Tanach
Melachim II 15:1-7 מלכים ב ט״ו:א׳-ז׳
Part of: Chapter 15
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בִּשְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים וָשֶׁבַע שָׁנָה לְיָרׇבְעָם מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל מָלַךְ עֲזַרְיָה בֶן־אֲמַצְיָה מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃
In the twenty seventh year of Yorov῾am king of Yisra᾽el, ῾Azarya son of Amażya king of Yehuda began to reign.
In the twenty seventh year of Yorov῾am king of Yisra᾽el, ῾Azarya son of Amażya king of Yehuda began to reign.
Rashi
בֶּן־שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה הָיָה בְמׇלְכוֹ וַחֲמִשִּׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנָה מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ͏ִם וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ יְכׇלְיָהוּ מִירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃
Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty two years in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name was Yekholyahu of Yerushalayim.
Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty two years in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name was Yekholyahu of Yerushalayim.
וַיַּעַשׂ הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינֵי יְהֹוָה כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה אֲמַצְיָהוּ אָבִֽיו׃
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amażyahu had done;
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amażyahu had done;
רַק הַבָּמוֹת לֹא־סָרוּ עוֹד הָעָם מְזַבְּחִים וּֽמְקַטְּרִים בַּבָּמֽוֹת׃
except that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
except that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
וַיְנַגַּע יְהֹוָה אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיְהִי מְצֹרָע עַד־יוֹם מֹתוֹ וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּבֵית הַחׇפְשִׁית וְיוֹתָם בֶּן־הַמֶּלֶךְ עַל־הַבַּיִת שֹׁפֵט אֶת־עַם הָאָֽרֶץ׃
And the Lord smote the king, so that he was afflicted with żara῾at until the day of his death, and dwelt in the house of immunity. And Yotam the king’s son was over the house, judging the people of the land.
And the Lord smote the king, so that he was afflicted with żara῾at until the day of his death, and dwelt in the house of immunity. And Yotam the king’s son was over the house, judging the people of the land.
Rashi
וינגע ה' את המלך. מפורש בדברי הימים (ב כו טז-כא) שנכנס להיכל להקטיר על המזבח הקטורת:
Adonoy brought a plague upon the king. It is explained in Divrei Hayomim2II Divrei Hayomim 26:16-21. that he entered the Temple to burn incense on the Incense Altar.3He was punished with tzora'as for attempting to assume the role of the kohein gadol and burn incense on the altar. See II Divrei Hayomim 26-16:21 and Rashi in Bamidbar 17:5.
בבית החפשית. עשה לו בית בבית הקברות, כמה דאת אמר (תהלים פח ו): במתים חפשי. בירושלמי:
In a retirement house. He made himself a house in the cemetery,4The word חפשי means freedom. The Gemara in Maseches Horiyos 10a explains that Uzziyohu became “free” of the duties of being king. Targum indicates that he lived outside the walls of Yerusholayim. The reason is because a metzora is forced to live in isolation. He was therefore unable to attend to his royal duties and was thus “freed” from his responsibilities. 5The house was in the cemetery because our Rabbis taught in Maseches Nedarim 12b that a metzora is accounted as dead. And like the dead who is free from the many toils of life, as it states in Tehilim 88:6, “I am [considered] among the dead who are free,” so is a metzora. as it is stated, ”I am [considered] among the dead who are free.”6Tehilim 88:6. In [Talmud] Yerushalmi.
וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי עֲזַרְיָהוּ וְכׇל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הֲלֹא־הֵם כְּתוּבִים עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יְהוּדָֽה׃
And the rest of the acts of ῾Azaryahu, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yehuda?
And the rest of the acts of ῾Azaryahu, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yehuda?
וַיִּשְׁכַּב עֲזַרְיָה עִם־אֲבֹתָיו וַיִּקְבְּרוּ אֹתוֹ עִם־אֲבֹתָיו בְּעִיר דָּוִד וַיִּמְלֹךְ יוֹתָם בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ {פ}
So ῾Azarya slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Yotam his son reigned in his stead.
So ῾Azarya slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Yotam his son reigned in his stead.
בשנת עשרים ושבע שנה לירבעם וגו'. אפשר לומר כן, והלא עוזיה וירבעם מלכו כאחת, כמו שפירש בסמוך, אלא מה תלמוד לומר בשנת עשרים ושבע לירבעם מלך עזריה, שמלך מלכות מנוגעת, למדנו שנתנגע בשנת עשרים ושבע למלכותו:
In the twenty-seventh year of Yorovom, etc. Is it possible to say so? Did not Uzziyoh1Azaryoh and Uzziyohu refer to the same person. See below verses 13 and 32. and Yorovom reign simultaneously, as was explained just before? What, then, is the meaning of the verse, ”In the twenty-seventh year of Yorovom … Azaryoh … became king”? That [from that year] he reigned a plagued kingship, [i.e.,] that he was stricken with tzora'as in the twenty-seventh year of his reign.