## Rashi on II Kings Chapter 14

###### Rashi on II Kings 14:7:1
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**וַיִּקְרָא אֶת שְׁמָהּ יָקְתְאֵל.** שֶׁהָיְתָה לּוֹ לְקִהוּי שִׁנַּיִם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב בְּדִבְרֵי הַיָּמִים: אַחֲרֵי בּוֹא אֲמַצְיָהוּ מֵהַכּוֹת אֶת אֱדוֹמִים וַיָּבֵא אֶת אֱלֹהֵי בְּנֵי שְׂעִיר וַיַּעֲמִידֵם לוֹ לֵאלֹהִים וְלִפְנֵיהֶם יִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה וְגוֹ'. וְהוֹכִיחוֹ הַנָּבִיא וְאָמַר לוֹ: יָדַעְתִּי כִּי יָעַץ אֱלֹהִים לְהַשְׁחִיתֶךָ, וּמַה הִיא הָעֵצָה, שֶׁהִשִּׁיאוֹ לְהִתְגָּרוֹת בְּמֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And named it Yokseil.** For it set his teeth on edge, as it is written, “After Amatzyohu came from killing the Edomites, he brought the gods of the children of Seir, etc., for deities, he would bow down to them, etc.,”¹ and the prophet rebuked him and said to him, “I know that God has made a plan to destroy you.”² Now what was the advice? That He persuaded him to incite the king of Yisroel.

footnotes:
¹ II Divrei Hayomim 25:14.
² Ibid. v. 16.


###### Rashi on II Kings 14:8:1
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**אָז שָׁלַח אֲמַצְיָה מַלְאָכִים וְגוֹ' נִתְרָאֶה פָנִים.** בַּמִּלְחָמָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Amatzyoh then sent messengers, etc., “let us battle each other.”** [By going] to war.³

footnotes:
³ Previously, Yehoash’s men had invaded Yehudah in a surprise attack, because Amatzyohu had abruptly dismissed Yehoash’s men from going to war with him. See II Divrei Hayomim 25:10, 13. Amatzyohu now challenged Amatzyohu to confront him in battle.—Metzudas Dovid


###### Rashi on II Kings 14:9:1
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**הַחוֹחַ אֲשֶׁר בַּלְּבָנוֹן.** שְׁכֶם בֶּן חֲמוֹר.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**“The thistle that was in Levanon.** Shechem son of Chamor.


###### Rashi on II Kings 14:9:2
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**שָׁלַח אֶל הָאֶרֶז.** יַעֲקֹב.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Sent [a message] to the cedar tree.** Yaakov.


###### Rashi on II Kings 14:9:3
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**וַתַּעֲבֹר חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה.** בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב בָּאוּ עַל הַחֲלָלִים, אַף כָּאן אַתָּה בָּא לְהִתְמַשֵּׁל אֵלַי. וּמְשַׁל בִּזָּיוֹן הוּא, שֶׁדִּמָּהוּ לְחוֹחַ, וְאֶת עַצְמוֹ לְאֶרֶז.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And it passed by the wild beast [that was in Levanon].** “Yaakov’s sons came upon the slain.”⁴ Here too, you come to compare yourself to me. This comparison was to humiliate him, for he likened him [Amatzyohu] to a thistle, and himself to a cedar [tree].⁵

footnotes:
⁴ Bereishis 34:27.
⁵ Yehoash, whose grandfather Yeihu, completely destroyed Achov and his family, was mocking Amatzyohu, who was Achov’s descendant.


###### Rashi on II Kings 14:9:4
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**וַתַּעֲבֹר חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר בַּלְּבָנוֹן וַתִּרְמֹס וְגוֹ'.** לְפִי שֶׁנִּתְגָּאֵיתָ, אַף אַתָּה יִרְמְסוּךָ גְּדוּדֵי חֵילוֹתַי.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And the wild beast that was in Levanon passed by and trampled, etc.** Because you are arrogant, the troops of my armies will trample you too.


###### Rashi on II Kings 14:14:1
[Rashi on II Kings 14:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/14:14:1)

**וְאֵת בְּנֵי הַתַּעֲרֻבוֹת.** בְּנֵי הַשָּׂרִים, שֶׁהָיוּ נְתוּנִים בְּבֵית הַמֶּלֶךְ לְעֵרָבוֹן, שֶׁלֹּא יִמְרְדוּ אֲבוֹתָם בּוֹ. וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: בְּנֵי רַבְרְבַיָּא.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And the children [held] hostage.** The children of the princes, who were placed in the king’s palace as security that their fathers would not rebel against him. And so did [Targum] Yonoson render, “ the children of the princes.”


###### Rashi on II Kings 14:17:1
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**וַיְחִי אֲמַצְיָהוּ וְגוֹ'.** כָּל חָמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה מָלַךְ עֻזִּיָּהוּ בְּנוֹ בְּחַיָּיו, שֶׁכֵּן כָּתוּב בְּדִבְרֵי הַיָּמִים: וּמֵעֵת אֲשֶׁר סָר אֲמַצְיָהוּ מֵאַחַר ה'.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And Amatzyohu … lived, etc.** The entire fifteen years, Uzziyohu his son reigned during his lifetime, for so it is written, “And since the time that Amatzyoh turned away from following the Adonoy.”⁶

footnotes:
⁶ II Divrei Hayomim 25:27.


###### Rashi on II Kings 14:19:1
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**וַיִּקְשְׁרוּ עָלָיו וְגוֹ'.** מִשֶּׁשָּׁמְעוּ מַה שֶּׁאָמַר הַנָּבִיא, כִּי יָעַץ ה' לְהַשְׁחִיתֶךָ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**They conspired a revolt against him, etc.** Because they heard what the prophet said, “that God has made a plan to destroy you.”⁷

footnotes:
⁷ Ibid. v. 16.


###### Rashi on II Kings 14:19:2
[Rashi on II Kings 14:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/14:19:2)

**וַיָּנָס לָכִישָׁה.** שָׁם הָיָה כָּל חָמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And he fled to Lakish.** He was there for the entire fifteen years.


###### Rashi on II Kings 14:22:1
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**אַחֲרַי שְׁכַב הַמֶּלֶךְ עִם אֲבֹתָיו.** אַחֲרֵי מוֹת אֲמַצְיָה אָבִיו, מִכָּאן אַתָּה לָמֵד שֶׁמָּלַךְ עֻזִּיָּה בִּימֵי אָבִיו, וּמִכָּל מָקוֹם לֹא נִתְּנָה אֵילָת בְּיָדוֹ עַד לְאַחַר מוֹת אָבִיו, שֶׁאִם לֹא מָלַךְ בְּחַיֵּי אָבִיו, לָמָּה לּוֹ לוֹמַר אַחֲרֵי שְׁכַב הַמֶּלֶךְ עִם אֲבֹתָיו, וּכְשֶׁאַתָּה מוֹנֶה יְמֵי הַבַּיִת עַל פִּי שְׁנוֹת הַמְּלָכִים, אִם אֵינְךָ מְחַסֵּר חָמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנִים הַלָּלוּ שֶׁנִּמְנֵית לַאֲמַצְיָה וּלְעֻזִּיָּהוּ, תִּמְצָא שֶׁעָמַד אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת וְעֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**After the king lay with his forefathers.** After the death of his father Amatzyoh. From here you deduce that Uzziyoh reigned during his father’s lifetime. Nevertheless, Eilas was not delivered into his hand until after his father’s death, for if he did not reign during his father’s lifetime, why was it necessary to state, “after the king lay with his forefathers”? And when you count the days of the Beis [Hamikdosh] according to the years of the kings, if you do not subtract these fifteen years, which are counted for Amatzyoh and Uzziyohu, you will find that it existed four hundred twenty-five years.⁸

footnotes:
⁸ The Beis Hamikdosh stood 410 years according to the Gemara in Maseches Yoma 9a; this figure can be arrived at by subtracting these 15 years from 425.


###### Rashi on II Kings 14:25:1
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**הוּא הֵשִׁיב.** מִיַּד מַלְכֵי אֲרָם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**He restored.** From the hand of Arom.


###### Rashi on II Kings 14:25:2
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**יוֹנָה בֶן אֲמִתַּי.** הוּא שֶׁמָּשַׁח אֶת יֵהוּא, שֶׁאָמַר לוֹ בְּנֵי רִבֵּעִים יֵשְׁבוּ לָךְ. אֲבָל רַבּוֹתֵינוּ דִּקְדְּקוּ, וַיְהִי דְבַר ה' אֶל יוֹנָה שֵׁנִית, וְלֹא שְׁלִישִׁית, לְפִי שֶׁתָּבַע כְּבוֹד הַבֵּן, וְלֹא תָבַע כְּבוֹד הָאָב, וְהוּקְשָׁה לָהֶם זֶה הַמִּקְרָא, וְתֵרְצוּהוּ, כִּדְבַר ה' אֲשֶׁר דִּבֵּר בְּיַד יוֹנָה לְנִינְוֵה, וְנֶהְפְּכָה גְּזֵרָה רָעָה לְטוֹבָה, כָּךְ נֶהְפַּךְ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל בִּימֵי יָרָבְעָם בֶּן יוֹאָשׁ, מֵרָעָה שֶׁהָיוּ בָהּ, אֲשֶׁר אִבְּדָם מֶלֶךְ אֲרָם וַיְשִׂימֵם כֶּעָפָר לָדוּשׁ, וְעַכְשָׁיו נֶהְפַּךְ לָהֶם לְטוֹבָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Yonah son of Amitai.** He was the one who anointed Yeihu, who said to him, “[Your] descendants of the fourth generation will occupy [the throne of Yisroel].”⁹ Our Rabbis, however, deduced, “And the word of Adonoy came to Yonah a second time,”¹⁰ but not a third time, because he demanded the honor of the son, but he did not demand the honor of the Father. This verse was therefore difficult to them, and they reconciled it [as follows]: Just like the word of Adonoy, Who had spoken through Yonah concerning Nineveh, and the evil decree was overturned for good, so was it changed for Yisroel in the days of Yerovom son of Yoash, from the distress in which they were found, that “the Arom’s king had destroyed them and trampled them like dirt,”¹¹ and now it was changed for the good.¹²

footnotes:
⁹ Yonah 3:1.
¹⁰ Alternatively, God spoke to Yonah only twice concerning Nineveh, but He spoke to him many times concerning other matters.—Radak
¹¹ Above, 13:7.
¹² See Maseches Yevamos 98a.


###### Rashi on II Kings 14:26:1
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**מֹרֶה מְאֹד.** מֵצֵר מְאֹד, קונטריאי"ש בְּלַעַ"ז, כְּמוֹ: אֲשֶׁר יַמְרֶה אֶת פִּיךָ: מַמְרִים הֱיִיתֶם: וַתִּהְיֶי מֹרַת רוּחַ. וְיֵשׁ פּוֹתְרִים: מוֹרֶה מְאֹד, יָרוּד מְאֹד, לְשׁוֹן: יָרָה בַיָּם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Intensifying increasingly.** Very vexing, *contrarios*, in O.F., as in, “who will rebel [יַמְרֶה] against your command,”¹³ [and as in,] “You have been contrary [מַמְרִים],”¹⁴ [and as in,] “and they were a source of spiritual bitterness [מֹרַת רוּח].”¹⁵ Others interpret מוֹרֶה מְאֹד as “very low,” an expression of, “He hurled [יָרָה] into the sea.”¹⁶

footnotes:
¹³ Yehoshua 1:18.
¹⁴ Devorim 9:24.
¹⁵ Bereishis 26:38.
¹⁶ Shemos 15:4.