Tanach
Melachim II 1:15-17 מלכים ב א׳:ט״ו-י״ז
Part of: Chapter 1Petuchah, II Kings 1:17
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וַיְדַבֵּר מַלְאַךְ יְהֹוָה אֶל־אֵלִיָּהוּ רֵד אוֹתוֹ אַל־תִּירָא מִפָּנָיו וַיָּקׇם וַיֵּרֶד אוֹתוֹ אֶל־הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
And the angel of the Lord said to Eliyyahu, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him to the king.
And the angel of the Lord said to Eliyyahu, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him to the king.
וַיְדַבֵּר אֵלָיו כֹּה־אָמַר יְהֹוָה יַעַן אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַחְתָּ מַלְאָכִים לִדְרֹשׁ בְּבַעַל זְבוּב אֱלֹהֵי עֶקְרוֹן הֲֽמִבְּלִי אֵין־אֱלֹהִים בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל לִדְרֹשׁ בִּדְבָרוֹ לָכֵן הַמִּטָּה אֲשֶׁר־עָלִיתָ שָּׁם לֹא־תֵרֵד מִמֶּנָּה כִּי־מוֹת תָּמֽוּת׃
And he said to him, Thus says the Lord, Since thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Ba῾al-zevuv the god of ῾Eqron, is it because there is no God in Yisra᾽el to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed of which thou hast gone up, but shalt surely die.
And he said to him, Thus says the Lord, Since thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Ba῾al-zevuv the god of ῾Eqron, is it because there is no God in Yisra᾽el to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed of which thou hast gone up, but shalt surely die.
וַיָּמׇת כִּדְבַר יְהֹוָה ׀ אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר אֵלִיָּהוּ וַיִּמְלֹךְ יְהוֹרָם תַּחְתָּיו {פ}
בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לִיהוֹרָם בֶּן־יְהוֹשָׁפָט מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה כִּי לֹא־הָיָה לוֹ בֵּֽן׃ {ס}
So he died according to the word of the Lord which Eliyyahu had spoken. And Yehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Yehoram the son of Yehoshafat king of Yehuda; because he had no son.
So he died according to the word of the Lord which Eliyyahu had spoken. And Yehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Yehoram the son of Yehoshafat king of Yehuda; because he had no son.
Rashi
בשנת שתים ליהורם בן יהושפט. אפשר לומר כן, והלא מלך בשנת תשע עשרה ליהושפט, שהרי אחזיה מלך בשבע עשרה, ומלך שנתים, ובסמוך נמי כתיב בשנת שמונה עשרה ליהושפט מלך יהורם, ויהושפט מלך עשרים וחמש שנים קודם שמלך יהורם בנו, אלא ראוי היה יהושפט ליהרג ברמות גלעד, ובשכר שזעק, תלה לו שבע שנים, ומאותה שעה הוא מונה לבנו (תוספתא סוטה יב ב):
In the second year of Yehorom, son of Yehoshophot. Is it possible to say this? Did he not reign in the nineteenth year of Yehoshophot? For Achazyah reigned in the seventeenth year [of Yehoshophot] and he reigned for two years,3The root of the word is חלה (=to become ill). and also, below it is written, “In the eighteenth year of Yehoshophot,”4He did not reign for a full two years. He reigned during two different years, and his total reign might have been less than one year, covering only the last few months of one year and the first few months of the following year.—Ralbag that Yehorom reigned, and Yehoshophot reigned twenty-five years before Yehorom, his son, reigned.5Below 3:1. But, Yehoshophot deserved to be killed in Ramos Gilad, but as a reward for [his] crying out, his [death] was suspended for seven years,6According to Radak, the seven years discrepancy is resolved as follows. Yehoshophot gave over the throne to Yehorom during his lifetime because he wanted to establish Yehorom as his successor and to prevent conflict among the brothers. This occurred at the end of Yehoshophot’s reign. The first seven years of Yehorom’s reign were while his father was alive. The second year of Yehorom’s reign corresponds with the year that Yehorom son of Achov became king over Yisroel, as stated below in 3:1. and from that time [Scripture] counts [the years] to his son.7Tosefta Maseches Sotah 12:2.
וימלוך יהורם תחתיו. אחיו היה:
And Yehorom reigned in his place. He was his brother.