## Rashi on II Kings Chapter 16

###### Rashi on II Kings 16:9:1
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**וַיַּגְלֶהָ קִירָה.** אֶת הָעָם אֲשֶׁר בָּהּ, הִגְלָה לִמְדִינָה שֶׁשְּׁמָהּ קִיר.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**He exiled [it's people] to Kir.** The people therein he exiled to a province named Kir.


###### Rashi on II Kings 16:11:1
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**עַד בּוֹא.** לִפְנֵי בּוֹא הַמֶּלֶךְ מִדַּמֶּשֶׂק.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Before [king Achaz] came.** [He built the altar] before the king came from Damesek.¹

footnotes:
¹ Achaz decided to worship the idols of Arom because he believed they were responsible for his defeat. See II Divrei Hayomim 28:23.


###### Rashi on II Kings 16:14:1
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**וְאֵת הַמִּזְבַּח הַנְּחשֶׁת וַיַּקְרֵב וְגוֹ'.** אִי אֶפְשָׁר לוֹמַר מִזְבַּח הַנְּחשֶׁת שֶׁעָשָׂה משֶׁה, שֶׁהֲרֵי נִגְנַז, וְאִי אֶפְשָׁר לוֹמַר מִזְבַּח אֲבָנִים שֶׁעָשָׂה שְׁלֹמֹה וּקְרָאוֹ מִזְבַּח הַנְּחשֶׁת, שֶׁהֲרֵי אִי אֶפְשָׁר לְקָרְבוֹ מִזָּוִית לְזָוִית אֶלָּא אִם הוֹרְסוֹ, וַהֲרֵי שָׁנִינוּ: אֵשׁ שֶׁיָּרְדָה בִּימֵי שְׁלֹמֹה לֹא נִסְתַּלְּקָה מֵעַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ, עַד שֶׁבָּא מְנַשֶּׁה וְסִלְּקָהּ, שֶׁהוּא הָרַס אֶת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמָּצִינוּ בְּאַגָּדַת חֵלֶק. אֵין לִי לְפָרֵשׁ מִזְבֵּחַ זֶה, אֶלָּא בְּכִיּוֹרוֹת וּמְכוֹנוֹת שֶׁל נְחשֶׁת, שֶׁהָיוּ צָרְכֵי מִזְבֵּחַ, וְהָיוּ אֵצֶל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ, וּכְשֶׁעָשָׂה אָחָז אֶת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ לַעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה, סִלֵּק אֶת הַכִּיּוֹר וְהִקְרִיבוֹ לְצַד אַחֵר מֵאֵת פְּנֵי הַבַּיִת, שֶׁלֹּא לְהַפְסִיק בֵּין הַמִּזְבֵּחַ שֶׁעָשָׂה וּבֵין בֵּית ה', וַיִּתֵּן אוֹתוֹ אֵצֶל מִזְבַּח הַקֹּדֶשׁ צָפוֹנָה. וּמָצִינוּ שֶׁפֵּרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ דֻּגְמָתוֹ: וַיָּבֹאוּ וַיַּעַמְדוּ אֵצֶל מִזְבַּח הַנְּחשֶׁת, מִזְבַּח הַנְּחשֶׁת מִי הֲוָה, אָמַר לָהֶם הִתְחִילוּ מִמָּקוֹם שֶׁאוֹמְרִין שִׁירָה לְפָנַי. הֲרֵי כָּאן לִכְלֵי שִׁיר שֶׁל נְחשֶׁת, קְרָאוֹ מִזְבֵּחַ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And the Copper Altar … he brought, etc.** It is impossible to say that this was the Copper Altar that Moshe made, because it was hidden. It is also impossible to say that his was the stone altar that Shlomo made, and he called it the “Copper Altar,”² because it was impossible to move it from one corner to another without taking it apart,³ but we learned that the fire that descended in Shlomo's time, did not leave the altar until Menashe came and removed it,⁴ for he demolished the altar, as we find in the Aggadah of [the chapter entitled] “Cheilek.”⁵ I have no way to explain this “[copper] altar” except as [referring to] the basin and the bases of copper, which were accessories of the altar and were near the holy altar. Now, when Achaz made the altar for the idols, he removed the basin and moved it to another side, [farther] away from the Temple, so as not to intervene between the altar he made and the Temple of Adonoy, and he placed it next to the holy altar on the north. We find that our Rabbis⁶ explained a passage in a similar manner, ”And they came and stood next to the Copper Altar.”⁷ Did the Copper Altar exist? He said to them, ”Begin from the place where they recite songs before Me.” Thus we see here that copper musical instruments are referred to as a “[copper] altar.”⁸

footnotes:
² II Divrei Hayomim 7:7.
³ Alternatively, “he placed the new altar near the Copper Altar, i.e., near Shlomo's altar which is referred to as the Copper Altar. He placed it closer to the Sanctuary than Shlomo's altar without moving that altar to show that it was important to him.—Radak
⁴ Maseches Zevachim 61b.
⁵ See Maseches Sanhedrin 103b.
⁶ Maseches Shabbos 55a.
⁷ Yechezkeil 9:2.
⁸ It follows then, that the copper basin which is an accessory to the altar is referred to as “the Copper Altar.”


###### Rashi on II Kings 16:15:1
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**לְבַקֵּר.** לִפְרָקִים, לִכְשֶׁיַּעֲלֶה בְּלִבִּי לְבַקְּרוֹ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**To visit.** At intervals, when it enters my mind to visit it.⁹

footnotes:
⁹ The Copper Altar will be for occasional use, thereby, establishing the new altar as the primary one.


###### Rashi on II Kings 16:17:1
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**אֶת הַמִּסְגְּרוֹת הַמְּכֹנוֹת.** אִיצְטַבְּלָאוֹת שֶׁהַמְּכוֹנוֹת עֲשׂוּיוֹת עֲלֵיהֶם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וְזֶה מַעֲשֵׂה הַמְּכוֹנוֹת מִסְגְּרוֹת לָהֶם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The frames of the bases.** The rows upon which the bases were made,¹⁰ as it is stated, ”The bases were made in the following manner: They had frames … ”¹¹ ¹²

footnotes:
¹⁰ He removed the bases from the ten basins, and out of contempt, he set the basins on a stone floor.—Radak
¹¹ I Melochim 7:28.
¹² See I Melochim 7:23-27.


###### Rashi on II Kings 16:18:1
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**מוּסַךְ הַשַּׁבָּת.** גַּג אֹהֶל עָשׂוּי לְצֵל, לָשֶׁבֶת תַּחְתָּיו בָּעֲזָרָה בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The canopy for Shabbos.** The roof of a tent made for shade,¹³ that had served during the week, would stay until after Shabbos. That too he removed.—Radak to sit under it in the [Temple] courtyard on Shabbos.

footnotes:
¹³ Alternatively, a building in which the mishmar, i.e., the family of kohanim


###### Rashi on II Kings 16:18:2
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**וְאֶת מְבוֹא הַמֶּלֶךְ.** שֶׁהָיָה בָּא בּוֹ מִבֵּיתוֹ לְבֵית ה' דֶּרֶךְ הַחוּץ, הֵסֵב אוֹתוֹ בִּמְקוֹם הֶצְנֵעַ, מִפְּנֵי מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר שֶׁלֹּא יַחֲמֹד אוֹתָן הַכֵּלִים, וְגַם אֶת הַמָּבוֹא הֵסֵב, שֶׁמָּא יִצְטָרֵךְ לְהֵחָבֵא, וְיִבְרַח בְּהֶצְנֵעַ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And the king's … entrance.** [The entrance] through which he would come, from his house to the Beis [Hamikdosh] of Adonoy through the outside,¹⁴ he changed to a concealed place because of the king of Ashur, so that he would not covet those vessels, and he also changed the entrance, in case he would have to hide and secretly escape.

footnotes:
¹⁴ He sealed up that entrance so that access to the palace could be gained only through the Beis Hamikdosh. This would make an attack on the palace more difficult because now the only access to the palace would be through the Beis Hamikdosh.—Ralbag