## Rashi on II Kings Chapter 17

###### Rashi on II Kings 17:1:1
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**בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה לְאָחָז וְגוֹ'.** אִי אֶפְשָׁר לוֹמַר שֶׁמָּלַךְ הוֹשֵעַ בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה לְאָחָז, שֶׁהֲרֵי בִּשְׁנַת אַרְבַּע לְאָחָז הָרַג אֶת פֶּקַח וּמָלַךְ תַּחְתָּיו, וּכְשֶׁתִּבְדֹּק בִּשְׁנוֹת פֶּקַח תִּמְצָא כֵּן, וְגַם אִי אֶפְשָׁר לוֹמַר שֶׁלֹּא מָלַךְ אֶלָּא תֵּשַׁע שָׁנִים, שֶׁהֲרֵי מָלַךְ מִשְּׁנַת אַרְבַּע לְאָחָז עַד שְׁנַת שֵׁשׁ לְחִזְקִיָּהוּ שֶׁנִּלְכְּדָה שׁוֹמְרוֹן, הֲרֵי יוֹתֵר מִשֵּׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה, וּמַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר תֵּשַׁע שָׁנִים, מִשֶּׁמָּרַד בְּמֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר, כָּךְ שְׁנוּיָה בְּסֵדֶר עוֹלָם. וְאִי אֶפְשָׁר לוֹמַר שֶׁבִּשְׁנַת שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה לְאָחָז הִתְחִיל לִמְרֹד, שֶׁאִם כֵּן תִּמְצָא אֶת שְׁנֵי מִרְדּוֹ חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים בִּימֵי אָחָז, וְשֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים בִּימֵי חִזְקִיָּהוּ הֲרֵי אַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה, וְכָאן הוּא אוֹמֵר תֵּשַׁע, לֹא הֻזְכַּר שְׁנַת שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה לְאָחָז אֶלָּא לְעִנְיַן מִקְרָא שֶׁל אַחֲרָיו: עָלָיו עָלָה שַׁלְמַנֶאסֶר וְגוֹ', שֶׁבִּשְׁנַת שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה לְאָחָז עָלָה סַנְחֵרִיב עַל הוֹשֵעַ, וְהִגְלָה לְאוֹתָן שֶׁבְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן, וְכָךְ שָׁנִינוּ בְּסֵדֶר עוֹלָם, וּמִקְרָא כָּתוּב בְּדִבְרֵי הַיָּמִים: וַיָּעָר אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת רוּחַ פּוּל מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וַיַּגְלֵם לָראוּבֵנִי וְלַגָּדִי, וְלֹא פֵּרֵשׁ בְּאֵיזֶה זְמַן, וְכָאן פֵּרֵשׁ שֶׁבִּשְׁנַת שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה לְאָחָז הָיָה. שָׁלשׁ גָּלֻיּוֹת גָּלוּ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַשְּׁבָטִים, בִּשְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים לְפֶקַח, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב לְמַעְלָה: בָּא תִּגְלַת פַּלֶאסֶר מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וַיִּקַּח אֶת עִיּוֹן וְאֶת (דָּן) [אָבֵל] וְגוֹ' כָּל אֶרֶץ נַפְתָּלִי וַיַּגְלֵם אַשּׁוּרָה, וְזֶה הָיָה שְׁנַת הָאַרְבַּע לְאָחָז, שָׁהָה שְׁמֹנֶה שָׁנִים וּבָא עֲלֵיהֶם, שְׁנַת שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה לְאָחָז, וְהִגְלָם לָראוּבֵנִי וְלַגָּדִי, וּכְשֶׁרָאָה הוֹשֵׁעַ בֶּן אֵלָה מָרַד בּוֹ וְשָׁלַח מַלְאָכִים אֶל סוֹא מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם, שָׁהָה שְׁמוֹנֶה שָׁנִים, וּבָא וְצָר עַל שׁוֹמְרוֹן, וְנִלְכְּדָה לְקֵץ שָׁלשׁ שָׁנִים, וְגָלוּ כֻּלָּן, וְזֶהוּ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: כָּעֵת הָרִאשׁוֹן הֵקַל אַרְצָה זְבֻלוּן וְאַרְצָה נַפְתָּלִי, הֵקַל אַף בַּשְּׁנִיָּה, שֶׁלֹּא הִגְלָה אֶלָּא שְׁנֵי הַשְּׁבָטִים, אֲבָל הָאַחֲרוֹן הִכְבִּיד, טִיאֵט אֶת הַכֹּל, כָּזֶה שֶׁמְּכַבֵּד אֶת הַבַּיִת. וּמִכָּל מָקוֹם לְפִי הַחֶשְׁבּוֹן שֶׁכָּתַב כָּאן אֶת מִנְיַן שְׁנֵי מִרְדּוֹ תֵּשַׁע שָׁנִים, לֹא מָרַד בּוֹ עַד שְׁנַת אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה לְאָחָז, שֶׁהֲרֵי אָחָז מָלַךְ שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה, שָׁלשׁ שָׁנִים שֶׁל אָחָז הָיָה הַמֶּרֶד, וְשֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים בִּימֵי חִזְקִיָּהוּ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**In the twelfth year of Achaz, etc.** It is impossible to say that Hoshei'a became king in the twelfth year of Achaz, because in the fourth year of Achaz, he assassinated Pekach and reigned in his place,¹ and when you examine Pekach's years you will find it so. Likewise, it is impossible to say that he reigned for only nine years, for he reigned from the fourth year of Achaz until the sixth year of Chizkiyohu, when Shomron was conquered, and this amounts to more than sixteen years. What then is the meaning of “nine years”? [It was nine years] since he rebelled against the king of Ashur. This is what is learned in Seder Olam. And it is impossible to say that in the twelfth year of Achaz he started to rebel, for if so, you will find the years of his revolt five years during the days of Achaz and six years during the days of Chizkiyohu, making [a total of] eleven years, yet here he states [that he reigned] nine [years]. ”The twelfth year of Achaz” was mentioned only in connection with the verse following, ”Shalmaneser [king Ashur] went up against him, etc.”² [i.e.,] that in the twelfth year of Achaz, Sancheiriv went up against Hoshei'a and exiled those who were on the eastern bank of the Yardein. Thus we learned in Seder Olam. And a verse is written in Divrei Hayomim, ”Adonoy of Yisroel aroused Pul king of Ashur … and he exiled the people of Reuvein and the people of Gad,”³ and it did not explain during which time frame. But here it explains that it occurred in the twelfth year of Achaz['s reign]. The ten tribes were exiled at three different times: [The first exile was] in the twentieth year of Pekach, as it is written above, ”Tiglas Pileser the king of Ashur came and took Iyon and Dan, etc., and the entire land of Naphtoli and exiled them to Ashur.”⁴ Now this was the fourth year of Achaz. [The second exile,] he waited eight years and came upon them in the twelfth year of Achaz, and exiled the members of Reuvein and the Gad. But, when Hoshei'a son of Eilah saw this, he revolted against him and sent messengers to So the king of Egypt.⁵ [And the third exile] he waited eight years and came and laid siege on Shomron. After three years it was conquered, and everyone was exiled. This is [the meaning of] what is written, ”Like the first time, he dealt mildly, the land of Zevulun and the land of Naphtoli,”⁶ so did he deal mildly⁷ also in the second [exile], for he exiled but two tribes. But, “in the last one, he swept,” [i.e.,] he swept everything out like one who sweeps a house. In any case, according to the amount he wrote here as the number of years of his revolt, [i.e.,] nine years, he did not revolt against him until the fourteenth year of Achaz, for Achaz reigned sixteen years; the revolt was during three years of Achaz['s reign] and six years during the days of Chizkiyohu['s reign].

footnotes:
¹ See above, 15:30.
² Below, v. 3.
³ According to Rashi, the nine years mentioned in this verse refer to the total length of Hoshei'a's revolt, which began in the fourteenth year of Achaz.
⁴ I Divrei Hayomim 5:26.
⁵ See above, 15:29. In our editions, however, Dan is not mentioned in the verse.
⁶ Yeshayohu 8:23.
⁷ By exiling only two tribes.


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:2:1
[Rashi on II Kings 17:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:2:1)

**רַק לֹא כְּמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל.** שֶׁבִּטֵּל פַּרְדֵיסָאוֹת שֶׁיָּשְׁבוּ מִימֵי יָרָבְעָם עַל הַדְּרָכִים, לִשְׁמֹר שֶׁלֹּא יַעֲלוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל לָרֶגֶל, וְזֶה בִּטְּלָן, לְפִי שֶׁגָּלוּ עֶגְלֵי הַזָּהָב כְּבָר בִּשְׁתֵּי גָּלֻיּוֹת, בְּגָלוּת רִאשׁוֹנָה, וַיִּקַּח אֶת עִיּוֹן וְאֶת דָּן, הִגְלָה עֵגֶל שֶׁבְּדָן, וּבַשְּׁנִיָּה כְּשֶׁגָּלוּ רְאוּבֵן וְגָד, נָטַל עֵגֶל שֶׁבְּבֵית אֵל, לְקַיֵּם מַה שֶּׁנֶּאֱמַר: גַּם אוֹתוֹ לְאַשּׁוּר יוּבָל. וּלְפִי שֶׁבִּטְּלוּ פַּרְדֵּיסָאוֹת וְהֵם נִמְנְעוּ מִלַּעֲלוֹת לָרֶגֶל, לְפִיכָךְ נֶחְתַּם גְּזַר דִּינָם לִגְלוֹת בְּיָמָיו, שֶׁעַד עַכְשָׁיו תָּלוּ הַקַּלְקָלָה בְּמַלְכֵיהֶם, וְעַתָּה לֹא הָיָה בְּמִי לִתְלוֹת, וְזֶהוּ שֶׁאָמַר הוֹשֵׁעַ בֶּן בְּאֵרִי: כִּי עַתָּה הִזְנֵיתָ אֶפְרַיִם נִטְמָא יִשְׂרָאֵל, עַתָּה נִגְלֵית רָעַתְכֶם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**But not like the kings of Yisroel.** For he abolished the sentries who were stationed on the roads from the days of Yorovom, to guard against the [Bnei] Yisroel from going up and performing the pilgrimage for the festivals, and this one abolished them,⁸ because the golden calves had already been exiled in the two [previous] exiles. In the first exile, [it states,] “he took Iyon and Dan,”⁹ [i.e.,] he exiled the calf that was in Dan. And in the second [exile], when Reuvein and Gad were exiled, he took the calf that was in Beis Eil, to fulfill what was stated, ”That too, will be transported to Ashur.”¹⁰ And because the sentries were abolished, and they [nonetheless] refrained from going up and performing the pilgrimage for the festivals, therefore, their verdict to be exiled in his days was sealed, for until now, they had blamed the corruption on their kings, but now they had no one to blame. This is what Hoshei'a the son of Be'eiri said, ”For now you have gone astray, Ephrayim, Yisroel has become defiled.”¹¹ [i.e.,] now your evil has been revealed.

footnotes:
⁸ He abolished the sentries on the fifteenth day of Menachem Av, and therefore that day was proclaimed a minor holiday. See Maseches Taanis 30b.—Radak Hoshei'a 10:6.
⁹ See above 15:29.
¹⁰ Hoshei'a 10:6.
¹¹ Ibid 5:3. See Rashi in Maseches Gittin 88a.


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:6:1
[Rashi on II Kings 17:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:6:1)

**בִּשְׁנַת הַתְּשִׁעִית.** לְמִרְדּוֹ שֶל הוֹשֵׁעַ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**In the ninth year.** Of Hoshei'a's revolt.


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:6:2
[Rashi on II Kings 17:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:6:2)

**וַיֶּגֶל אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל.** וַיַּגְלֶה אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְזֶה שִׁעוּר כָּל תֵּבָה שֶׁפֹּעַל שֶׁלָּהּ בְּהֵ"א, כְּגוֹן: 'פָּנָה' 'בָּנָה' 'גָּלָה' 'זָנָה' 'רָבָה', כְּשֶׁבָּא לָתֵת בְּרֹאשׁ הַתֵּבָה וָא"ו יוֹ"ד, אִם הַמִּלָּה מוּסֶבֶת עַל הַפֹּעַל, תְּהֵא הַיּוֹ"ד נְקוּדָה בְּחִירִ"ק, כְּגוֹן: וַיִּבֶן שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ; וַיִּפֶן וַיֵּרֶד משֶׁה: וַיִּגֶל יְהוּדָה מֵעַל אַדְמָתוֹ: וַתֵּלֶךְ וַתִּזֶן גַּם הִיא: וַיִּרֶב הָעָם וַיַּעַצְמוּ מְאֹד. וְאִם הוּא מְדַבֵּר בִּלְשׁוֹן מַפְעִיל, תְּהֵא הַיּוֹ"ד נְקוּדָה בְּסֶגוֹ"ל, כְּגוֹן: וַיֶּפֶן זָנָב אֶל זָנָב: וַיֶּגֶל אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל אַשּׁוּרָה: וַיֶּזֶן אֶת יוֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלַיִם: וַיֶּרֶב בְּבַת יְהוּדָה תַּאֲנִיָּה וַאֲנִיָּה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And exiled Yisroel.** [ויגל is the same as] ויגלה [=and he exiled] Yisroel. This is the rule for every word whose verb root [ends] with a `ה', e.g., פנה[=to face], בנה [=to build], גלה [=to go into exile], זנה [=to commit adultery], רבה [=to multiply]; when one comes to add a prefix to the word with `ו ' or a `י', if the word applies to the doer, the `י' will be voweled with a “chirik,” e.g., “And he built [=ויבן] an altar there;”¹² ”And Moshe turned [=ויפן] and descended;”¹³ ”And Yisroel was exiled [=ויגל] off its land;”¹⁴ ”And she too went and committed whoredom[=ותזן];”¹⁵ ”And the people increased [=וירב] and became very strong.”¹⁶ If however, one is talking in the causative conjugation, the `י' will be voweled with a “segol,” e.g., “And turned [=ויפן] tail to tail;”¹⁷ ”And exiled [=ויגל] the Israelites to Ashur;”¹⁸ ”And he caused the dwellers of Yerusholayim to go astray [=ויזן];”¹⁹ ”And He increased [=וירב] among the people of Yehudah grief and lamentation.”²⁰

footnotes:
¹² Bereishis 12:7.
¹³ Shemos 32:15.
¹⁴ Below 25:21.
¹⁵ Yirmiyahu 3:8.
¹⁶ Shemos 1:20.
¹⁷ Shoftim 15:4.
¹⁸ Below, 18:11.
¹⁹ II Divrei Hayomim 21:11.
²⁰ Eichah 2:5.


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:9:1
[Rashi on II Kings 17:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:9:1)

**וַיְחַפְּאוּ.** בָּדְאוּ, פִּתְרוֹנוֹ לְפִי עִנְיָנוֹ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**[Bnei Yisroel] fabricated.** They concealed;²¹ this interpretation is according to its context.

footnotes:
²¹ Alternatively, “Bnei Yisroel said.”—Targum Yonoson Or, “Bnei Yisroel claimed that God did not see them.”—Radak


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:9:2
[Rashi on II Kings 17:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:9:2)

**מִמִּגְדַּל נוֹצְרִים.** שֶׁאֵינוֹ עָשׂוּי אֶלָּא לְהַעֲמִיד צוֹפֶה לִנְצֹר, בְּכָל בַּיִת גָּבוֹהַּ הֶעֱמִידוּ עֲבוֹדַת גִּלּוּלִים.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**From watchtower.** Which is made only to station a lookout to watch; they now erected idols in every high house.²²

footnotes:
²² They denied God's Providence and adopted a new doctrine. They said that God did not see them because He delegated the heavenly bodies to supervise over the earth. Therefore they erected idols in high places honoring these heavenly bodies.—Ralbag


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:9:3
[Rashi on II Kings 17:9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:9:3)

**עַד עִיר מִבְצָר.** כְּמוֹ מִקָּטֹן וְעַד גָּדוֹל.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**To fortified city.** Like “from small to big.”


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:13:1
[Rashi on II Kings 17:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:13:1)

**וַיָּעַד ה'.** הִתְרָה בָּהֶם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And Adonoy warned.** He warned [=ויעד] them.²³

footnotes:
²³ As in “I warn [=העדותי] you today,” in Devarim 8:19.


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:13:2
[Rashi on II Kings 17:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:13:2)

**נְבִיאֵי כָל חֹזֶה.** נְבִיאֵי כָּל חָזוֹן, יֵשׁ חוֹזֶה שֶׁהוּא שֵׁם דָּבָר, כְּמוֹ: וְעִם שְׁאוֹל עָשִׂינוּ חוֹזֶה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Prophets of all visions.** Prophets of all visions.²⁴ There is חוזה that is a noun, such as, ”And with the grave have we made a boundary [=חוזה].”²⁵

footnotes:
²⁴ Alternatively, נביא and חוזה are two different types of prophets. Adonoy נביא perceives prophecy through dreams; and a חוזה [=seer] is one who perceives prophecy in a vision, which is a higher form of prophecy.—Ralbag
²⁵ Yeshayohu 28:15.


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:16:1
[Rashi on II Kings 17:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:16:1)

**שְׁנֵי עֲגָלִים.** בְּבֵית אֵל וּבְדָן.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Two molten calves.** In Beis Eil and in Dan.


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:16:2
[Rashi on II Kings 17:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:16:2)

**אֶת הַבָּעַל.** עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה שֶׁשְּׁמָהּ בַּעַל.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The Baal.** A pagan deity named Baal.


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:17:1
[Rashi on II Kings 17:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:17:1)

**וַיִּתְמַכְּרוּ.** מָכְרוּ עַצְמָן לְכָךְ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And they devoted themselves.** They sold themselves for that [purpose].


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:18:1
[Rashi on II Kings 17:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:18:1)

**וַיְסִרֵם מֵעַל פָּנָיו.** שֶׁגָּלוּ עִם הוֹשֵׁעַ בֶּן אֵלָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And He banished them from His Presence.** For they were exiled with Hoshei'a son of Eiloh.²⁶

footnotes:
²⁶ I.e., He exiled them from His land.”—Metzudas Dovid


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:23:1
[Rashi on II Kings 17:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:23:1)

**וַיִּגֶל יִשְׂרָאֵל.** זֶה נָקוּד בְּחִירִ"ק, שֶׁהוּא לְשׁוֹן גָּלָה, וְאֵינוֹ לְשׁוֹן הִגְלָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And Yisroel went into exile.** This is voweled with a “chirik,” which is an expression of “went in exile.” It is not an expression of “was exiled.”²⁷

footnotes:
²⁷ See Rashi above, v. 6.


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:25:1
[Rashi on II Kings 17:25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:25:1)

**לֹא יָרְאוּ אֶת ה'.** אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהָעַמִּים עוֹבְדֵי גִּלּוּלִים הֵם יְרֵאִים מִפָּנָיו, וְקָרוּ לֵהּ אֱלָהָא דֶּאֱלָהַיָּא, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וּשְׁמִי נוֹרָא בַגּוֹיִם, וְאֵלּוּ לֹא יְרֵאוּנִי, כִּי אָמְרוּ אִלּוּ הָיְתָה בּוֹ יִרְאָה לֹא נָתַן עַמּוֹ לְגָלוּת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**They did not fear Adonoy.** Even though the pagan nations fear Him and call him the God of the gods, in the manner as it is stated, ”And My Name is feared among the nations,”²⁸ but these did not fear Me, for they said, “If He were worthy of fear, He would not have allowed for His people to be exiled.”

footnotes:
²⁸ Malachi 1:14.


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:29:1
[Rashi on II Kings 17:29:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:29:1)

**אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ הַשֹּׁמְרֹנִים.** יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעוֹדָם שָׁם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**That the citizens of Shomron had made.** [I.e.,] the [Bnei] Yisroel while they were still there.


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:29:2
[Rashi on II Kings 17:29:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:29:2)

**גּוֹי גּוֹי אֱלֹהָיו.** לְאֻמָּה וְאֻמָּה עֲבוֹדַת גִּלּוּלִים שֶׁהָיוּ עוֹבְדִים בְּאַרְצָם, אַף כָּאן עָשׂוּ כֵּן כָּל גּוֹיֵי הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר הוֹרִישָם סַנְחֵרִיב שָׁם בְּעָרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Each nation … its own god.** [I.e.,] each nation, [placed] the deity they had worshiped in their land, here, too, each nation did so in the city which Sancheiriv had given them as a possession there in the cities of Yisroel.


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:30:1
[Rashi on II Kings 17:30:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:30:1)

**סֻכּוֹת בְּנוֹת.** דְּמוּת תַּרְנְגֹלֶת עִם אֶפְרוֹחֶיהָ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Succos Benos.** [This idol was in] the form of a hen and her chicks.²⁹

footnotes:
²⁹ סכות stems from שכוי, being that a ‘ש’ and a ‘ס’ are interchangeable. The Gemara in Maseches Rosh Hashanah 26a cites a region where ‘שכוי’ is ‘a rooster.’ It follows then that ‘שכות’ or ‘סכות’ is a hen. Thus, סכות בנות is “a hen and her chicks.”—See Radak


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:30:2
[Rashi on II Kings 17:30:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:30:2)

**נֵרְגַל.** דְּמוּת תַּרְנְגוֹל.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Neirgal.** [This idol was in] the form of a rooster.³⁰

footnotes:
³⁰ See Maseches Sanhedrin 63b.


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:30:3
[Rashi on II Kings 17:30:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:30:3)

**אֲשִׁימָא.** דְּמוּת תַּיִשׁ. וְכֵן קְרוּיִין בִּלְשׁוֹן כָּל אֻמָּה וְאֻמָּה, וְכֵן פֵּרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ בְּסַנְהֶדְרִין.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Ashimo.** [This idol was in] the form of a goat.³¹ They are called [these names] in the language of each nation, and so did our Rabbis explain in [Maseches] Sanhedrin.³²

footnotes:
³¹ אשימא stems from שמם [=desolation], and a goat has no wool is considered “desolate.” Or, אשימא stems from אשם [=guilt offering], for which a sheep is used.—Radak
³² 63b.


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:31:1
[Rashi on II Kings 17:31:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:31:1)

**נִבְחַז.** דְּמוּת כֶּלֶב.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Nivchaz.** [This idol was in] the form of a dog.³³

footnotes:
³³ נבחז stems from נבח [=bark], as in “they cannot bark [=לנבח],” in Yeshayohu 56:10; נבחז is a contraction of נבח and חז, i.e. when a dog barks [=נבח] it shows [=חז] its teeth.—Radak


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:31:2
[Rashi on II Kings 17:31:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:31:2)

**תַּרְתָּק.** דְּמוּת חֲמוֹר.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Tartok.** [This idol was in] the form of a donkey.


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:31:3
[Rashi on II Kings 17:31:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:31:3)

**לְאַדְרַמֶּלֶךְ.** דְּמוּת פֶּרֶד.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**To Adramelech.** [This idol was in] the form of a mule.³⁴

footnotes:
³⁴ אדרמלת is a contraction of דאדר ליה למריה [= it honors its master] by carrying his burdens.—Radak


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:31:4
[Rashi on II Kings 17:31:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:31:4)

**וַעֲנַמֶּלֶךְ.** דְּמוּת סוּס.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Anamelech.** [This idol was in] the form of a horse.³⁵

footnotes:
³⁵ ענמלת is a contraction of דעני ליה למריה בקרבא [= it responds to its master in battle].—Radak


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:33:1
[Rashi on II Kings 17:33:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:33:1)

**כְּמִשְׁפַּט הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר הִגְלוּ אֹתָם מִשָּׁם.** אוֹתָם עֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת שֶׁעוֹבְדִים הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר הִגְלָן סַנְחֵרִיב וְאֻכְלוּסָיו (אֶת אֵלּוּ) מִשָּׁם, הָיוּ אֵלּוּ עוֹבְדִין כָּאן.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**As was the custom of the nations from which they had been exiled.** Those deities that are worshiped by the nations whom Sancheiriv and his armies had exiled (these) from there, they would worship here.³⁶

footnotes:
³⁶ Alternatively, כמשפט הגוים refers to some of the Bnei Yisroel who also worshiped idols while worshiping God.—Radak


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:34:1
[Rashi on II Kings 17:34:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:34:1)

**אֵינָם יְרֵאִים אֶת ה'.** יִרְאָה שְׁלֵמָה כְּמִשְׁפַּט יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁנִּתְגַּיְּרוּ מִיִּרְאַת הָאֲרָיוֹת, אֵין יִרְאָתָם אֶת ה' יִרְאָה שְׁלֵמָה (כְּמִשְׁפַּט יִשְׂרָאֵל), כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּפָרֵשׁ וְהוֹלֵךְ, שֶׁאֵינָם עוֹסְקִים בְּתוֹרָה וּבְמִצְוֹת אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה ה' אֶת בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב, וְאֵינָם עוֹשִׂים כְּחֻקּוֹתָם וּכְמִשְׁפָּטָם שֶׁהָיָה עֲלֵיהֶם לַעֲשׂוֹת מִשֶּׁנִּתְגַּיְּרוּ, אֶלָּא כְּמוֹ שֶׁהוֹרָם הַכֹּהֵן, שֶׁהָיָה מִן הַשּׁוֹמְרוֹנִים, שֶׁהָיוּ עוֹבְדִים עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**They do not fear Adonoy.** A complete fear as is the custom of the [Bnei] Yisroel. And although they converted out of fear of the lions, [nonetheless,] their fear of Adonoy was not a complete fear, (like [Bnei] Yisroel's custom) as it goes on to elaborate, that they were not engaged in Torah [study] and [in performing] the commandments which God commanded the Bnei Yaakov, and they do not practice according to their statutes and according to their law, which they are obligated to practice once they converted, but as the priest who was of the people of Shomron, instructed them.³⁷—who were idolatrous,

footnotes:
³⁷ Alternatively, the verse refers to the exiled Bnei Yisroel who “until this day” have not repented from the idolatrous practices, but continue to combine the worship of God with the worship of idols as they had practiced in Shomron.—Radak


###### Rashi on II Kings 17:35:1
[Rashi on II Kings 17:35:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/17:35:1)

**וַיִּכְרֹת ה' אִתָּם בְּרִית.** כְּשֶׁנָּתַן לָהֶם תּוֹרָה בְּהַר סִינַי.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And Adonoy enacted a covenant with them.** When He gave them the Torah at Mount Sinai.