Tanach
Divrei HaYamim II 27 דברי הימים ב כ״ז
Part of: Petuchah, II Chronicles 27:1
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בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנָה יוֹתָם בְּמׇלְכוֹ וְשֵׁשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ͏ִם וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ יְרוּשָׁה בַּת־צָדֽוֹק׃
Yotam was twenty five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name was Yerusha, the daughter of Żadoq.
Yotam was twenty five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name was Yerusha, the daughter of Żadoq.
וַיַּעַשׂ הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינֵי יְהֹוָה כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה עֻזִּיָּהוּ אָבִיו רַק לֹא־בָא אֶל־הֵיכַל יְהֹוָה וְעוֹד הָעָם מַשְׁחִיתִֽים׃
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father ῾Uzziyyahu had done: but he did not enter into the temple of the Lord, and the people still acted corruptly.
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father ῾Uzziyyahu had done: but he did not enter into the temple of the Lord, and the people still acted corruptly.
Rashi
ועוד העם משחיתים. כדכתיב (במלכים ב' ט') עוד העם מזבחים ומקטרים:
the people were still acting corruptly as it is written in II Kings (15:35): “the people were still slaughtering and burning incense [on the high places].”
הוּא בָּנָה אֶת־שַׁעַר בֵּית־יְהֹוָה הָעֶלְיוֹן וּבְחוֹמַת הָעֹפֶל בָּנָה לָרֹֽב׃
He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of the ῾Ofel he built much.
He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of the ῾Ofel he built much.
Rashi
ובחומת העופל. דוגמא (ישעיהו ל״ב:י״ד) עופל ובחן היה בונה מצודות:
and in the wall of the rampart - Heb. עֹפֶל, similar to (Isa. 32:14): “rampart and tower (עפֶל וָבַחַן) .” He built strongholds.
וְעָרִים בָּנָה בְּהַר־יְהוּדָה וּבֶחֳרָשִׁים בָּנָה בִּירָנִיּוֹת וּמִגְדָּלִֽים׃
And he built cities in the mountains of Yehuda, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
And he built cities in the mountains of Yehuda, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
Rashi
ובחרשים בנה בירניות. לשון בירה גדולה:
and in the forests he built palaces - Heb. בִּירָנִית, an expression of a large palace (בִּירָה).
וְהוּא נִלְחַם עִם־מֶלֶךְ בְּנֵֽי־עַמּוֹן וַיֶּחֱזַק עֲלֵיהֶם וַיִּתְּנוּ־לוֹ בְנֵי־עַמּוֹן בַּשָּׁנָה הַהִיא מֵאָה כִּכַּר־כֶּסֶף וַעֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים כֹּרִים חִטִּים וּשְׂעוֹרִים עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים זֹאת הֵשִׁיבוּ לוֹ בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן וּבַשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית וְהַשְּׁלִשִֽׁית׃
And he fought with the king of the children of ῾Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the children of ῾Ammon gave him in the same year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of ῾Ammon pay to him, also in the second year, and the third.
And he fought with the king of the children of ῾Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the children of ῾Ammon gave him in the same year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of ῾Ammon pay to him, also in the second year, and the third.
וַיִּתְחַזֵּק יוֹתָם כִּי הֵכִין דְּרָכָיו לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהָֽיו׃
So Yotam became mighty, because he directed his ways aright before the Lord his God.
So Yotam became mighty, because he directed his ways aright before the Lord his God.
וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי יוֹתָם וְכׇל־מִלְחֲמֹתָיו וּדְרָכָיו הִנָּם כְּתוּבִים עַל־סֵפֶר מַלְכֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהוּדָֽה׃
Now the rest of the acts of Yotam, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Yisra᾽el and Yehuda.
Now the rest of the acts of Yotam, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Yisra᾽el and Yehuda.
בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנָה הָיָה בְמׇלְכוֹ וְשֵׁשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃
He was twenty five years old when he began to reign, and reigned for sixteen years in Yerushalayim.
He was twenty five years old when he began to reign, and reigned for sixteen years in Yerushalayim.
וַיִּשְׁכַּב יוֹתָם עִם־אֲבֹתָיו וַיִּקְבְּרוּ אֹתוֹ בְּעִיר דָּוִיד וַיִּמְלֹךְ אָחָז בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ {פ}
And Yotam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Aĥaz his son reigned in his stead.
And Yotam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Aĥaz his son reigned in his stead.
ככל אשר עשה עזיהו אביו. הטובות שעשה אביו וזהו שאמר רבי שמעון בן יוחאי במסכת סוכה אלמלא יהי' אברהם אבינו מקבל עליו כל עונות הדורות עד לו אני הייתי מקבל עלי חטאי הדורות מאברהם עד לי ואם היה יותם בן עזיהו עמי היינו מקבלין עלינו מאברהם ועד סוף הדורות שבכל המלכים שלפניו ולאחריו מצינו בהם חטא חוץ מיותם, דוד רק באוריה החתי שלמה נשיו הטו לבבו ורחבעם עזב את תורת ה', אביה וילך בכל חטאת אביו, אסא הוציא כסף וזהב מאוצרות בית ה' ונתן הנביא בית המהפכת, יהושפט נתחבר לרשע יהורם הרג אחיו אחזיהו אמו יועצתו להרשיע יואש הרג זכריה ונעשה קדש אמציה השתחו' לפסילי שעיר עזיהו נכנס להיכל להקטיר אחז הלך בדרכי מלך ישראל וגם עשה מצבות לבעלים חזקיה גבה לבו ויהי עליו קצף ועל שלשה לא הודו לו, מנשה עשה הרע בעיני ה' יאשיהו לא שמע דברי נבואה מפי אלהים צדקיה עשה הרע בעיני ה' ולא נכנע מפני ירמיה אבל יותם לא נמצא בו שום דופי (כך אמר לי ר' אלעזר בר משה):
as all that his father Uzziah the good deeds that his father had done. That is what R. Simeon ben Yohai said in Tractate Sotah (sic. Should be Sukkah 45b): If Abraham would take upon himself all the sins of the generations until his time, I would take upon myself the sins of the generations from Abraham until my time. And if Jotham the son of Uzziah were with me, we would take upon ourselves the sins of all the generations from Abraham until the end of all generations, for in all the kings before him and after him we find sin, except in Jotham. Concerning David it is written, (I Kings 15:5): “Only concerning the matter of Uriah the Hittite”; concerning Solomon it is written, (ibid. 11:4): “His wives turned his heart away”; Rehoboam forsook the Lord’s Torah; Abijah (ibid. 15:3): “went in all his father’s sins”; Asa took silver and gold from the treasuries of the House of the Lord and put the prophet in prison; Jehoshaphat associated with a wicked man (Ahab and his son Ahaziah); Joram killed his brother; Ahaziah’s mother advised him to sin; Joash killed Zechariah and was [later punished by being] sexually molested (Yer. Kid. 1:7); Amaziah prostrated himself before the graven images of Seir; Uzziah entered the Temple to burn incense; Ahaz went in the ways of the kings of Israel and also made monuments for the baalim; Hezekiah became haughty and there was anger upon him, and the sages did not concur with him on three things that he did (Pes. 4:9); Manasseh did evil in the eyes of the Lord; Josiah did not heed the words of prophecy from God; Zedekiah did evil in the eyes of the Lord and did not humble himself before Jeremiah (below 36:12). In Jotham, however, no trace of sin was found. (R. Eliezer the son of Moses told me this.)