Tanach
Melachim II 12:2-6 מלכים ב י״ב:ב׳-ו׳
Part of: Chapter 12
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בִּשְׁנַת־שֶׁבַע לְיֵהוּא מָלַךְ יְהוֹאָשׁ וְאַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ͏ִם וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ צִבְיָה מִבְּאֵר שָֽׁבַע׃
In the seventh year of Yehu Yeho᾽ash began to reign; and forty years he reigned in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name was Żivya of Be᾽er-sheva.
In the seventh year of Yehu Yeho᾽ash began to reign; and forty years he reigned in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name was Żivya of Be᾽er-sheva.
וַיַּעַשׂ יְהוֹאָשׁ הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינֵי יְהֹוָה כׇּל־יָמָיו אֲשֶׁר הוֹרָהוּ יְהוֹיָדָע הַכֹּהֵֽן׃
And Yeho᾽ash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days as Yehoyada the priest instructed him.
And Yeho᾽ash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days as Yehoyada the priest instructed him.
Rashi
רַק הַבָּמוֹת לֹא־סָרוּ עוֹד הָעָם מְזַבְּחִים וּֽמְקַטְּרִים בַּבָּמֽוֹת׃
But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹאָשׁ אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים כֹּל כֶּסֶף הַקֳּדָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר־יוּבָא בֵית־יְהֹוָה כֶּסֶף עוֹבֵר אִישׁ כֶּסֶף נַפְשׁוֹת עֶרְכּוֹ כׇּל־כֶּסֶף אֲשֶׁר יַֽעֲלֶה עַל לֶב־אִישׁ לְהָבִיא בֵּית יְהֹוָֽה׃
And Yeho᾽ash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things which is brought into the house of the Lord, in current money, and the money of persons, by assesment of every man, and all the money that any man is prompted by his heart to bring into the house of the Lord,
And Yeho᾽ash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things which is brought into the house of the Lord, in current money, and the money of persons, by assesment of every man, and all the money that any man is prompted by his heart to bring into the house of the Lord,
Rashi
כסף עובר איש כסף נפשות ערכו. שני כספים יש כאן, כסף עובר, הוא כסף השקלים שבכל שנה, הנאמר בו (שמות ל יג): כל העובר על הפקודים, ואיש שיתנדב ערכת נפשו, האומר ערכי עלי:
The half-shekel [given by every male over twenty,] and donations representing the value of one’s age. Two types of money are mentioned here. “Everyone who passes the numbering,”3Shemos 30:13-14. [The first type is] the money of anyone who passes the numbering, i.e., the money of the annual shekalim, about which it is stated, and [the second type is] anyone who volunteers his own value, i.e., one who says, “My value shall be incumbent upon me [to donate].”4See Vayikra 27:1-8.
כל כסף אשר יעלה וגו'. כגון האומר הרי עלי מנה לבדק הבית:
All monies that [a person’s heart] inspires him, etc. E.g., one who says, “I obligate myself to donate a maneh for making repairs to the Beis [Hamikdosh],
יִקְחוּ לָהֶם הַכֹּהֲנִים אִישׁ מֵאֵת מַכָּרוֹ וְהֵם יְחַזְּקוּ אֶת־בֶּדֶק הַבַּיִת לְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־יִמָּצֵא שָׁם בָּֽדֶק׃ {פ}
let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wherever any breach shall be found.
let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wherever any breach shall be found.
Rashi
יקחו להס הכהנים. יהיה שלהם, והם יקבלו עליהם לחזק את בדק הבית משלהם:
Let take [the money] for themselves—the kohanim. [I.e.,] it will be theirs, and [in return] they will obligate themselves to make the [necessary] repairs to the Beis [Hamikdosh] from their own [funds] .
מאת מכרו. מאת מכירו הרגיל אצלו:
From his friend. From his acquaintance who frequently visits him.
בדק. בקיעה וסדק החומה:
Restoration. Split[s] and crack[s] in the wall.5בֶּדֶק means “examination.” One must examine splits and cracks to determine their method of repair.—Radak
כל ימיו אשר הורהו יהוידע. אבל משמת יהוידע, אז באו שרי יהודה להשתחות למלך, ועשאוהו אלוה, אמרו לו: הנכנס לבית קדש הקדשים שעה אחת מסוכן למות, ואתה נחבאת בו שש שנים, כדאי אתה להיות אלוה, אז שמע המלך אליהם (בדברי הימים ב כד יז, שמות רבה ח ב):
All his days, as Yehoyoda the kohein instructed him. But after Yehoyoda died, the officers of Yehudah came to prostrate themselves before the king, and they deified him. They said to him, “One who enters the Holy of Holies for only a moment is in danger of dying, yet were hidden there for six years, so you are fit to be a deity.” Then the king listened to them.1Shemos Rabboh 8:2.2Accordingly, the meaning of the verse is “all his days as Yehoyada the kohein instructed him,” i.e., as long as Yehoyada was alive.—Radak Or, “all his days” refers to Yehoyada’s days. After Yehoyada died, Yoash began to worship asheirohs and other idols. When Zecharyoh prophesied against him, Yoash had him killed, and the following year Arom attacked Yerusholayim.