Tanach
Divrei HaYamim II 25:25-26:2 דברי הימים ב כ״ה:כ״ה-כ״ו:ב׳
Part of: Chapter 25Chapter 26
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וַיְחִי אֲמַצְיָהוּ בֶן־יוֹאָשׁ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה אַחֲרֵי מוֹת יוֹאָשׁ בֶּן־יְהוֹאָחָז מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָֽה׃
And Amażyahu the son of Yo᾽ash king of Yehuda lived after the death of Yo᾽ash son of Yeho᾽aĥaz king of Yisra᾽el fifteen years.
And Amażyahu the son of Yo᾽ash king of Yehuda lived after the death of Yo᾽ash son of Yeho᾽aĥaz king of Yisra᾽el fifteen years.
וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי אֲמַצְיָהוּ הָרִאשֹׁנִים וְהָאַחֲרוֹנִים הֲלֹא הִנָּם כְּתוּבִים עַל־סֵפֶר מַלְכֵֽי־יְהוּדָה וְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Now the rest of the acts of Amażyahu, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Yehuda and Yisra᾽el?
Now the rest of the acts of Amażyahu, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Yehuda and Yisra᾽el?
וּמֵעֵת אֲשֶׁר־סָר אֲמַצְיָהוּ מֵאַחֲרֵי יְהֹוָה וַיִּקְשְׁרוּ עָלָיו קֶשֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלַ͏ִם וַיָּנׇס לָכִישָׁה וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ אַחֲרָיו לָכִישָׁה וַיְמִיתֻהוּ שָֽׁם׃
Now after the time that Amażyahu turned away from following the Lord they made a conspiracy against him in Yerushalayim; and he fled to Lakhish: but they sent to Lakhish after him, and slew him there.
Now after the time that Amażyahu turned away from following the Lord they made a conspiracy against him in Yerushalayim; and he fled to Lakhish: but they sent to Lakhish after him, and slew him there.
Rashi
וינס לכישה. עיר מבצר אשר נלחם עליה סנחריב ונס לכישה ויהי שם ט"ו שנים עד ששלחו אחריו לכיש' וימיתהו שם ואותן ט"ו שנה שהי' בלכיש מלכה יכליהו אם עזיהו תחתיו אך קשה לי ובפי' ר' יוסף זצ"ל ראיתי גם אותן ט"ו שנים שהי' בלכיש מלך עזיהו בנו תחתיו ולא נכון לפותרו כן שהרי כתיב בסמוך והוא בן שש עשר' שנה נמצא שלא היה בזמן שברח אביו אלא בן שנה ועוד שא"כ היה לו לומר ויקחו את עזיהו וימליכו תחת אביו בחייו אלא משמע שלא מלך בחיי אביו:
and he fled to Lachish a fortified city against which Sennacherib waged war. He fled to Lachish, where he remained fifteen years until they followed him to Lachish and assassinated him there. And during those fifteen years that he was in Lachish, Jecoliah, Uzziah’s mother, reigned in his stead. This is how it appears to me. In the commentary of Rabbi Joseph (Kara), I saw that during those fifteen years that he was in Lachish, Uzziah his son reigned in his stead, but it is incorrect to interpret it in this manner, for it is written immediately following (26:1): “who was sixteen years old.” We find that when his father fled, he was only one year old. Moreover, if this is the case, it should say, “took Uzziah and made him king instead of his father during his lifetime.” Rather, Scripture intimated that he did not reign during his father’s lifetime.
וַיִּשָּׂאֻהוּ עַל־הַסּוּסִים וַֽיִּקְבְּרוּ אֹתוֹ עִם־אֲבֹתָיו בְּעִיר יְהוּדָֽה׃
And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Yehuda.
And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Yehuda.
וַיִּקְחוּ כׇּל־עַם יְהוּדָה אֶת־עֻזִּיָּהוּ וְהוּא בֶּן־שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה וַיַּמְלִיכוּ אֹתוֹ תַּחַת אָבִיו אֲמַצְיָֽהוּ׃
Then all the people of Yehuda took ῾Uzziyyahu, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amażyahu.
Then all the people of Yehuda took ῾Uzziyyahu, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amażyahu.
הוּא בָּנָה אֶת־אֵילוֹת וַיְשִׁיבֶהָ לִֽיהוּדָה אַחֲרֵי שְׁכַֽב־הַמֶּלֶךְ עִם־אֲבֹתָֽיו׃ {פ}
He built Elot, and restored it to Yehuda, after the king slept with his fathers.
He built Elot, and restored it to Yehuda, after the king slept with his fathers.
ומעת אשר סר אמציה מאחרי ה'. ונפל לפני מלך ישראל מיד ויקשרו עליו קשר בירושלים להרגו כי הי' לבם דוה איש על בנו ועל אחיו ועל קרובו שנהרגו על ידו לפי שנתגרה במלך ישראל:
And from the time that Amaziah turned away from following the Lord and was defeated by the king of Israel, immediately they conspired against him in Jerusalem to kill him, because each one was grieved over his son, his brother, and his kinsman who were slain because of him, because he provoked the king of Israel.