Tanach
Melachim II 14:23-29 מלכים ב י״ד:כ״ג-כ״ט
Part of: Chapter 14
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בִּשְׁנַת חֲמֵשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה לַאֲמַצְיָהוּ בֶן־יוֹאָשׁ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה מָלַךְ יָרׇבְעָם בֶּן־יוֹאָשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן אַרְבָּעִים וְאַחַת שָׁנָֽה׃
In the fifteenth year of Amażyahu the son of Yo᾽ash king of Yehuda, Yorov῾am the son of Yo᾽ash king of Yisra᾽el began to reign in Shomeron, and he reigned forty one years.
In the fifteenth year of Amażyahu the son of Yo᾽ash king of Yehuda, Yorov῾am the son of Yo᾽ash king of Yisra᾽el began to reign in Shomeron, and he reigned forty one years.
וַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהֹוָה לֹא סָר מִכׇּל־חַטֹּאות יָרׇבְעָם בֶּן־נְבָט אֲשֶׁר הֶחֱטִיא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Yorov῾am the son of Nevat, who made Yisra᾽el to sin.
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Yorov῾am the son of Nevat, who made Yisra᾽el to sin.
הוּא הֵשִׁיב אֶת־גְּבוּל יִשְׂרָאֵל מִלְּבוֹא חֲמָת עַד־יָם הָעֲרָבָה כִּדְבַר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר בְּיַד־עַבְדּוֹ יוֹנָה בֶן־אֲמִתַּי הַנָּבִיא אֲשֶׁר מִגַּת הַחֵֽפֶר׃
He restored the border of Yisra᾽el from the entrance of Ḥamat to the sea of the ῾Arava, according to the word of the Lord God of Yisra᾽el, which he spoke by the hand of his servant Yona, the son of Amittay, the prophet, who was of Gat-ĥefer.
He restored the border of Yisra᾽el from the entrance of Ḥamat to the sea of the ῾Arava, according to the word of the Lord God of Yisra᾽el, which he spoke by the hand of his servant Yona, the son of Amittay, the prophet, who was of Gat-ĥefer.
Rashi
יונה בן אמתי. הוא שמשח את יהוא, שאמר לו בני רבעים ישבו לך אבל רבותינו (יבמות צא א): דקדקו, (יונה ג א:) ויהי דבר ה' אל יונה שנית, ולא שלישית, לפי שתבע כבוד הבן, ולא תבע כבוד האב, והוקשה להם זה המקרא, ותרצוהו, כדבר ה' אשר דבר ביד יונה לנינוה, ונהפכה גזרת רעה לטובה, כך נהפך לישראל בימי ירבעם בן יואש, מרעה שהיו בה, אשר אבדם מלך ארם וישימם כעפר לדוש, ועכשיו נהפך להם לטובה:
Yonah son of Amitai. He was the one who anointed Yeihu, who said to him, “[Your] descendants of the fourth generation will occupy [the throne of Yisroel].”9Yonah 3:1. Our Rabbis, however, deduced, “And the word of Adonoy came to Yonah a second time,”10Alternatively, God spoke to Yonah only twice concerning Nineveh, but He spoke to him many times concerning other matters.—Radak but not a third time, because he demanded the honor of the son, but he did not demand the honor of the Father. This verse was therefore difficult to them, and they reconciled it [as follows]: Just like the word of Adonoy, Who had spoken through Yonah concerning Nineveh, and the evil decree was overturned for good, so was it changed for Yisroel in the days of Yerovom son of Yoash, from the distress in which they were found, that “the Arom’s king had destroyed them and trampled them like dirt,”11Above, 13:7. and now it was changed for the good.12See Maseches Yevamos 98a.
כִּי־רָאָה יְהֹוָה אֶת־עֳנִי יִשְׂרָאֵל מֹרֶה מְאֹד וְאֶפֶס עָצוּר וְאֶפֶס עָזוּב וְאֵין עֹזֵר לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
For the Lord saw the affliction of Yisra᾽el that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left free, nor any helper for Yisra᾽el.
For the Lord saw the affliction of Yisra᾽el that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left free, nor any helper for Yisra᾽el.
Rashi
מורה מאד. מיצר מאד, קונטריאי"ש בלע"ז כמו (יהושע א יח): אשר ימרה את פיך ; (דברים ט כד): ממרים הייתם; (בראשית כו לד) ותהיין מרת רוח. ויש פותרים: מורה מאד, ירוד מאד, לשון (שמות טו א): ירה בים:
Intensifying increasingly. Very vexing, contrarios, in O.F., as in, “who will rebel [יַמְרֶה] against your command,”13Yehoshua 1:18. [and as in,] “You have been contrary [מַמְרִים],”14Devorim 9:24. [and as in,] “and they were a source of spiritual bitterness [מֹרַת רוּח].”15Bereishis 26:38. Others interpret מוֹרֶה מְאֹד as “very low,” an expression of, “He hurled [יָרָה] into the sea.”16Shemos 15:4.
וְלֹא־דִבֶּר יְהֹוָה לִמְחוֹת אֶת־שֵׁם יִשְׂרָאֵל מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם וַיּוֹשִׁיעֵם בְּיַד יָרׇבְעָם בֶּן־יוֹאָֽשׁ׃
For the Lord had not said that he would blot out the name of Yisra᾽el from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Yorov῾am the son of Yo᾽ash.
For the Lord had not said that he would blot out the name of Yisra᾽el from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Yorov῾am the son of Yo᾽ash.
וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי יָרׇבְעָם וְכׇל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וּגְבוּרָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר־נִלְחָם וַאֲשֶׁר הֵשִׁיב אֶת־דַּמֶּשֶׂק וְאֶת־חֲמָת לִיהוּדָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל הֲלֹא־הֵם כְּתוּבִים עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Now the rest of the acts of Yorov῾am, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Dammeseq, and Ḥamat (which had belonged to Yehuda) for Yisra᾽el, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yisra᾽el?
Now the rest of the acts of Yorov῾am, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Dammeseq, and Ḥamat (which had belonged to Yehuda) for Yisra᾽el, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yisra᾽el?
וַיִּשְׁכַּב יָֽרׇבְעָם עִם־אֲבֹתָיו עִם מַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּמְלֹךְ זְכַרְיָה בְנוֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ {פ}
And Yorov῾am slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Yisra᾽el, and Zekharya his son reigned in his stead.
And Yorov῾am slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Yisra᾽el, and Zekharya his son reigned in his stead.
הוא השיב. מיד מלכי ארם:
He restored. From the hand of Arom.