Tanach
Divrei HaYamim II 35:19-24 דברי הימים ב ל״ה:י״ט-כ״ד
Part of: Chapter 35
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בִּשְׁמוֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה לְמַלְכוּת יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ נַעֲשָׂה הַפֶּסַח הַזֶּֽה׃
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Yoshiyyahu was this passover kept.
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Yoshiyyahu was this passover kept.
אַחֲרֵי כׇל־זֹאת אֲשֶׁר הֵכִין יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ אֶת־הַבַּיִת עָלָה נְכוֹ מֶלֶךְ־מִצְרַיִם לְהִלָּחֵם בְּכַרְכְּמִישׁ עַל־פְּרָת וַיֵּצֵא לִקְרָאתוֹ יֹאשִׁיָּֽהוּ׃
After all this, when Yoshiyyahu had prepared the temple, Nekho king of Miżrayim came up to fight against Karkemish by Perat: and Yoshiyyahu went out against him.
After all this, when Yoshiyyahu had prepared the temple, Nekho king of Miżrayim came up to fight against Karkemish by Perat: and Yoshiyyahu went out against him.
Rashi
להלחם בכרכמיש על פרת. על מלך אשור כדכתיב (במלכים ב כ״ג:כ״ט) ורצה לעבור דרך ארץ ישראל עליו ופרעה נכו לא היה יכול לבוא עליו דרך נהר פרת אם לא יעבור דרך ארץ ישראל שהרי מצרים בדרומה של ארץ ישראל ונהר פרת בצפונו של ארץ ישראל:
went up to wage war in Carchemish on the Euphrates against the king of Assyria. So it is written in (II) Kings (23:29), and he wished to pass to him through the land of Israel, and Pharaoh Neco could not go to him by the way of the Euphrates River unless he were to pass through Israel, for Egypt is south of the land of Israel, and the Euphrates River is north of the land of Israel.
ויצא לקראתו. שדרש וחרב לא תעבור בארצכם (ויקרא כ״ו:ו׳) אפילו חרב של שלום לא תעבור בארצכם ולא ידע חטא ליצני הדור אשר אתרי הדלת קמו לסדור כמו שמפורש במסכת תענית:
went forth toward him for he interpreted (Lev. 26:6): “and a sword will not pass through your land” to mean that even peaceful armies passing through the land [to attack other countries] should not pass through your land, but he was unaware of “the sin of the scorners of the generation, who arose to set up [idolatrous symbols] behind the door,” [i.e., he did not know that his generation found but little favor in God’s eyes], as is explained in Tractate Taanith (22b)
וַיִּשְׁלַח אֵלָיו מַלְאָכִים ׀ לֵאמֹר ׀ מַה־לִּי וָלָךְ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה לֹא־עָלֶיךָ אַתָּה הַיּוֹם כִּי אֶל־בֵּית מִלְחַמְתִּי וֵאלֹהִים אָמַר לְבַהֲלֵנִי חֲדַל־לְךָ מֵאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר־עִמִּי וְאַל־יַשְׁחִיתֶֽךָ׃
But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Yehuda? I come not against thee this day, but against the house with which I am at war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear from meddling with God, who is with me, so that he does not destroy thee.
But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Yehuda? I come not against thee this day, but against the house with which I am at war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear from meddling with God, who is with me, so that he does not destroy thee.
וְלֹא־הֵסֵב יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ פָנָיו מִמֶּנּוּ כִּי לְהִלָּחֵֽם־בּוֹ הִתְחַפֵּשׂ וְלֹא שָׁמַע אֶל־דִּבְרֵי נְכוֹ מִפִּי אֱלֹהִים וַיָּבֹא לְהִלָּחֵם בְּבִקְעַת מְגִדּֽוֹ׃
Nevertheless Yoshiyyahu would not turn his face from him, but he sought an opportunity to fight with him, and he did not hearken to the words of Nekho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
Nevertheless Yoshiyyahu would not turn his face from him, but he sought an opportunity to fight with him, and he did not hearken to the words of Nekho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
Rashi
ולא שמע אל דברי נכו מפי אלהים. שאמר לו מפי אלהים כי כן אמר ישעיה וסכסכתי מצרים במצרים וזהו שיסד הקליר כל המוניו ללכת ארם נהרים למען לא תעבור חרב כל שהוא באפרים לא שמע לחוזה וישוב אחורים כי נגזרה גזירה לסכסך מצרים במצרים:
and he did not hearken to the words of Neco from the mouth of God who said to him from the mouth of God, for so said Isaiah, (19:2): “And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians.” This is what the Kallir composed: “He withheld his troops from marching to Aram Naharaim, in order that no single sword should pass through Ephraim; and he did not hearken to the prophet to turn back, for it was decreed that Egyptian be set against Egyptian.”
וַיֹּרוּ הַיֹּרִים לַמֶּלֶךְ יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ לַעֲבָדָיו הַעֲבִירוּנִי כִּי הׇחֳלֵיתִי מְאֹֽד׃
And the archers shot at king Yoshiyyahu; and the king said to his servants. Get me away; for I am grievously wounded.
And the archers shot at king Yoshiyyahu; and the king said to his servants. Get me away; for I am grievously wounded.
וַיַּעֲבִירֻהוּ עֲבָדָיו מִן־הַמֶּרְכָּבָה וַֽיַּרְכִּיבֻהוּ עַל רֶכֶב הַמִּשְׁנֶה אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ וַיּוֹלִיכֻהוּ יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם וַיָּמׇת וַיִּקָּבֵר בְּקִבְרוֹת אֲבֹתָיו וְכׇל־יְהוּדָה וִירוּשָׁלַ͏ִם מִֽתְאַבְּלִים עַל־יֹאשִׁיָּֽהוּ׃ {פ}
So his servants took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Yerushalayim, and he died, and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. And all Yehuda and Yerushalayim mourned for Yoshiyyahu.
So his servants took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Yerushalayim, and he died, and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. And all Yehuda and Yerushalayim mourned for Yoshiyyahu.
Rashi
על רכב המשנה. לפי שדרך המלך לרכוב על שני מרכבות הראשונה עיקר ואם יצטרך ישב בשניה בראשונה יצא לפניהם וכשחלה הרכיבוהו על הרכב המשנה:
into his second chariot for it was customary for the king to ride on two chariots; he rode mainly on the first, but if necessary, he would ride on the second. The first one went before them, and when he was stricken, they put him into the second chariot.
אחרי כל זאת אשר הכין יאשיהו את הבית עלה נכו מלך מצרים. הפסוק קובל ומקונן על יאשיהו שלא נעשה לו נס כמו לחזקיהו שכתוב בו אחרי הדברים והאמת בא סנחריב על חזקיהו ונעשה לו נס:
After all this, that Josiah had prepared the Temple, Neco, the king of Egypt, went up Scripture decries and laments Josiah, for a miracle was not performed for him as it had been for Hezekiah, about whom it is written (32:1): “After these deeds of integrity, Sennacherib the king of Assyria came” upon Hezekiah, and a miracle was performed for him.