Tanach
Melachim II 11:1-3 מלכים ב י״א:א׳-ג׳
Part of: Chapter 11
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וַֽעֲתַלְיָה אֵם אֲחַזְיָהוּ (וראתה) [רָאֲתָה] כִּי מֵת בְּנָהּ וַתָּקׇם וַתְּאַבֵּד אֵת כׇּל־זֶרַע הַמַּמְלָכָֽה׃
And when ῾Atalya the mother of Aĥazyahu saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal seed.
And when ῾Atalya the mother of Aĥazyahu saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal seed.
וַתִּקַּח יְהוֹשֶׁבַע בַּת־הַמֶּֽלֶךְ־יוֹרָם אֲחוֹת אֲחַזְיָהוּ אֶת־יוֹאָשׁ בֶּן־אֲחַזְיָה וַתִּגְנֹב אֹתוֹ מִתּוֹךְ בְּנֵֽי־הַמֶּלֶךְ (הממותתים) [הַמּוּמָתִים] אֹתוֹ וְאֶת־מֵינִקְתּוֹ בַּחֲדַר הַמִּטּוֹת וַיַּסְתִּרוּ אֹתוֹ מִפְּנֵי עֲתַלְיָהוּ וְלֹא הוּמָֽת׃
But Yehosheva, the daughter of king Yoram, sister of Aĥazyahu, took Yo᾽ash the son of Aĥazya, and stole him from among the king’s sons who were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bed chamber, and they hid him from ῾Atalyahu, so that he was not slain.
But Yehosheva, the daughter of king Yoram, sister of Aĥazyahu, took Yo᾽ash the son of Aĥazya, and stole him from among the king’s sons who were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bed chamber, and they hid him from ῾Atalyahu, so that he was not slain.
Rashi
וַיְהִי אִתָּהּ בֵּית יְהֹוָה מִתְחַבֵּא שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים וַעֲתַלְיָה מֹלֶכֶת עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ {פ}
And he was with her hid in the house of the Lord six years. And ῾Atalya did reign over the land.
And he was with her hid in the house of the Lord six years. And ῾Atalya did reign over the land.
בחדר המטות. בעליית בית קדשי הקדשים, כמה שהוא אומר (לקמן פסוק ג): ויהי אתה בית ה' מתחבא וגו'. עליו אמר דוד (תהלים כז ה): כי יצפנני בסכה יסתירני בסתר אהלו. וקורא אותה חדר המטות, על שם (שיר השירים א יג): בין שדי ילין, וזהו שיסד רבי אליעזר: נפץ חדר המטות, חורבן ביתך יכפר עליהם:
Into the bed-chamber‘room. In the attic of the Holy of Holies,1In II Divrei Hayomim 22:11 it indicates that Yehosheva was the wife of Yehoyada the chief kohein, and she therefore had access to the chambers in the Beis Hamikdosh. as it states, “And he remained with her in the Beis [Hamikdosh] of Adonoy, hiding, etc.”2Below v. 3. Concerning him Dovid said, “For He will hide me in His Tabernacle … He will conceal me in the shelter of His Tent.”3Tehillim 27:5. He calls it the “bed-chamber” in accordance with, “Between my breasts He lodges.”4Shir Hashirim 1:13.5The Holy Presence rested between the two staves of the Ark within the Holy of Holies. The staves protruded into the curtain like a woman’s breasts. See Rashi I Melochim 8:8 and Maseches Yoma 54a. This is what Rabbi Eliezer6Rashi is referring to Rabbi Elazar Hakalir, the author of this poetic liturgy. instituted, [May He remember for atonement] “the destruction of the bed-chamber,” [i.e.,] “May the destruction of Your Beis [Hamikdosh] atone for them.”