## Rashi on II Kings Chapter 12

###### Rashi on II Kings 12:3:1
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**כָּל יָמָיו. אֲשֶׁר הוֹרָהוּ יְהוֹיָדָע.** אֲבָל מִשֶּׁמֵּת יְהוֹיָדָע, אָז בָּאוּ שָׂרֵי יְהוּדָה לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹת לַמֶּלֶךְ, וַעֲשָׂאוּהוּ אֱלוֹהַּ, אָמְרוּ לוֹ: הַנִּכְנָס לְבֵית קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים שָׁעָה אַחַת מְסֻכָּן לָמוּת, וְאַתָּה נֶחְבֵּאתָ בּוֹ שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים, כְּדַאי אַתָּה לִהְיוֹת אֱלוֹהַּ, אָז שָׁמַע הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲלֵיהֶם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**All his days, as Yehoyoda the *kohein* instructed him.** But after Yehoyoda died, the officers of Yehudah came to prostrate themselves before the king, and they deified him. They said to him, “One who enters the Holy of Holies for only a moment is in danger of dying, yet were hidden there for six years, so you are fit to be a deity.” Then the king listened to them.¹² instructed him,” i.e., as long as Yehoyada was alive.—Radak Or, “all his days” refers to Yehoyada’s days. After Yehoyada died, Yoash began to worship *asheirohs* and other idols. When Zecharyoh prophesied against him, Yoash had him killed, and the following year Arom attacked Yerusholayim.

footnotes:
¹ Shemos Rabboh 8:2.
² Accordingly, the meaning of the verse is “all his days as Yehoyada the kohein


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:5:1
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**כֶּסֶף עוֹבֵר אִישׁ כֶּסֶף נַפְשׁוֹת עֶרְכּוֹ.** שְׁנֵי כְסָפִים יֵשׁ כָּאן, כָּל הָעוֹבֵר עַל הַפְּקֻדִים, כֶּסֶף עוֹבֵר, הוּא כֶּסֶף הַשְּׁקָלִים שֶׁבְּכָל שָׁנָה, הַנֶּאֱמַר בּוֹ: וְאִישׁ שֶׁיִּתְנַדֵּב עֶרְכַּת נַפְשׁוֹ, הָאוֹמֵר עֶרְכִּי עָלַי.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The half-*shekel* [given by every male over twenty,] and donations representing the value of one’s age.** Two types of money are mentioned here. “Everyone who passes the numbering,”³ [The first type is] the money of anyone who passes the numbering, i.e., the money of the annual *shekalim*, about which it is stated, and [the second type is] anyone who volunteers his own value, i.e., one who says, “My value shall be incumbent upon me [to donate].”⁴

footnotes:
³ Shemos 30:13-14.
⁴ See Vayikra 27:1-8.


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:5:2
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**כָּל כֶּסֶף אֲשֶׁר יַעֲלֶה וְגוֹ'.** כְּגוֹן הָאוֹמֵר הֲרֵי עָלַי מָנָה לְבֶדֶק הַבַּיִת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**All monies that [a person’s heart] inspires him, etc.** E.g., one who says, “I obligate myself to donate a *maneh* for making repairs to the Beis [Hamikdosh],


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:6:1
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**יִקְחוּ לָהֶם הַכֹּהֲנִים.** יִהְיֶה שֶׁלָּהֶם, וְהֵם יְקַבְּלוּ עֲלֵיהֶם לְחַזֵּק אֶת בֶּדֶק הַבַּיִת מִשֶּׁלָּהֶם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Let take [the money] for themselves—the *kohanim*.** [I.e.,] it will be theirs, and [in return] they will obligate themselves to make the [necessary] repairs to the Beis [Hamikdosh] from their own [funds] .


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:6:2
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**מֵאֵת מַכָּרוֹ.** מֵאֵת מַכִּירוֹ הָרָגִיל אֶצְלוֹ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**From his friend.** From his acquaintance who frequently visits him.


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:6:3
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**בֶּדֶק.** בְּקִיעָה וְסֶדֶק הַחוֹמָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Restoration.** Split[s] and crack[s] in the wall.⁵

footnotes:
⁵ בֶּדֶק means “examination.” One must examine splits and cracks to determine their method of repair.—Radak


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:8:1
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**וְעַתָּה אַל תִּקְחוּ כֶסֶף.** עוֹד, וְאַל תְּחַזְּקוּ הַבַּיִת מִשֶּׁלָּכֶם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And now do not take the money.** Anymore, and do not repair the Beis [Hamikdosh] with your money.⁶

footnotes:
⁶ Although the Beis Hamikdosh was only 155 years old at the time, it was in need of extensive repair because Atalyoh and her sons made breaches in its wall. See II Divrei Hayomim 24:7.—Radak


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:8:2
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**כִּי לְבֶדֶק הַבַּיִת תִּתְּנֻהוּ.** אִם יִפְחוֹת יִפְחוֹת, וְאִם יוֹתִיר יוֹתִיר.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**But for the restoration of the Beis [Hamikdosh]—you should give it over** Whether it will be less [than needed], let it be less, and if it will be more [than needed], let it be left over.


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:10:1
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**אֵצֶל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ.** בָּעֲזָרָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Near the altar.** In the [Temple] Court.


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:10:2
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**מִיָּמִין בְּבוֹא אִישׁ.** מִימִין בִּיאַת הָאֲנָשִׁים.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**To the right, as a person enters.** On the right [side] where the people come in.


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:10:3
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**שֹׁמְרֵי הַסַּף.** סִפֵּי הָעֲזָרָה, הַמְמֻנִּים עַל מַפְתְּחוֹת הָעֲזָרָה, שֶׁהֲרֵי תִּרְגְּמוֹ יוֹנָתָן: אֲמַרְכְּלַיָּא. וְהָאֲמַרְכָּלִים שִׁבְעָה הָיוּ, לְשִׁבְעָה שַׁעֲרֵי הָעֲזָרָה, בְּתוֹסֶפְתָּא דִּשְׁקָלִים.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The guards of the threshold.** The thresholds of the [Temple] Court, [i.e.,] those in charge of the keys of the [Temple] Court,⁷ for [Targum] Yonoson rendered it as, “אֲמַרְכְּלַיָּא [=custodian of the keys],” and there were seven אֲמַרְכָּלִים, for the seven gates of the [Temple] Court. [This is stated in] Tosefta of [Maseches] Shekalim.⁸

footnotes:
⁷ Alternatively, these were the custodians of the Temple’s vessels.—Ralbag
⁸ 2:15.


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:11:1
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**וַיְהִי.** מִיּוֹם אֶל יוֹם. **כִּרְאוֹתָם כִּי רַב הַכֶּסֶף בָּאָרוֹן וַיַּעַל סֹפֵר הַמֶּלֶךְ וְגוֹ'.**

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Whenever.** A daily occurrence (constantly).⁹ **They saw that there was much money in the box, and they would go up—the king’s scribe [and the *Kohein Gadol*] etc.**

footnotes:
⁹ I.e., when they saw that the boxes were full they would “bag and count the money.”—Radak


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:12:1
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**וְנָתְנוּ אֶת הַכֶּסֶף הַמְתֻכָּן.** הָיוּ נוֹתְנִין אוֹתוֹ הַכֶּסֶף הַמָּנוּי, לְאַחַר שֶׁהוֹצִיאוּ מִן הָאָרוֹן וּשְׁקָלוּהוּ וּמְנָאוּהוּ, הָיוּ נוֹתְנִין אוֹתוֹ עַל יְדֵי הַגִּזְבָּרִין הַמְמֻנִּים עַל עוֹשֵׂי הַמְּלָאכָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**They gave the counted money.** They would give the counted money, i.e., after it was taken out of the chest and weighed¹⁰ and counted, they would give it into the hands of the treasurers who were in charge of the workers.

footnotes:
¹⁰ Alternatively, the money was “minted and counted,” i.e., the coins without a stamp were minted so that they could be spent.—Metzudas Dovid


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:12:2
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**הַמְתֻכָּן.** לְשׁוֹן מִנְיָן, כְּמוֹ: וְתוֹכֵן לְבֵנִים תִּתֵּנוּ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The counted.** [מְתֻכָּן is] an expression of a number, as in, “and the number [=וְתוֹכֵן] of bricks you shall give.”¹¹

footnotes:
¹¹ Shemos 5:18.


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:12:3
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**הַמֻּפְקָדִים.** הַמְמֻנִּים.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Who were [thus] appointed.** Who were appointed.


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:12:4
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**וַיּוֹצִיאֻהוּ.** לְשׁוֹן הוֹצָאָה, לִשְׂכֹּר חָרָשֵׁי הָעֵץ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**They paid.** [וַיּוֹצִיאֻהוּ is] an expression of spending, for the purpose of hiring carpenters.


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:12:5
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**וְלַבֹּנִים.** הֵם הָאַרְדְּכָלִין חָרָשֵׁי הָאֶבֶן, שֶׁחַבְרֵיהֶם עוֹשִׂים עַל פִּיהֶם רָאשֵׁי הָאֻמָּנוּת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And the builders.** They are the architects, the stone smiths, whose colleagues worked under their orders, [i.e., בּוֹנִים were] the supervisors of the craftsmen.


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:13:1
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**וְלַגֹּדְרִים.** לְבוֹנֵי הַחוֹמָה, תַּלְמִידֵי אַרְדְּכָלִין.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And the masons.** The builders of the wall, the architects’ apprentices.


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:13:2
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**וּלְחֹצְבֵי הָאֶבֶן.** מִן הָהָר.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And for the stone cutters.** From the mountain.


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:14:1
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**סִפּוֹת כֶּסֶף מְזַמְּרוֹת.** וְהֵם כְּלֵי שִׁיר.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Silver pitchers, musical instruments.** They are musical instruments.¹²¹³

footnotes:
¹² Although Scripture in II Divrei Hayomim 24:14 indicates that they used this money for making ministering vessels, the Gemara in Maseches Kesubos 106b explains that the primary purpose of this money was for repairs. However, if there was money left over, it could be used for making utensils, instruments, etc. for the Temple.—Radak
¹³ Rashi maintains that סִפּוֹת are musical instruments in accordance with his view in I Melochim 7:50. Alternatively, they are vessels used to receive blood of sacrifices or wine of libations.—Ralbag


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:16:1
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**וְלֹא יְחַשְּׁבוּ אֶת הָאֲנָשִׁים.** לֹא הָיוּ הָאַמְרְכָּלִין בָּאִין לְחֶשְׁבּוֹן עִם הָאֲנָשִׁים הַגִּזְבָּרִין, אֲשֶׁר יִתְּנוּ הָאַמְרְכָּלִין אֶת הַכֶּסֶף תָּמִיד עַל יָדָם לְתִתּוֹ לְעוֹשֵׂי הַמְּלָאכָה, לְפִי שֶׁלֹּא הָיוּ חֲשׁוּדִים בְּעֵינֵיהֶם, כִּי בֶאֱמוּנָה הֵם עוֹשִׂים.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**They did not demand and accounting from the men.** The supervisors would not make an accounting with the treasurers that the supervisors would give the money—continually—into whose hand to give it to the workers, because they were not suspect in their eyes, for they worked with integrity.


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:17:1
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**כֶּסֶף אָשָׁם וְכֶסֶף חַטָּאוֹת.** הַמַּפְרִישׁ מָעוֹת לְחַטָּאתוֹ וְלַאֲשָׁמוֹ, וְלָקַח אֶת הַבְּהֵמָה וְנוֹתַר מִן הַמָּעוֹת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Money for guilt-offerings and money for sin-offerings.** If one sets aside money for his sin-offering or for his guilt-offering, and purchased the animal, and there was money left over.


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:17:2
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**לֹא יוּבָא בֵּית ה'** לְבֶדֶק הַבַּיִת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Was not brought to the Beis [Hamikdosh] of Adonoy.** For repairing the damage of the Beis [Hamikdosh].


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:17:3
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**לַכֹּהֲנִים יִהְיוּ.** וְהֵם לוֹקְחִים מֵהֶם עוֹלוֹת קַיִץ לַמִּזְבֵּחַ, הַבָּשָׂר לְעוֹלָה, וְהָעוֹרוֹת שֶׁלָּהֶם, כָּךְ שָׁנִינוּ בִּתְמוּרָה: זֶה מִדְרָשׁ דָּרַשׁ יְהוֹיָדָע הַכֹּהֵן, כָּל הַבָּא מִמּוֹתַר חַטָּאת וּמִמּוֹתַר אָשָׁם, יִלָּקַח בָּהֶן עוֹלוֹת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**It was for the*kohanim*.** And they would [use the funds to] buy burnt-offerings, “fruit” for the altar; the flesh was for a burnt-offering and the hides were theirs [the *kohanim’s*]. Thus we learned in [Maseches] Temurah.¹⁴ Yehoyoda the *kohein* expounded on this as follows: Everything that comes from the remainder of a sin-offering and of a guilt-offering should be used to purchase burnt-offerings.¹⁵

footnotes:
¹⁴ 23b.
¹⁵ See Maseches Zevachim 103a.


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:18:1
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**אָז יַעֲלֶה חֲזָאֵל.** אַחַר מוֹת יְהוֹיָדָע, וְעָשָׂה יוֹאָשׁ אֶת עַצְמוֹ אֱלוֹהַּ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Then Chazoeil [the king of Arom] went up.** After the death of Yehoyoda, Yoash made himself for a god.


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:21:1
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**בֵּית מִלֹּא.** בְּאוֹתוֹ מָקוֹם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**At Beis Millo.** In that place.


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:21:2
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**מִלֹּא.** שֵׁם מָקוֹם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Millo.** The name of a place.


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:21:3
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**סִלָּא.** שֵׁם מָקוֹם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Selo.** The name of a place.¹⁶

footnotes:
¹⁶ Scripture describes the location of Beis Millo, “that leads down to Selo” which was near Yerusholayim, because there was another Beis Millo near Shechem mentioned in Shoftim 9:6, 20.—Malbim


###### Rashi on II Kings 12:22:1
[Rashi on II Kings 12:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/12:22:1)

**וְיוֹזָכָר בֶּן שִׁמְעָת וִיהוֹזָבָד בֶּן שֹׁמֵר.** כָּתוּב בְּדִבְרֵי הַיָּמִים: שִׁמְעָת הָעַמּוֹנִית וִיהוֹזָבָד בֶּן שִׁמְרִית הַמּוֹאָבִית, וְלָמָּה פֵּרְשׁוֹ הַכָּתוּב, לְלַמֵּד שֶׁנִּפְרַע מִמֶּנּוּ הַקָּבָּ"ה עַל יְדֵי אֲנָשִׁים כַּיּוֹצֵא בוֹ, יָבוֹאוּ עַמּוֹנִים וּמוֹאָבִים כְּפוּיֵי טוֹבָה, שֶׁכָּפוּ בְּטוֹבָתוֹ שֶל אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ שֶׁעָשָׂה לְלוֹט שֶׁנִּלְחַם עִם הַמְּלָכִים לְהַצִּילוֹ, וְהֵם שָׂכְרוּ אֶת בִּלְעָם לְקַלֵּל אֶת בָּנָיו, וְיִפָּרַע מִיּוֹאָשׁ, שֶׁכָּפָה בְּטוֹבָתוֹ שֶל יְהוֹיָדָע, וְהָרַג אֶת זְכַרְיָהוּ בְּנוֹ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּפָרֵשׁ בְּדִבְרֵי הַיָּמִים. וּמִדְרָשׁ זֶה בְּסִפְרִי.

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**Yozochor the son of Shimos, and Yehozovod the son of Shomeir.** In Divrei Hayomim it is written, “[Zovod, son of] Shimos the Amonite and Yehozovod, son of Shimris the Moavite.”¹⁷ Why did Scripture specify? To teach us that the Holy One, Blessed Is He, requited him through people with traits similar to his. Let the ungrateful Amonites and Moavites, who ignored our father Avrohom’s favor, which he did for Lot, (that he fought with the kings to rescue him, yet they hired Bilaam to curse his descendants), and he will requite Yoash who ignored the favor of Yehoyoda, and killed Zecharyohu his son, as it is explained [in Scripture].¹⁸ This Midrash is in Sifrei.

footnotes:
¹⁷ II Divrei Hayomim 24:26. These men are listed as the ones who rebelled against Yehoash.
¹⁸ Ibid. v. 21-22.