## Rashi on II Kings Chapter 22

###### Rashi on II Kings 22:8:1
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**סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה מָצָאתִי.** טְמֹן תַּחַת הַנִּדְבָּךְ, שֶׁהִטְמִינוּ שָׂם כְּשֶׁשָּׂרַף אָחָז אֶת הַתּוֹרָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**I have found the Torah Scroll.** It was hidden under a layer of stones where they had concealed it when Achaz burned the Torah.¹

footnotes:
¹ According to II Divrei Hayomim 34:14, this was the original Torah Scroll written by Moshe. God had commanded Moshe to write this Scroll at the end of his life. See Devarim 31:24-26.


###### Rashi on II Kings 22:13:1
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**דִרְשׁוּ אֶת ה' בַּעֲדִי.** רָאָה כָּתוּב יוֹלֵךְ ה' אֹתְךָ וְאֶת מַלְכְּךָ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Inquire of Adonoy on my behalf.** He saw written, "Adonoy will lead you and your king."² ³

footnotes:
² Devarim 28:36.
³ When they opened the Torah Scroll it was found rolled to this section. This section deals with the exile of Shomron and Yehudah with its king. Chilkiyoh gave the Torah Scroll to Shofon to read to the king with the hope that perhaps he would come up with a suggestion to alleviate the dreadful situation.—Radak


###### Rashi on II Kings 22:14:1
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**אֶל חֻלְדָּה.** אָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ: לְפִי שֶׁהָאִשָּׁה מְרַחֶמֶת יוֹתֵר מִן הָאִישׁ, לְכָךְ לֹא שָׁלַח אֶל יִרְמְיָהוּ. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים: יִרְמְיָהוּ לֹא הָיָה שָׂם, שֶׁהָלַךְ לְהַחֲזִיר עֲשֶׂרֶת הַשְּׁבָטִים.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**To Chuldoh.** Our Rabbis said that because a woman is more merciful than a man,⁴ he, therefore, did not send to Yirmiyohu [to inquire]. Others say that Yirmiyohu was not there because he went to bring back the ten tribes.⁵

footnotes:
⁴ They therefore hoped she would beseech God for mercy, that He change the evil decree to a favorable one.—Maharsha in Maseches Megillah 12b
⁵ See Maseches Megillah 14b and Rashi there.


###### Rashi on II Kings 22:14:2
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**בַּמִּשְׁנֶה.** בְּבֵית אוּלְפָּנָא. שַׁעַר יֵשׁ בָּעֲזָרָה שֶׁשְּׁמוֹ שַׁעַר חֻלְדָּה בְּמַסֶּכֶת מִדּוֹת. וְיֵשׁ שֶׁפּוֹתְרִים 'בַּמִשְׁנֶה', חוּץ לַחוֹמָה, בֵּין שְׁתֵּי הַחוֹמוֹת, שֶׁהִיא מִשְׁנֶה לָעִיר, (בַּמִּשְׁנֶה. הָיְתָה לוֹמְדָה הַתּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה לַזְּקֵנִים שֶׁבַּדּוֹר, וְהִיא הִיא הַמִּשְׁנֶה, הג"ה דר"ע). **בַּמִּשְׁנֶה.** (מֵ'אֵלֶּה הַדְּבָרִים' עַד 'לְעֵינֵי כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל', דְּהַיְנוּ סֵפֶר דְּבָרִים הַקָּרוּי מִשְׁנֵה תּוֹרָה, וְכֵן כָּל הַדְּבָרִים הַנִּכְפָּלִים בַּתּוֹרָה דָּרְשָׁה בָּרַבִּים, וְגִלְּתָה הָעֳנָשִׁים וְהַגָּלֻיּוֹת הַנִּכְפָּלִים לָעוֹבְרִים עַל סוֹדוֹ וְרִמְזֵי הַתּוֹרָה. סוֹד מֵישָׁרִים).

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**In the study house.** [Targum Yonoson rendered,] in the study⁶ house. There is a gate in the Temple courtyard, named "the Gate of Chuldoh" [as stated] in Maseches Midos.⁷ Others interpret "במשנה" as "outside the wall/' [i.e.,] between the two walls, which are double⁸ [around] the city. (במשנה [i.e.,] she was teaching the Oral Law to the elders of the generation, i.e., the Mishnah. An annotation of Rabbi Akiva.) **In the study house.** (From, "These are the words,"⁹ until "before the eyes of all Yisroel,"¹⁰ ¹¹ i.e., the Book of Devarim, also known as Misheh Torah, and likewise all the things that are repeated in the Torah, she expounded on in public, and she revealed the punishments and the exiles which were doubled for those who transgress the secrets and the allusions of the Torah. The Secret of Righteousness.)

footnotes:
⁶ שנה[=study]
⁷ 1:3; according to that Mishnah the two Gates of Chuldoh led to the Temple Mount.
⁸ משנה [=double] as in “a double portion [=משנה] of food” in Shemos 16:22.
⁹ Devarim1:1.
¹⁰ Ibid. 33-12.
¹¹ She expounded on Chumash Devarim which is known as Mishnah Torah [=משנה תורה] because many topics from other Chumashim are repeated in it.


###### Rashi on II Kings 22:20:1
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**וְנֶאֱסַפְתָּ אֶל קִבְרֹתֶיךָ בְּשָׁלוֹם.** וּמַהוּ הַשָּׁלוֹם, וְלֹא תִרְאֶינָה עֵינֶיךָ בְּחֻרְבַּן הַבָּיִת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And you will be gathered into your grave in peace.** And what is the peace?¹² "Your eyes will not see," the destruction of the Beis [Hamikdosh].¹³

footnotes:
¹² Although Yoshiyahu was killed in a battle with Paro Necho, he is considered as having died in peace because he died while the Bnei Yisroel were living in peace, before the destruction began.—Radak
¹³ See Maseches Moed Katan 28b.