Tanach
Melachim II 14:17-22 מלכים ב י״ד:י״ז-כ״ב
Part of: Chapter 14
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וַיְחִי אֲמַצְיָהוּ בֶן־יוֹאָשׁ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה אַחֲרֵי מוֹת יְהוֹאָשׁ בֶּן־יְהוֹאָחָז מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָֽה׃
And Amażyahu the son of Yo᾽ash king of Yehuda lived after the death of Yeho᾽ash son of Yeho᾽aĥaz king of Yisra᾽el fifteen years.
And Amażyahu the son of Yo᾽ash king of Yehuda lived after the death of Yeho᾽ash son of Yeho᾽aĥaz king of Yisra᾽el fifteen years.
Rashi
וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי אֲמַצְיָהוּ הֲלֹא־הֵם כְּתֻבִים עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יְהוּדָֽה׃
And the rest of the acts of Amażyahu, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yehuda?
And the rest of the acts of Amażyahu, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yehuda?
וַיִּקְשְׁרוּ עָלָיו קֶשֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלַ͏ִם וַיָּנׇס לָכִישָׁה וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ אַחֲרָיו לָכִישָׁה וַיְמִתֻהוּ שָֽׁם׃
Now they made a conspiracy against him in Yerushalayim: and he fled to Lakhish; but they sent after him to Lakhish, and slew him there.
Now they made a conspiracy against him in Yerushalayim: and he fled to Lakhish; but they sent after him to Lakhish, and slew him there.
Rashi
ויקשרו עליו וגו'. מששמעו מה שאמר הנביא, כי יעץ ה' להשחיתך:
They conspired a revolt against him, etc. Because they heard what the prophet said, “that God has made a plan to destroy you.”7Ibid. v. 16.
וינס לכישה. שם היה כל חמש עשרה שנה:
And he fled to Lakish. He was there for the entire fifteen years.
וַיִּשְׂאוּ אֹתוֹ עַל־הַסּוּסִים וַיִּקָּבֵר בִּירוּשָׁלַ͏ִם עִם־אֲבֹתָיו בְּעִיר דָּוִֽד׃
And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Yerushalayim with his fathers in the city of David.
And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Yerushalayim with his fathers in the city of David.
וַיִּקְחוּ כׇּל־עַם יְהוּדָה אֶת־עֲזַרְיָה וְהוּא בֶּן־שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה וַיַּמְלִכוּ אֹתוֹ תַּחַת אָבִיו אֲמַצְיָֽהוּ׃
And all the people of Yehuda took ῾Azarya, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amażyahu.
And all the people of Yehuda took ῾Azarya, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amażyahu.
הוּא בָּנָה אֶת־אֵילַת וַיְשִׁבֶהָ לִֽיהוּדָה אַחֲרֵי שְׁכַֽב־הַמֶּלֶךְ עִם־אֲבֹתָֽיו׃ {פ}
He built Elat, and restored it to Yehuda, after the king slept with his fathers.
He built Elat, and restored it to Yehuda, after the king slept with his fathers.
Rashi
אחרי שכב המלך עם אבותיו. אחרי מות אמציה אביו, מכאן אתה למד שמלך עוזיה בימי אביו, ומכל מקום לא נתנה אילת בידו עד לאחר מות אביו, שאם לא מלך בחיי אביו למה לו לומר אחרי שכב המלך עם אבותיו, וכשאתה מונה ימי הבית על פי שנות המלכים, אם אינך מחסר ט"ו שנים הללו שנמנית לאמציה ולעוזיהו, תמצא שעמד ארבע מאות ועשרים וחמש:
After the king lay with his forefathers. After the death of his father Amatzyoh. From here you deduce that Uzziyoh reigned during his father’s lifetime. Nevertheless, Eilas was not delivered into his hand until after his father’s death, for if he did not reign during his father’s lifetime, why was it necessary to state, “after the king lay with his forefathers”? And when you count the days of the Beis [Hamikdosh] according to the years of the kings, if you do not subtract these fifteen years, which are counted for Amatzyoh and Uzziyohu, you will find that it existed four hundred twenty-five years.8The Beis Hamikdosh stood 410 years according to the Gemara in Maseches Yoma 9a; this figure can be arrived at by subtracting these 15 years from 425.
ויחי אמציהו וגו'. כל חמש עשרה שנה מלך עוזיהו בנו בחייו, שכן כתוב בדברי הימים (שם פסוק כז): ומעת אשר סר אמציהו מאחר ה':
And Amatzyohu … lived, etc. The entire fifteen years, Uzziyohu his son reigned during his lifetime, for so it is written, “And since the time that Amatzyoh turned away from following the Adonoy.”6II Divrei Hayomim 25:27.