Tanach
Divrei HaYamim II 30:24-26 דברי הימים ב ל׳:כ״ד-כ״ו
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כִּי חִזְקִיָּהוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה הֵרִים לַקָּהָל אֶלֶף פָּרִים וְשִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים צֹאן {ס} וְהַשָּׂרִים הֵרִימוּ לַקָּהָל פָּרִים אֶלֶף וְצֹאן עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים וַיִּֽתְקַדְּשׁוּ כֹהֲנִים לָרֹֽב׃
For Ḥizqiyyahu king of Yehuda did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
For Ḥizqiyyahu king of Yehuda did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
Rashi
לקהל אלף פרים וגו'. והיו אוכלים ביחד מלך ושרים והעם שמחים:
for the congregation one thousand bulls, etc. and they were eating together, the king, the officers, and the people, with joy.
וַֽיִּשְׂמְחוּ ׀ כׇּל־קְהַל יְהוּדָה וְהַכֹּֽהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם וְכׇל־הַקָּהָל הַבָּאִים מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל וְהַגֵּרִים הַבָּאִים מֵאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְהַיּוֹשְׁבִים בִּיהוּדָֽה׃
And all the congregation of Yehuda, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Yisra᾽el, and the strangers who came out of the land of Yisra᾽el, and who dwelt in Yehuda, rejoiced.
And all the congregation of Yehuda, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Yisra᾽el, and the strangers who came out of the land of Yisra᾽el, and who dwelt in Yehuda, rejoiced.
וַתְּהִי שִׂמְחָֽה־גְדוֹלָה בִּירוּשָׁלָ͏ִם כִּי מִימֵי שְׁלֹמֹה בֶן־דָּוִיד מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא כָזֹאת בִּירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃ {ס}
So there was great joy in Yerushalayim: for since the time of Shelomo the son of David king of Yisra᾽el there was not the like in Yerushalayim.
So there was great joy in Yerushalayim: for since the time of Shelomo the son of David king of Yisra᾽el there was not the like in Yerushalayim.
Rashi
כי מימי שלמה בן דוד מלך ישראל לא. היתה כזאת בירושלים שמא עם רב יותר היו באין לרגל לירושלים בימי שלמה אבל שמחה גדולה לא היתה בירושלים כזאת מימות שלמה כי ביותר שמחו על מה שאם היו כל רגל ורגל מקובצים בירושלים לפי שלא היה להם חדוש אין להם שמחה אבל עתה שכל ימי אחז ומלכי יהודה הרשעים לא עלו לרגל לירושלים ועתה הורשו לעלות לירושלים שמחו שמחה גדולה ולפי שהיה כמה שנים שלא עלו לירושלים עד עתה הוקטן בעיניהם ז' ימים דחג המצות והוסיפו עוד ז' ימים כדי לשמוח בהם ושמחו שמחה גדולה:
for since the days of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, there had not been the like in Jerusalem It is possible that a greater multitude had come for the festival to Jerusalem in the days of Solomon, but there had never been such a great rejoicing as this in Jerusalem since the days of Solomon. They were joyful about this [gathering], for if they had gathered in Jerusalem on every festival, it would have been nothing new and they would have had no cause for [special] joy But now, since they had not performed the festival pilgrimage to Jerusalem all the days of Ahaz and the wicked kings of Judah, and they were now permitted to go up to Jerusalem they rejoiced greatly. And since it was so many years since they had gone to Jerusalem, the seven days of the Festival of Matzoth were too few in their eyes and they added another seven days in which to rejoice, and they rejoiced a great rejoicing.
הרים לקהל. מצאנו ומבקרו:
separated from his small cattle and from his large cattle.