## Rashi on II Kings Chapter 24

###### Rashi on II Kings 24:3:1
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**אַךְ עַל פִּי ה' הָיְתָה.** כָּל הָרָעָה הַבָּאָה בִּיהוּדָה עַל יְדֵי הַגְּדוּדִים הָאֵלֶּה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Indeed, it was by the order of Adonoy.** All the calamity that befell Yehudah through these bands.¹

footnotes:
¹ I.e., all the calamity had been preordained from the time of Menashe's reign.—Radak


###### Rashi on II Kings 24:6:1
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**וַיִּשְׁכַּב יְהוֹיָקִים.** לֹא עַל מִטָּתוֹ, כִּי אֲסָרוֹ נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר בִּנְחֻשְׁתַּיִם לְהוֹלִיכוֹ בָּבֶלָה, וְהָיוּ מְגָרְרִין אוֹתוֹ וּמֵת בְּיָדָם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: קְבוּרַת חֲמוֹר יִקָּבֵר סָחוֹב וְהַשְׁלֵךְ. וּבְדִבְרֵי הַיָּמִים כָּתַב שֶׁאֲסָרוֹ נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר לְהוֹלִיכוֹ בָּבֶלָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Yehoyakim lay with his forefathers.** [He did] not die in his bed, for Nevuchadnetzar bound him with chains to take him to Bavel, and when they were dragging him he died in their hands,² as it is stated, ”With the burial of a donkey will he be buried, dragged and thrown,”³ and in Divrei Hayomim it is written⁴ that Nevuchadnetzar bound him to take him to Bavel.

footnotes:
² Scripture therefore, does not mention his burial. There are several different opinions surrounding the circumstances of Yehoyakim's death and burial. See Vayikra Rabboh 19:6.
³ Yirmiyahu 22:19.
⁴ II Divrei Hayomim 36:6. The verse there states, “Nevuchadnetzar king of Bavel attacked him [Yehoyakim] and bound him in chains to take him to Bavel.”


###### Rashi on II Kings 24:7:1
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**לָצֵאת מֵאַרְצוֹ.** לַעֲזֹר לִיהוֹיָקִים.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Left his land.** To aid Yehoyakim.


###### Rashi on II Kings 24:7:2
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**כִּי לָקַח מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל וְגוֹ'.** שֶׁנִּצְּחוֹ בַּמִּלְחָמָה בִּשְׁנַת הָרְבִיעִית לִיהוֹיָקִים, בְּכַרְכָּמִישׁ עַל נְהַר פְּרָת, כַּכָּתוּב בְּסֵפֶר יִרְמְיָהוּ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**For the king of Bavel had taken, etc.** For he defeated him in battle in the fourth year of Yehoyakim in Charchemish on the Euphrates River, as it is written in the Book of Yirmiyohu.⁵

footnotes:
⁵ 46:2.


###### Rashi on II Kings 24:12:1
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**וַיֵּצֵא יְהוֹיָכִין מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה עַל מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל.** לַעֲשׂוֹת לוֹ כִּרְצוֹנוֹ, וְלֹא לְמִלְחָמָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Yehoyachin king of Yehudah, came out to the king of Bavel.** That he do to him as he wishes, and not for war.⁶

footnotes:
⁶ Nevuchadnetzar, at this time, did not come to destroy Yerusholayim. He only demanded that Yehoyachin be handed over to him. See Vayikra Rabboh 19:6.


###### Rashi on II Kings 24:14:1
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**הֶחָרָשׁ וְהַמַּסְגֵּר.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: אֻמָּנַיָּא וְתַרְעַיָּא. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ: חֲכָמִים גְּדוֹלִים בַּתּוֹרָה, שֶׁכְּשֶׁאֶחָד פּוֹתֵחַ הַכֹּל שׁוֹתְקִין, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: הַחֲרִישׁוּ אֵלַי אִיִּים, מַסְגֵּר, הַכֹּל יוֹשְׁבִין לְפָנָיו וּלְמֵדִין הֵימֶנּוּ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וּפָתַח וְאֵין סוֹגֵר וְסָגַר וְאֵין פּוֹתֵחַ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Craftsmen and gatekeepers.** [Targum] Yonoson rendered the craftsmen and the sentries of the gates. But, our Rabbis said that these were great Torah scholars,⁷ that when one would begin [to speak], all remained silent [=חרש], as it is written, “Be silent before Me, O islands.”⁸ ”מסגר” [is one who] all sit before him and learn from him, as it is stated, ”And he will open, and no one will close, and he will close, and no one will open.”⁹ ¹⁰

footnotes:
⁷ I.e., “craftsmen and gatekeepers” is a metaphoric allusion to Torah scholars. See Maseches Sanhedrin 38a.
⁸ Yeshayohu 41:1.
⁹ Ibid 22:22.
¹⁰ See Maseches Gittin 88a.


###### Rashi on II Kings 24:15:1
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**וְאֶת אֵילֵי הָאָרֶץ.** אֵלּוּ חֹרֵי יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִין, וְצַדִּיקִים הָיוּ, עֲלֵיהֶם הַכָּתוּב אוֹמֵר: כַּתְּאֵנִים הַטּוֹבוֹת הָאֵלֶּה כֵּן אַכִּיר אֶת גָּלוּת יְהוּדָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And the dignitaries of the land.** These are the dignitaries of Yehudah and Binyomin, who were righteous men. Concerning them Scripture states, ”Like these good figs, so will I recognize the exiles of Yehudah.”¹¹

footnotes:
¹¹ Yirmiyahu 24:5.


###### Rashi on II Kings 24:16:1
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**שִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים.** וּלְמַעְלָה הוּא אוֹמֵר עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים, בָּא הַכָּתוּב הַשְּׁלִישִׁי וְהִכְרִיעַ בְּסֵפֶר יִרְמְיָהוּ: זֶה הָעָם אֲשֶׁר הִגְלָה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר בִּשְׁנַת שֶׁבַע יְהוּדִים שְׁלשֶׁת אֲלָפִים, אֱמֹר מֵעַתָּה שְׁלשֶׁת אֲלָפִים הָיוּ מִשֵּׁבֶט יְהוּדָה, וְשִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים מִבִּנְיָמִין וּשְׁאָר שְׁבָטִים, וְאַף בְּסֵדֶר עוֹלָם לָמַדְנוּ כֵּן.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Seven thousand.** But above he states, “ten thousand.”¹² The third verse comes to reconcile [the difference], in the Book of Yirmiyohu, ”This is the people whom Nevuchadnetzar exiled in the seventh year, three thousand Jews.”¹³ Jews.” We deduce from here that three thousand were of the tribe of Yehudah and seven thousand were of Binyomin and the other tribes. Also in Seder Olam we learned this.

footnotes:
¹² Above, v. 14.
¹³ Yirmiyahu 52:28. The verse there states, “three thousand and twenty-three


###### Rashi on II Kings 24:17:1
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**וַיַּסֵּב אֶת שְׁמוֹ צִדְקִיָּהוּ.** יָהּ יַצְדִּיק עָלֶיךָ אֶת הַדִּין, אִם תִּמְרֹד בִּי.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And changed his name to Tzidkiyohu.** May God justify the judgment upon you if you rebel against me.¹⁴

footnotes:
¹⁴ See Maseches Horiyos 11b.


###### Rashi on II Kings 24:20:1
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**כִּי עַל אַף ה' הָיְתָה וְגוֹ'.** לְפִיכָךְ: וַיִּמְרֹד צִדְקִיָּהוּ בְּמֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל, נָתַן הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְּלִבּוֹ לִמְרֹד בּוֹ, כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּגְלֶה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Indeed the wrath of Adonoy was, etc.** Therefore, Tzidkiyohu rebelled against the king of Bavel. The Holy One, Blessed Is He, gave him the desire to rebel against him in order that he would be exiled.¹⁵

footnotes:
¹⁵ God incited Tzidkiyohu to rebel in order to exile the Bnei Yisroel from Eretz Yisroel.