Tanach
Divrei HaYamim II 10:1-5 דברי הימים ב י׳:א׳-ה׳
Part of: Chapter 10
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וַיֵּלֶךְ רְחַבְעָם שְׁכֶמָה כִּי שְׁכֶם בָּאוּ כׇל־יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהַמְלִיךְ אֹתֽוֹ׃
And Reĥav῾am went to Shekhem: for all Yisra᾽el came to Shekhem to make him king.
And Reĥav῾am went to Shekhem: for all Yisra᾽el came to Shekhem to make him king.
Rashi
וַיְהִי כִּשְׁמֹעַ יָרׇבְעָם בֶּן־נְבָט וְהוּא בְמִצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר בָּרַח מִפְּנֵי שְׁלֹמֹה הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיָּשׇׁב יָרׇבְעָם מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃
And it came to pass, when Yorov῾am the son of Nevat, who was in Miżrayim, where he had fled from the presence of Shelomo the king, heard it, that Yorov῾am returned out of Miżrayim.
And it came to pass, when Yorov῾am the son of Nevat, who was in Miżrayim, where he had fled from the presence of Shelomo the king, heard it, that Yorov῾am returned out of Miżrayim.
Rashi
ויהי כשמוע. פתרון ויהי כשמוע מקודם לכן שבאו להמליכו בשכם כשהוא עודנו במצרים:
And it was when... heard The meaning is: And it was when he heard - prior to this, when they came to make him [Rehoboam] king in Shechem, when he [Jeroboam] was still in Egypt.
וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ וַיִּקְרְאוּ־לוֹ וַיָּבֹא יָרׇבְעָם וְכׇל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיְדַבְּרוּ אֶל־רְחַבְעָם לֵאמֹֽר׃
And they sent and called him. So Yorov῾am and all Yisra᾽el came and spoke to Reĥav῾am saying,
And they sent and called him. So Yorov῾am and all Yisra᾽el came and spoke to Reĥav῾am saying,
Rashi
וישלחו ויקראו לו ויבא. וכל זה להודיענו רצונו של מלך מלכי המלכים הקב"ה שאפילו ירבעם עצמו בא להמליכו לרחבעם והסב הקב"ה אחר דבריו עד שמלך ירבעם:
And they sent and called him, and...came All this was to let us know the will of the Holy One, blessed be He, that even Jeroboam himself came to make Rehoboam king, but the Holy One, blessed be He, reversed his words [i.e., Jeroboam’s intention,] until Jeroboam reigned.
אָבִיךָ הִקְשָׁה אֶת־עֻלֵּנוּ וְעַתָּה הָקֵל מֵעֲבוֹדַת אָבִיךָ הַקָּשָׁה וּמֵעֻלּוֹ הַכָּבֵד אֲשֶׁר־נָתַן עָלֵינוּ וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃
Thy father made our yoke hard: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
Thy father made our yoke hard: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
Rashi
אביך הקשה את עלנו. כי איש טורח במלאכה היה ועלינו הטיל לפרנס פועליו והמס כדכתיב במלכים (א ה') ויעל המלך שלמה מס וגומר:
Your father made our yoke hard because he was a man who toiled at work, and he made it incumbent upon us to sustain his laborers with the tax, as it is written in I Kings (5:27): “And King Solomon raised a levy, etc.”
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם עוֹד שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים וְשׁוּבוּ אֵלָי וַיֵּלֶךְ הָעָֽם׃ {ס}
And he said to them, Come back to me after three days. And the people departed.
And he said to them, Come back to me after three days. And the people departed.
כי שכם באו כל ישראל להמליך אותו. בשכם שהוא מקום ירבעם שבחלק אפרים וירבעם אפרתי וכל זאת היתה סיבה מאת הקדוש ברוך הוא לקיים דברו קרוע אקרע הממלכה:
for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king In Shechem, which was Jeroboam’s place, which was in the territory of Ephraim. And Jeroboam was an Ephrathite, and all this was brought about by the Holy One, blessed be He, to fulfill His word, (I Kings 11:11): “I will surely tear the kingdom.”