## Rashi on II Kings Chapter 21

###### Rashi on II Kings 21:10:1
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**בְּיַד עֲבָדָיו הַנְּבִיאִים.** נַחוּם וַחֲבַקּוּק, וּלְפִי שֶׁהָיָה מְנַשֶּׁה רָשָׁע, לֹא נִקְרְאוּ עַל שְׁמוֹ לְפָרֵשׁ שֶׁבְּיָמָיו הָיוּ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Through His servants the prophets.** Nachum and Chavakuk, but because Menashe was wicked, they were not referred to with his name to explain that they were [prophesying] in his time.


###### Rashi on II Kings 21:12:1
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**תִּצַּלְנָה.** לְשׁוֹן מְצִלְתַּיִם, טינטני"ר בְּלַעַ"ז (לִרְעוֹד).

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Will ring.** An expression of cymbals,¹ *tintiner*, in O. F.

footnotes:
¹ See Rashi in I Shmuel 3:11.


###### Rashi on II Kings 21:13:1
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**מִשְׁקֹלֶת.** הוּא חוּט שֶׁהַבּוֹנִים חוֹמָה קוֹשְׁרִין בּוֹ עוֹפֶרֶת לְכַוֵּן בּוֹ אֶת הַחוֹמָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And the plumb line.** That is the string to which the builders of a wall tie a lead weight to make the wall straight.²

footnotes:
² I.e., so that the following rows of bricks or stones will all be directly above one another.


###### Rashi on II Kings 21:13:2
[Rashi on II Kings 21:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/21:13:2)

**יִמְחֶה אֶת הַצַּלַּחַת.** יְקַנַּח אֶת הַקְּעָרָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**As one wipes a dish.** As one wipes a dish.³

footnotes:
³ Just as one wipes a dish and turns it over so that it should not become soiled or be eaten from any more, so will Yerusholayim be cleaned out of its habitants and then it will destroyed so that it would no longer be habitable.—Radak