Tanach
Divrei HaYamim II 8:1-9 דברי הימים ב ח׳:א׳-ט׳
Part of: Chapter 8
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וַיְהִי מִקֵּץ ׀ עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה שְׁלֹמֹה אֶת־בֵּית יְהֹוָה וְאֶת־בֵּיתֽוֹ׃
And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, during which Shelomo had built the house of the Lord, and his own house,
And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, during which Shelomo had built the house of the Lord, and his own house,
Rashi
וְהֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר נָתַן חוּרָם לִשְׁלֹמֹה בָּנָה שְׁלֹמֹה אֹתָם וַיּוֹשֶׁב שָׁם אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
that the cities which Ḥuram had given Shelomo, Shelomo built them, and caused the children of Yisra᾽el to dwell there.
that the cities which Ḥuram had given Shelomo, Shelomo built them, and caused the children of Yisra᾽el to dwell there.
וַיֵּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה חֲמָת צוֹבָה וַיֶּחֱזַק עָלֶֽיהָ׃
And Shelomo went to Ḥamat-żova, and prevailed against it.
And Shelomo went to Ḥamat-żova, and prevailed against it.
וַיִּבֶן אֶת־תַּדְמֹר בַּמִּדְבָּר וְאֵת כׇּל־עָרֵי הַֽמִּסְכְּנוֹת אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה בַּחֲמָֽת׃
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Ḥamat.
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Ḥamat.
Rashi
ויבן את תדמור במדבר. (ובמלכים א ט׳:י״ח) כתיב את תמור ותדמור קרינן וזה ששנינו ביבמות אין מקבלים גרים מן התרמודים ובב"ר בפרשת עקידה מפרש שעזרו לשונאיהם של ישראל ולפי שהמירו עצמם ונתחלפו לרעה בסוף על כן נכתב במלכים תמור לשון תמורה שהיה להם לעשות לישראל חסד עשה עמהם שלמה שבנה להם כרך תדמור ומשום שלמה לא נכתב כאן תמור אלא תדמור כלומר עיר חשובה הכל לכבוד שלמה שאין כבוד שלמה לומר כאן הא בנה כרך שמרדו בו וקלקלו בו ועל כן כתב תדמור ולא תמור:
And he built Tadmor in the desert In I Kings (9:18) it [the name] is written “Tamar,” but read, “Tadmor.” This accounts for that which we learned in Tractate Jebamoth (16a): We may not accept proselytes from the Tarmodites; and in Genesis Rabbah (56:11), in the portion dealing with the binding [of Isaac] it is explained that they aided Israel’s enemies, and because they changed themselves and became worse, the word תָּמָר is used in Kings, an expression of exchange (תְּמוּרָה), for they should have repaid Israel for the kindness that Solomon bestowed upon them, for he built the city of Tadmor for them. Because of Solomon, it is not written here “Tamar,” but “Tadmor,” i.e., an important city, in deference to Solomon’s honor, for it is no honor to Solomon to say here that he built a city which rebelled against him and sinned against him. Therefore, it is written, “Tadmor,” and not “Tamar.”
וַיִּבֶן אֶת־בֵּית חוֹרוֹן הָעֶלְיוֹן וְאֶת־בֵּית חוֹרוֹן הַתַּחְתּוֹן עָרֵי מָצוֹר חוֹמוֹת דְּלָתַיִם וּבְרִֽיחַ׃
And he built the upper Bet-ĥoron, and the lower Bet-ĥoron, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
And he built the upper Bet-ĥoron, and the lower Bet-ĥoron, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
Rashi
ערי מצור. לפי שהיו עומדים על התחום הוצרכו חוזק כל כך:
fortified cities Because they stood on the border, they needed to be fortified.
וְאֶֽת־בַּעֲלָת וְאֵת כׇּל־עָרֵי הַֽמִּסְכְּנוֹת אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ לִשְׁלֹמֹה וְאֵת כׇּל־עָרֵי הָרֶכֶב וְאֵת עָרֵי הַפָּרָשִׁים וְאֵת ׀ כׇּל־חֵשֶׁק שְׁלֹמֹה אֲשֶׁר חָשַׁק לִבְנוֹת בִּירוּשָׁלַ͏ִם וּבַלְּבָנוֹן וּבְכֹל אֶרֶץ מֶמְשַׁלְתּֽוֹ׃
and Ba῾alat, and all the store cities that Shelomo had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Shelomo desired to build in Yerushalayim, and in the Levanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
and Ba῾alat, and all the store cities that Shelomo had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Shelomo desired to build in Yerushalayim, and in the Levanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
כׇּל־הָעָם הַנּוֹתָר מִן־הַחִתִּי וְהָאֱמֹרִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי וְהַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי אֲשֶׁר לֹא מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל הֵֽמָּה׃
As for all the people who were left of the Ḥitti, and the Emori, and the Perizzi, and the Ḥivvi, and the Yevusi, who were not of Yisra᾽el;
As for all the people who were left of the Ḥitti, and the Emori, and the Perizzi, and the Ḥivvi, and the Yevusi, who were not of Yisra᾽el;
מִן־בְּנֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר נוֹתְרוּ אַֽחֲרֵיהֶם בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־כִלּוּם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיַּעֲלֵם שְׁלֹמֹה לְמַס עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה׃
of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Yisra᾽el did not wipe out, Shelomo raised a levy of them until this day.
of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Yisra᾽el did not wipe out, Shelomo raised a levy of them until this day.
וּמִן־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר לֹא־נָתַן שְׁלֹמֹה לַעֲבָדִים לִמְלַאכְתּוֹ כִּי־הֵמָּה אַנְשֵׁי מִלְחָמָה וְשָׂרֵי שָׁלִישָׁיו וְשָׂרֵי רִכְבּוֹ וּפָרָשָֽׁיו׃ {פ}
But of the children of Yisra᾽el of whom Shelomo did not make servants for his work, (for they were men of war, and chiefs of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen,)
But of the children of Yisra᾽el of whom Shelomo did not make servants for his work, (for they were men of war, and chiefs of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen,)
Rashi
למלאכתו. למלאכת בניינו למה כי הגרים למלאכתו ולא אנשי ישראל לפי כי ישראל המה אנשי חיל ואנשי מלחמה ושרי רכבו ופרשיו:
for his work [i.e.] for the work of his building. Why? All the proselytes were [employed] to do his work, but not the men of Israel, because the Israelites served as soldiers and men of war and the officers of his chariots and his horsemen.
ויהי מקץ עשרים שנה. פתרון מקץ עשרים שנה שנגמר כל הבנין של בית ה' שבע שנים ואת ביתו י"ג שנים כדכתיב במלכים (שם ו):
Now it came to pass at the end of twenty years The meaning is: at the end of twenty years that the entire construction had been completed: that of the House of the Lord seven years and that of his palace thirteen years, as it is written in I Kings (6:38, 7:1).