Tanach
Divrei HaYamim II 7:12-22 דברי הימים ב ז׳:י״ב-כ״ב
Part of: Chapter 7
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וַיֵּרָא יְהֹוָה אֶל־שְׁלֹמֹה בַּלָּיְלָה וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ שָׁמַעְתִּי אֶת־תְּפִלָּתֶךָ וּבָחַרְתִּי בַּמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה לִי לְבֵית זָֽבַח׃
And the Lord appeared to Shelomo by night, and said to him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.
And the Lord appeared to Shelomo by night, and said to him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.
Rashi
שמעתי את תפלתך. בלשון שאמר שלמה ושמעת השיב הקב"ה שמעתי תפלתך הוא התפלל בהעצר השמים השיב הקב"ה הן אעצור, הוא התפלל רעב וארבה והקב"ה משיבו והן אצוה על חגב, הוא התפלל על דבר והקב"ה משיבו ואם אשלח דבר בעמי:
I have heard your prayer With the wording that Solomon used, “And You shall hear.” The Holy One, blessed be He, answered him: “I have heard your prayer.” He prayed, (above 6:26): “When heaven is closed up.” And the Holy One, blessed be He, answered him, “If I close up.” He prayed concerning famine and locusts, and the Holy One, blessed be He, answered him, “if I command locusts.” He prayed concerning pestilence, and the Holy One, blessed be He, answered him, “or if I send pestilence upon My people.
ויכנעו עמי. במה שיתפללו ויבקשו פני וישובו מדרכיהם הרעים הרי ג' כנגד ג':
and My people... humble themselves” by praying and seeking My presence and repenting of their evil ways. Hence we have three [responses] corresponding to three [entreaties].
הֵן אֶעֱצֹר הַשָּׁמַיִם וְלֹא־יִהְיֶה מָטָר וְהֵן־אֲצַוֶּה עַל־חָגָב לֶאֱכוֹל הָאָרֶץ וְאִם־אֲשַׁלַּח דֶּבֶר בְּעַמִּֽי׃
If I shut up the heaven so that there is no rain, or if I command the grasshopper to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
If I shut up the heaven so that there is no rain, or if I command the grasshopper to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
Rashi
הן אעצור. והן אצוה ואם אשלח כנגד ג' תפילות ואני אשמע ואסלח לחטאתם וארפא את ארצם:
If I shut up... if I command...or if I send corresponding to three prayers, “I shall hear...and forgive their sin, and heal their land.”
וְיִכָּנְעוּ עַמִּי אֲשֶׁר נִֽקְרָא־שְׁמִי עֲלֵיהֶם וְיִֽתְפַּֽלְלוּ וִיבַקְשׁוּ פָנַי וְיָשֻׁבוּ מִדַּרְכֵיהֶם הָרָעִים וַֽאֲנִי אֶשְׁמַע מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶסְלַח לְחַטָּאתָם וְאֶרְפָּא אֶת־אַרְצָֽם׃
if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin, and I will heal their land.
if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin, and I will heal their land.
עַתָּה עֵינַי יִהְיוּ פְתֻחוֹת וְאׇזְנַי קַשֻּׁבוֹת לִתְפִלַּת הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּֽה׃
Now my eyes shall be open and my ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.
Now my eyes shall be open and my ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.
וְעַתָּה בָּחַרְתִּי וְהִקְדַּשְׁתִּי אֶת־הַבַּיִת הַזֶּה לִֽהְיוֹת־שְׁמִי שָׁם עַד־עוֹלָם וְהָיוּ עֵינַי וְלִבִּי שָׁם כׇּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃
For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
Rashi
והיו עיני ולבי. תרגם יונתן ותהי שכינתי שריא ביה אם רעותי מתעבדא תמן כל יומיא, והיו עיני שם אם לבי וחפצי שם:
and My eyes and heart will be Jonathan renders (I Kings 9:3): “and My presence will rest there if My will is performed there at all times.” My eyes will be there if My heart and My will are there.
וְאַתָּה אִם־תֵּלֵךְ לְפָנַי כַּאֲשֶׁר הָלַךְ דָּוִיד אָבִיךָ וְלַעֲשׂוֹת כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ וְחֻקַּי וּמִשְׁפָּטַי תִּשְׁמֽוֹר׃
And for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;
And for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;
וַהֲקִימוֹתִי אֵת כִּסֵּא מַלְכוּתֶךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר כָּרַתִּי לְדָוִיד אָבִיךָ לֵאמֹר לֹֽא־יִכָּרֵת לְךָ אִישׁ מוֹשֵׁל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom, as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Yisra᾽el.
then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom, as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Yisra᾽el.
וְאִם־תְּשׁוּבוּן אַתֶּם וַֽעֲזַבְתֶּם חֻקּוֹתַי וּמִצְוֺתַי אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לִפְנֵיכֶם וַהֲלַכְתֶּם וַֽעֲבַדְתֶּם אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶם לָהֶֽם׃
But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them:
But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them:
וּנְתַשְׁתִּים מֵעַל אַדְמָתִי אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לָהֶם וְאֶת־הַבַּיִת הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר הִקְדַּשְׁתִּי לִשְׁמִי אַשְׁלִיךְ מֵעַל פָּנָי וְאֶתְּנֶנּוּ לְמָשָׁל וְלִשְׁנִינָה בְּכׇל־הָעַמִּֽים׃
then I will pluck them up from my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
then I will pluck them up from my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
Rashi
אשליך מעל פני. כתנאי שביני וביניכם ואם לא תשמעו לי (ויקרא כ״ו:י״ד) מה נאמר והשימותי את מקדשיכם:
I shall cast from before Me according to the condition between Me and you, viz. (Lev. 26: 14): “But if you do not heed Me.” What does it say there? (verse 31): “And I shall make your sanctuaries desolate.”
ואתננו למשל ולשנינה. כענין שמושלים משל על מי שאירע לו דבר פגע:
and I shall make it a proverb as people compose a proverb about someone who was befallen by misfortune.
ולשנינה. כמו (דברים ו׳:ז׳) ושננתם לבנך ותתנינון לשון סיפור רעות וכן תרגום ויספר ואשתעי ולשועי:
and a byword - Heb. וְלִשְׁנִינָה, like (Deut. 6:7): וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ, “and you shall teach them.” [It is] an expression of recounting misfortunes. Similarly, the Targum of (Gen. 37:10) וַיְסַפֵּר “And he told,” is וְאִשְׁתָּעֵי, and [the Targum of] וְלִשְׁנִינָה is וּלְשׁוּעֵי.
וְהַבַּיִת הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר הָיָה עֶלְיוֹן לְכׇל־עֹבֵר עָלָיו יִשֹּׁם וְאָמַר בַּמֶּה עָשָׂה יְהֹוָה כָּכָה לָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת וְלַבַּיִת הַזֶּֽה׃
And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one who passes by it; so that he shall say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land, and to this house?
And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one who passes by it; so that he shall say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land, and to this house?
Rashi
לכל עובר עליו ישום. כלומר יחרב הבית ואז כל עובר עליו ישום כמו (איוב י"ח) על יומו נשמו אחרונים:
every passerby will be astounded i.e., The Temple will be destroyed, and every passerby will then be astounded (יִשֹּׁם), like (Job 18:20): “Concerning his day - the later people shall be astonished (נָשַׁמּוּ).”
במה עשה ה'. כמו על מה עשה ה' (דברים כ"ט) וכן כתיב (במלכים א' ט'):
Why has the Lord done בַּמֶּה, like (Deut. 29:23): “Why (עַל מֶה) has the Lord done thus,” and so it is written in I Kings (9:9).
וְאָמְרוּ עַל אֲשֶׁר עָזְבוּ אֶת־יְהֹוָה ׀ אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר הוֹצִיאָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וַֽיַּחֲזִיקוּ בֵּאלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ לָהֶם וַיַּעַבְדוּם עַל־כֵּן הֵבִיא עֲלֵיהֶם אֵת כׇּל־הָרָעָה הַזֹּֽאת׃ {פ}
Then they will say, Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Miżrayim, and laid hold of other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore he brought all this evil upon them.
Then they will say, Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Miżrayim, and laid hold of other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore he brought all this evil upon them.
וירא ה' אל שלמה בלילה. בחזיון לילה:
And the Lord appeared to Solomon at night in a vision of the night.