Tanach
Divrei HaYamim II 33 דברי הימים ב ל״ג
Part of: Petuchah, II Chronicles 33:1Petuchah, II Chronicles 33:10Petuchah, II Chronicles 33:21
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בֶּן־שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה מְנַשֶּׁה בְמׇלְכוֹ וַחֲמִשִּׁים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנָה מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃
Menashshe was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty five years in Yerushalayim:
Menashshe was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty five years in Yerushalayim:
וַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהֹוָה כְּתֽוֹעֲבוֹת הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר הוֹרִישׁ יְהֹוָה מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
but he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, like the abominations of the nations, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Yisra᾽el.
but he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, like the abominations of the nations, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Yisra᾽el.
וַיָּשׇׁב וַיִּבֶן אֶת־הַבָּמוֹת אֲשֶׁר נִתַּץ יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ אָבִיו וַיָּקֶם מִזְבְּחוֹת לַבְּעָלִים וַיַּעַשׂ אֲשֵׁרוֹת וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ לְכׇל־צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם וַֽיַּעֲבֹד אֹתָֽם׃
For he built again the high places which Yeĥizqiyyahu his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for the Be῾alim, and made asherot, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
For he built again the high places which Yeĥizqiyyahu his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for the Be῾alim, and made asherot, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
וּבָנָה מִזְבְּחוֹת בְּבֵית יְהֹוָה אֲשֶׁר אָמַר יְהֹוָה בִּירוּשָׁלַ͏ִם יִֽהְיֶה־שְּׁמִי לְעוֹלָֽם׃
Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Yerushalayim shall my name be for ever.
Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Yerushalayim shall my name be for ever.
Rashi
וַיִּבֶן מִזְבְּחוֹת לְכׇל־צְבָא הַשָּׁמָיִם בִּשְׁתֵּי חַצְרוֹת בֵּית־יְהֹוָֽה׃
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
וְהוּא הֶעֱבִיר אֶת־בָּנָיו בָּאֵשׁ בְּגֵי בֶן־הִנֹּם וְעוֹנֵן וְנִחֵשׁ וְֽכִשֵּׁף וְעָשָׂה אוֹב וְיִדְּעוֹנִי הִרְבָּה לַעֲשׂוֹת הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהֹוָה לְהַכְעִיסֽוֹ׃
And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he practised divination, and sorcery, and witchcraft, and dealt with mediums, and with wizards: he did much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he practised divination, and sorcery, and witchcraft, and dealt with mediums, and with wizards: he did much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
Rashi
ועשה אוב וידעוני. מלא בוי"ו לפי שהרבה לעשות והוא הוסיף על פסל הסמל אשר עשה:
and those who divine by the jidoa bone - Heb. יִדְּעוֹנִי spelled in full with a “vav,” because he did much [evil], and he added to the graven image of the idol that he made. They would take the bone of an animal known as jidoa, and place it in their mouths, whence it would speak.
וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת־פֶּסֶל הַסֶּמֶל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה בְּבֵית הָאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר אָמַר אֱלֹהִים אֶל־דָּוִיד וְאֶל־שְׁלֹמֹה בְנוֹ בַּבַּיִת הַזֶּה וּבִירוּשָׁלַ͏ִם אֲשֶׁר בָּחַרְתִּי מִכֹּל שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אָשִׂים אֶת־שְׁמִי לְעֵילֽוֹם׃
And he set up a curved idol, the image which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Shelomo his son, In this house, and in Yerushalayim, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Yisra᾽el, will I put my name for ever:
And he set up a curved idol, the image which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Shelomo his son, In this house, and in Yerushalayim, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Yisra᾽el, will I put my name for ever:
Rashi
לעילום. לעולם:
forever - Heb. לְעֵילוֹם, [a variant of] לְעוֹלָם.
וְלֹא אֹסִיף לְהָסִיר אֶת־רֶגֶל יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵעַל הָֽאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱמַדְתִּי לַאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם רַק ׀ אִם־יִשְׁמְרוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת אֵת כׇּל־אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִים לְכׇל־הַתּוֹרָה וְהַחֻקִּים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים בְּיַד־מֹשֶֽׁה׃
nor will I remove the foot of Yisra᾽el again from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; if only they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole Tora and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moshe.
nor will I remove the foot of Yisra᾽el again from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; if only they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole Tora and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moshe.
Rashi
ולא אוסיף להסיר את רגל ישראל. מוסב על פסוק של מעלה והכל קובלנא הוא כלומר הקב"ה אומר כך אמרתי אל דוד ואל שלמה בבית הזה אשים שמי שם לעולם וגם הבטחתים לא אוסיף להסיר רגל ישראל מעל האדמה רק אם ישמרו וגו' ועתה ויתע מנשה וגו' נמצא שעל ידו נסתלקה שכינה וגם אנו עדיין בגלות על ידו:
And I will not continue to remove Israel’s feet This refers back to the above verse, and all is a complaint; i.e., the Holy One, blessed be He, said, “So I said to David and to Solomon, ‘In this House I will place My name forever,’ and I also promised him, ‘And I will not continue to remove Israel’s feet from the land, if they will but observe, etc.’” But now And Manasseh led astray, etc. Because of him the Shechinah departed, and we are also still in exile because of him.
וַיֶּתַע מְנַשֶּׁה אֶת־יְהוּדָה וְיֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלָ͏ִם לַעֲשׂוֹת רָע מִן־הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר הִשְׁמִיד יְהֹוָה מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ {פ}
So Menashshe made Yehuda and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim to go astray, and to do worse than the nations, whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Yisra᾽el.
So Menashshe made Yehuda and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim to go astray, and to do worse than the nations, whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Yisra᾽el.
וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מְנַשֶּׁה וְאֶל־עַמּוֹ וְלֹא הִקְשִֽׁיבוּ׃
And the Lord spoke to Menashshe, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
And the Lord spoke to Menashshe, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
וַיָּבֵא יְהֹוָה עֲלֵיהֶם אֶת־שָׂרֵי הַצָּבָא אֲשֶׁר לְמֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וַיִּלְכְּדוּ אֶת־מְנַשֶּׁה בַּחֹחִים וַיַּאַסְרֻהוּ בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּיִם וַיּוֹלִיכֻהוּ בָּבֶֽלָה׃
So that the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Ashshur, who took Menashshe among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Bavel.
So that the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Ashshur, who took Menashshe among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Bavel.
וּכְהָצֵר לוֹ חִלָּה אֶת־פְּנֵי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהָיו וַיִּכָּנַע מְאֹד מִלִּפְנֵי אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתָֽיו׃
And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל אֵלָיו וַיֵּעָתֶר לוֹ וַיִּשְׁמַע תְּחִנָּתוֹ וַיְשִׁיבֵהוּ יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם לְמַלְכוּתוֹ וַיֵּדַע מְנַשֶּׁה כִּי יְהֹוָה הוּא הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃
And prayed to him: and he received his entreaty, and heard his supplication, and brought him back to Yerushalayim into his kingdom. Then Menashshe knew that the Lord was God.
And prayed to him: and he received his entreaty, and heard his supplication, and brought him back to Yerushalayim into his kingdom. Then Menashshe knew that the Lord was God.
וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן בָּנָה חוֹמָה חִיצוֹנָה ׀ לְעִיר־דָּוִיד מַעְרָבָה לְגִיחוֹן בַּנַּחַל וְלָבוֹא בְשַׁעַר הַדָּגִים וְסָבַב לָעֹפֶל וַיַּגְבִּיהֶהָ מְאֹד וַיָּשֶׂם שָׂרֵי־חַיִל בְּכׇל־הֶעָרִים הַבְּצֻרוֹת בִּיהוּדָֽה׃
Now after this he built a wall outside the city of David, on the west side of Giĥon, in the wadi, to the entrance by the fish gate, and he built it round the ῾Ofel, and raised it to a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fortified cities of Yehuda.
Now after this he built a wall outside the city of David, on the west side of Giĥon, in the wadi, to the entrance by the fish gate, and he built it round the ῾Ofel, and raised it to a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fortified cities of Yehuda.
Rashi
לגיחון בנחל. אצל נחל גיחון שם מקום:
of Gihon in the valley beside the valley of Gihon, the name of a place.
וסבב לעופל. וסבב משם חוזק המגדלים הבנוי' במלאכ' עופל:
and he surrounded the Ophel And he surrounded from there the strength of the towers built with the work of Ophel.
וַיָּסַר אֶת־אֱלֹהֵי הַנֵּכָר וְאֶת־הַסֶּמֶל מִבֵּית יְהֹוָה וְכׇל־הַֽמִּזְבְּחוֹת אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה בְּהַר בֵּית־יְהֹוָה וּבִירוּשָׁלָ͏ִם וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ חוּצָה לָעִֽיר׃
And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mountain of the house of the Lord, and in Yerushalayim, and cast them out of the city.
And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mountain of the house of the Lord, and in Yerushalayim, and cast them out of the city.
Rashi
וישלך חוצה. ולא שברם ולא גנזם מן העין לפיכך נכשל בהם בנו כדכתיב ולכל הפסילים אשר עשה מנשה אביו וגו' שלקח אותם ממקום שהשליך אותם:
and he cast them outside but he neither broke them nor hid them from the eye. Therefore, his son went astray after them, as it is written (below verse 22): “and to all the graven images that [Manasseh his father] had made,” for he took them from the place where he had cast them.
(ויכן) [וַיִּבֶן] אֶת־מִזְבַּח יְהֹוָה וַיִּזְבַּח עָלָיו זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים וְתוֹדָה וַיֹּאמֶר לִיהוּדָה לַעֲבוֹד אֶת־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
And he repaired the altar of the Lord, and sacrificed on it peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Yehuda to serve the Lord God of Yisra᾽el.
And he repaired the altar of the Lord, and sacrificed on it peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Yehuda to serve the Lord God of Yisra᾽el.
Rashi
ויזבח עליו זבחי שלמים ותודה. שהביא קרבן תודה והתוודה להקב"ה שהשיבו לירושלים ולמלכותו:
and he sacrificed upon it peace-offerings and thanksgiving offerings He brought a thanksgiving offering and thanked the Holy One, blessed be He, for restoring him to Jerusalem and to his kingdom.
אֲבָל עוֹד הָעָם זֹבְחִים בַּבָּמוֹת רַק לַיהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃
Nevertheless the people still sacrificed in the high places, albeit to the Lord their God only.
Nevertheless the people still sacrificed in the high places, albeit to the Lord their God only.
וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי מְנַשֶּׁה וּתְפִלָּתוֹ אֶל־אֱלֹהָיו וְדִבְרֵי הַחֹזִים הַֽמְדַבְּרִים אֵלָיו בְּשֵׁם יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הִנָּם עַל־דִּבְרֵי מַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Now the rest of the acts of Menashshe, and his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Yisra᾽el, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Yisra᾽el.
Now the rest of the acts of Menashshe, and his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Yisra᾽el, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Yisra᾽el.
וּתְפִלָּתוֹ וְהֵעָתֶר־לוֹ וְכׇל־חַטָּאתוֹ וּמַעְלוֹ וְהַמְּקֹמוֹת אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה בָהֶם בָּמוֹת וְהֶֽעֱמִיד הָאֲשֵׁרִים וְהַפְּסִלִים לִפְנֵי הִכָּֽנְעוֹ הִנָּם כְּתוּבִים עַל דִּבְרֵי חוֹזָֽי׃
His prayer also, and how it was accepted, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places on which he built high places, and set up asherim and carved idols before he humbled himself: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.
His prayer also, and how it was accepted, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places on which he built high places, and set up asherim and carved idols before he humbled himself: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.
Rashi
ותפלתו. היאך נתפלל:
and his prayer how he prayed.
והעתר לו. והשיבו על מלכותו:
and its acceptance and his return to his kingdom.
וַיִּשְׁכַּב מְנַשֶּׁה עִם־אֲבֹתָיו וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻהוּ בֵּיתוֹ וַיִּמְלֹךְ אָמוֹן בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ {פ}
So Menashshe slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
So Menashshe slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
Rashi
ויקברוהו ביתו. כמו בביתו (ובמלכים ב' כ"ח) כתוב בגן ביתו לא זכה ליקבר עם אבותיו:
and they buried him in his house Like “in his house.” In II Kings (21:18) it is written: “in the garden of his house.” He did not merit to be buried with his forefathers.
בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנָה אָמוֹן בְּמׇלְכוֹ וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנִים מָלַךְ בִּירֽוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃
Amon was twenty two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Yerushalayim.
Amon was twenty two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Yerushalayim.
וַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהֹוָה כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מְנַשֶּׁה אָבִיו וּלְכׇל־הַפְּסִילִים אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מְנַשֶּׁה אָבִיו זִבַּח אָמוֹן וַיַּעַבְדֵֽם׃
But he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did Menashshe his father: for Amon sacrificed to all the carved idols which Menashshe his father had made, and served them;
But he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did Menashshe his father: for Amon sacrificed to all the carved idols which Menashshe his father had made, and served them;
וְלֹא נִכְנַע מִלִּפְנֵי יְהֹוָה כְּהִכָּנַע מְנַשֶּׁה אָבִיו כִּי הוּא אָמוֹן הִרְבָּה אַשְׁמָֽה׃
and he did not humble himself before the Lord, as Menashshe his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
and he did not humble himself before the Lord, as Menashshe his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
וַיִּקְשְׁרוּ עָלָיו עֲבָדָיו וַיְמִיתֻהוּ בְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃
And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.
And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.
וַיַּכּוּ עַם־הָאָרֶץ אֵת כׇּל־הַקֹּשְׁרִים עַל־הַמֶּלֶךְ אָמוֹן וַיַּמְלִיכוּ עַם־הָאָרֶץ אֶת־יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ בְנוֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ {פ}
But the people of the land slew all those who had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Yoshiyyahu his son king in his stead.
But the people of the land slew all those who had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Yoshiyyahu his son king in his stead.
בירושלים יהיה שמי לעולם. הפסוק קובל זה מנשה שבנה מזבחו' לעכומ"ז בבית שאמר הקב"ה אני רוצה שישכון שמי שם וגם פסוק שאמר בסמוך לשון קובלנא הוא, וישם את פסל הסמל אשר עשה בבית האלהים וגו'. וגם הפסוק ולא אוסיף להסיר את רגל:
“In Jerusalem, My name shall be forever” Scripture decries Manasseh, who built altars to pagan deities in the very House concerning which the Holy One, blessed be He, said, “I wish My name to rest there.” The verse stated after this (verse 7) is also an expression of decrying: “And he placed the graven image of the idol that he made in the House of God, concerning which, etc.” And also the verse (8): “And I will not continue to remove Israel’s feet, etc.”