Tanach
Melachim II 15:8-12 מלכים ב ט״ו:ח׳-י״ב
Part of: Chapter 15
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בִּשְׁנַת שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁמֹנֶה שָׁנָה לַעֲזַרְיָהוּ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה מָלַךְ זְכַרְיָהוּ בֶן־יָרׇבְעָם עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן שִׁשָּׁה חֳדָשִֽׁים׃
In the thirty eighth year of ῾Azaryahu king of Yehuda did Zekharyahu the son of Yorov῾am reign over Yisra᾽el in Shomeron six months.
In the thirty eighth year of ῾Azaryahu king of Yehuda did Zekharyahu the son of Yorov῾am reign over Yisra᾽el in Shomeron six months.
Rashi
וַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהֹוָה כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ אֲבֹתָיו לֹא סָר מֵֽחַטֹּאות יָרׇבְעָם בֶּן־נְבָט אֲשֶׁר הֶחֱטִיא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his fathers had done: he departed not from 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, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Yorov῾am the son of Nevat, who made Yisra᾽el to sin.
וַיִּקְשֹׁר עָלָיו שַׁלֻּם בֶּן־יָבֵשׁ וַיַּכֵּהוּ קׇֽבׇל־עָם וַיְמִיתֵהוּ וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃
And Shallum the son of Yavesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
And Shallum the son of Yavesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
Rashi
ויכהו קבל עם. ומחהי קדם עמא, לעיני העם:
And struck him before the people. [Targum Yonoson renders,] he struck him before the people [i.e.,] before the eyes of the people.8קבל in Aramaic means opposite, i.e., he struck him opposite the people.—Metzudas Tzion
וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי זְכַרְיָה הִנָּם כְּתוּבִים עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
And the rest of the acts of Zekharya, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yisra᾽el.
And the rest of the acts of Zekharya, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yisra᾽el.
הוּא דְבַר־יְהֹוָה אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֶל־יֵהוּא לֵאמֹר בְּנֵי רְבִיעִים יֵשְׁבוּ לְךָ עַל־כִּסֵּא יִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן׃ {פ}
This was the word of the Lord which he spoke to Yehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Yisra᾽el to the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.
This was the word of the Lord which he spoke to Yehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Yisra᾽el to the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.
Rashi
ויהי כן. לא שהיתה כדאי מלכותו לימשך כל כך, אלא לקיים דבר מלך, שנאמר (ישעיהו נה יא): כן יהיה דברי אשר יצא מפי וגו':
And it was so. Not that his kingdom deserved to last that long, but to fulfill the word of the King,9I.e., the word of God stated in 10:30 above. as it is stated, ”So shall be My word, which will go forth from My mouth etc.”10Yeshayohu 55:11.
בשנת שלשים ושמנה שנה לעזריהו מלך יהודה מלך זכריהו. אף מכאן יש ללמוד שמלך עזריה משמת יואש מלך ישראל חמש עשרה שנה בחיי אמציה אביו, שאם לא עמד עד שמת אביו, נמצא שלא עמד עד בשנת חמש עשרה לירבעם בן יואש, וירבעם מלך ארבעים ואחת, נמצא שמת ירבעם בשנת עשרים ושבע לעוזיה, והיאך הוא אומר בשנת שלשים ושמונה אלא על כרחך, עוזיה וירבעם מלכו כאחת, אלא שירבעם מלך בחיי אביו יהואש שלש שנים, לכך הוא אומר וירבעם ישב על כסאו, שישב כבר, ועוזיה עמד משמת יואש, ומלך ירבעם מלכות שלמה. ובסדר עולם ראיתי, שירבעם מלך בחיי אביו שנה, ואיני יודע אם שבוש הסופרים הוא, שאינו יכול ליישב בשנת שלשים ושמונה לעזריה מלך זכריה, אלא בענין זה:
In the thirty-eighth year of Azaryohu king of Yehudah, Zecharyoh … became king. From here too, it is possible to deduce that Azaryoh[u] reigned from the time that Yoash king of Yisroel died, fifteen years during the lifetime of Amatzyoh his father, for if he did not become [king] until his father died, it follows that he did not become [king] until the fifteenth year of Yorovom son of Yoash. Now, since Yorovom reigned forty-one years, it follows that Yorovom died in the twenty-seventh year of Uzziyoh. So, how does [Scripture] state, “In the thirty-eighth year?” Rather, we are forced [to deduce] that Uzziyoh and Yorovom reigned simultaneously, except that Yorovom reigned during the lifetime of his father Yehoash—three years. Therefore [Scripture] states, ”and Yorovom had sat on his throne,”7Above, 13:13. [i.e., on the throne] that he had already sat. And Uzziyoh became [king] when Yoash died and Yorovom reigned over a complete monarchy. I saw in Seder Olam that Yorovom reigned one year during his father's lifetime, and I do not know whether it is the writers' error, for I cannot reconcile, ”In the thirty-eighth year of Azaryohu … Zecharyohu … reigned,” except in this manner.