind the runners.** That too was one of the gates of the Temple court. [Targum] Yonoson rendered, “בְּתַרְעָא דְּבַתְרוֹהִי תַּרְעָא רָהֲטַיָּא, [=the gate which was behind the Gate of the Runners].” Through the Gate of the Runners one would go from the royal palace to the Beis Hamikdosh, as it is stated at the end of this matter. And that gate of the Temple court, about which it is stated at the gate behind the runners,¹⁰ was called in Divrei Hayomim, “the Gate of the Sippim.”¹¹

footnotes:
¹⁰ See below, v. 6.
¹¹ II Divrei Hayomim 23:4.


###### Rashi on II Kings 11:6:2
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**וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת מִשְׁמֶרֶת הַבַּיִת מַסָּח.** שְׁמִירָה זוֹ צִוָּם עַל הַחֵלֶק הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁאָמַר עָלָיו וְשָׁמְרוּ אֶת מִשְׁמֶרֶת בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And you shall keep the watch of the palace without taking your mind off it.** This watch he commanded the first group, concerning whom he said, “will keep watch of the king’s palace.”¹²

footnotes:
¹² See above, v. 5.


###### Rashi on II Kings 11:6:3
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**מַסָּח.** שִׁמְרוּהוּ מְאֹד, שֶׁלֹּא תַסִּיחוּ דַעְתְּכֶם, לְשׁוֹן נוֹאָשׁ, שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא יֵאוּשׁ בַּדָּבָר, וּמֵ"ם שֶׁל מַסָּח מִן הַיְסוֹד.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Without taking your mind off it.** Guard it very diligently, that you do not take your mind off it, an expression of “despair [=ננוֹאָשׁ],”¹³ that there should be no despair in this matter. The ‘מ’ of מַסָּח is part of the root.¹⁴

footnotes:
¹³ I Shmuel 27:1.
¹⁴ I.e., The ‘מ’ is not a prefix meaning “from.”


###### Rashi on II Kings 11:7:1
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**וּשְׁתֵּי הַיָּדוֹת בָּכֶם.** שֶׁאָמַרְתִּי שֶׁיְּהֵא בְּשַׁעַר סוּר וּבְשַׁעַר הָרָצִים, וְעִמָּהֶם כָּל יוֹצְאֵי הַשַּׁבָּת, כָּל אַנְשֵׁי מִשְׁמָר הַיּוֹצֵא.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The two groups of you.** Who I said should be in the Sur Gate and in the Gate of the Runners, and with them all those who leave on Shabbos, [i.e.,] all the men of the departing watch.


###### Rashi on II Kings 11:7:2
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**וְשָׁמְרוּ אֶת מִשְׁמֶרֶת בֵּית ה' אֶל הַמֶּלֶךְ.** שֶׁלֹּא יְבוֹאֵהוּ נֶזֶק מִתּוֹךְ בֵּית ה', וְלֹא הֻצְרַךְ לְכָל זֹאת אֶלָּא שַׁבָּת רִאשׁוֹנָה, עַד שֶׁהוּמְתָה עֲתַלְיָה, וּבָרְחוּ עוֹזְרֶיהָ מִן הָעִיר.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Will guard Beis [Hamikdosh] of Adonoy for the king.** That no harm befall him from within the Beis [Hamikdosh] of Adonoy. He did not require all this except for the first Shabbos, until Atalyoh was killed and her allies fled from the city.


###### Rashi on II Kings 11:8:1
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**וְהַבָּא אֶל הַשְּׂדֵרוֹת.** אִישׁ נָכְרִי שֶׁיָּבֹא לְתוֹךְ הַמָּחוֹז הַקָּרוּי שְׂדֵרוֹת, וְהוּא מְקוֹם מְבוֹא הַמֶּלֶךְ מִבֵּיתוֹ לְבֵית ה'. וְלֹא יָדַעְתִּי מַהוּ לְשׁוֹן שְׂדֵרוֹת. וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: סוּדְרִיָא.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And whoever breaks the ranks.** A stranger who comes within the boundary called “שדרות,”¹⁵ which is the place of the king’s entry from his palace to the Beis [Hamikdosh] of Adonoy. I do not know the origin of the word “שְׂדֵרוֹת,” but [Targum] Yonoson rendered it “סוּדְרִיָא.”¹⁶

footnotes:
¹⁵ Any stranger entering this area was suspected of being Atalyoh’s ally who was seeking to assassinate the king.—Metzudas Dovid
¹⁶ Targum substitutes a ‘ש’ for the ‘ס’. It was sort of a passage from the palace to the Beis Hamikdosh.


###### Rashi on II Kings 11:12:1
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**אֶת הַנֵּזֶר וְאֶת הָעֵדוּת.** סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: וְהָיְתָה עִמּוֹ וְקָרָא בוֹ כָּל יְמֵי חַיָּיו. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ: הַנֵּזֶר הוּא הָעֵדוּת, שֶׁכָּל הָרָאוּי לַמַּלְכוּת הוֹלַמְתּוֹ, וְשֶׁאֵינוֹ רָאוּי לַמַּלְכוּת אֵינָהּ הוֹלַמְתּוֹ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**[Placed] the crown on him and [gave him] the Testimony.** The Torah Scroll, as it is written, “And it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life.”¹⁷¹⁸ And our Rabbis stated that the crown itself was the “testimony,” for it would fit anyone who is fit for the throne, but it would not fit anyone unfit for the throne.¹⁹

footnotes:
¹⁷ Devorim 17:19. Adonoy king must always have a Torah Scroll with him at all times. Therefore, the Torah Scroll acts as a testimony of royalty. Alternatively, the Torah Scroll is referred to as “testimony.” See Shemos 25:16 and Rashi there.—Metzudas Dovid
¹⁸ Alternatively, עֵדוּת refers to the royal robes.—Radak
¹⁹ See Maseches Avodah Zarah 44a, and Rashi there.


###### Rashi on II Kings 11:14:1
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**הָעַמּוּד.** הוּא מַעֲמַד הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּבֵית ה'.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**On the pedestal.** That is the king’s platform in the Beis [Hamikdosh] of Adonoy.²⁰

footnotes:
²⁰ Alternatively, עַמּוּד merely refers to a location in that area that was set aside for the king.


###### Rashi on II Kings 11:14:2
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**קֶשֶׁר קָשֶׁר.** מֶרֶד מֶרֶד יֵשׁ כָּאן.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**“A revolt! A revolt!”** Revolt. There is a revolt here.


###### Rashi on II Kings 11:15:1
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**הוֹצִיאוּ אֹתָהּ.** מִבֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ לִשְׂדֵרוֹת, וְהֵבִיאוּ אוֹתָהּ דֶּרֶךְ בֵּית הַשְּׂדֵרוֹת לְבֵית הַמֶּלֶךְ, וְאַל תַּנִּיחוּהָ לָצֵאת דֶּרֶךְ מוֹצָא הָעֲזָרָה אֶל הָעִיר, פֶּן תִּמְצָא עוֹזְרִים וּמִתְחַבְּרִים אֵלֶיהָ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**“Remove her.”** Out of the Beis Hamikdosh to the ranks [=שְׂדֵרוֹת] [i.e.,] and bring her by way of the שְׂדֵרוֹת to the king’s palace, but do not allow her to leave through the exit of the Temple court through the city, where she might find allies who will join her.


###### Rashi on II Kings 11:15:2
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**וְהַבָּא אַחֲרֶיהָ.** בְּעֶזְרָתָהּ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And anyone who follows her.** To help her.


###### Rashi on II Kings 11:15:3
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**הָמֵת בֶּחָרֶב.** לְהָמִית בְּחֶרֶב.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Kill with the sword.** To slay with a sword.


###### Rashi on II Kings 11:16:1
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**וַיָשִׂמוּ לָהּ יָדַיִם.** מָקוֹם, אשטנצ"א בְּלַעַ"ז.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**They made a place for her.** A place,²¹ *aisances*, in O.F.

footnotes:
²¹ See Devorim 23:13 where the word “יַד” means “a place.”


###### Rashi on II Kings 11:17:1
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**בֵּין ה' וּבֵין הַמֶּלֶךְ וּבֵין הָעָם.** שֶׁיְּהוּ הַמֶּלֶךְ וְהָעָם אַחֲרֵי ה', וְאַחַר כָּךְ בֵּין הַמֶּלֶךְ וּבֵין הָעָם, שֶׁיְּהוּ עֲבָדִים לַמֶּלֶךְ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Between Adonoy and between the king and the people.** That the king and the people will follow Adonoy,²² and afterwards [he enacted a covenant] between the king and the people that they should be subservient to the king.²³

footnotes:
²² And that they uproot all the idolatry that had become pervasive at the time.
²³ And in return the king will wage wars for the people.—Metzudas Dovid


###### Rashi on II Kings 11:18:1
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**פְּקֻדֹּת.** מְמֻנִּים לִשְׁמֹר בִּמְקוֹם מִשְׁמַרְתָּם כְּהִלְכָתָן, כִּי עֲתַלְיָהוּ בִּטְּלָה אֶת סֵדֶר מִשְׁמְרוֹת הַבַּיִת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Assignments.** Appointed to watch at the location of their watch according to their charge, because Atalyohu had abolished the order of the watches in the Beis [Hamikdosh].²⁴

footnotes:
²⁴ See II Divrei Hayomim 24:7.


###### Rashi on II Kings 11:19:1
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**וַיָּבוֹאוּ דֶּרֶךְ שַׁעַר הָרָצִים.** אֶל בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**They came by way of the Gate of the Runners.** To the king’s palace.²⁵ the king’s palace.” However, Rashi in v. 5 above explained that the Gate of the Runners was one of the gates of the Temple’s court. Therefore Rashi renders the verse as, “by way of the Gate of the Runners *to* the king’s palace.” Alternatively, the Gate of the Runners was one of the gates of the king’s palace.—Targum

footnotes:
²⁵ Literally the verse reads “by way of the Gate of the Runners of