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21:1

בֶּן־שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה מְנַשֶּׁה בְמׇלְכוֹ וַחֲמִשִּׁים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנָה מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ͏ִם וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ חֶפְצִי־בָֽהּ׃

Menashshe was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty five years in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name was Hefżi-va.

Menashshe was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty five years in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name was Hefżi-va.

21:2

וַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהֹוָה כְּתֽוֹעֲבֹת הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר הוֹרִישׁ יְהֹוָה מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the abominations of the nations, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Yisra᾽el.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the abominations of the nations, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Yisra᾽el.

21:3

וַיָּשׇׁב וַיִּבֶן אֶת־הַבָּמוֹת אֲשֶׁר אִבַּד חִזְקִיָּהוּ אָבִיו וַיָּקֶם מִזְבְּחֹת לַבַּעַל וַיַּעַשׂ אֲשֵׁרָה כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה אַחְאָב מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ לְכׇל־צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם וַֽיַּעֲבֹד אֹתָֽם׃

For he built up again the high places which Ḥizqiyyahu his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for the Ba῾al, and made an ashera, as did Aĥ᾽av king of Yisra᾽el; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

For he built up again the high places which Ḥizqiyyahu his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for the Ba῾al, and made an ashera, as did Aĥ᾽av king of Yisra᾽el; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

21:4

וּבָנָה מִזְבְּחֹת בְּבֵית יְהֹוָה אֲשֶׁר אָמַר יְהֹוָה בִּירוּשָׁלַ͏ִם אָשִׂים אֶת־שְׁמִֽי׃

And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Yerushalayim will I put my name.

And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Yerushalayim will I put my name.

21:5

וַיִּבֶן מִזְבְּחוֹת לְכׇל־צְבָא הַשָּׁמָיִם בִּשְׁתֵּי חַצְרוֹת בֵּית־יְהֹוָֽה׃

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

21:6

וְהֶעֱבִיר אֶת־בְּנוֹ בָּאֵשׁ וְעוֹנֵן וְנִחֵשׁ וְעָשָׂה אוֹב וְיִדְּעֹנִים הִרְבָּה לַעֲשׂוֹת הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהֹוָה לְהַכְעִֽיס׃

And he caused his son to pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with mediums and wizards: he did much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

And he caused his son to pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with mediums and wizards: he did much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

21:7

וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת־פֶּסֶל הָאֲשֵׁרָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה בַּבַּיִת אֲשֶׁר אָמַר יְהֹוָה אֶל־דָּוִד וְאֶל־שְׁלֹמֹה בְנוֹ בַּבַּיִת הַזֶּה וּבִירוּשָׁלַ͏ִם אֲשֶׁר בָּחַרְתִּי מִכֹּל שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אָשִׂים אֶת־שְׁמִי לְעוֹלָֽם׃

And he set the carved idol of the ashera that he had made, in that house, of which the Lord said to David, and to Shelomo his son, In this house, and in Yerushalayim, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Yisra᾽el, will I put my name for ever:

And he set the carved idol of the ashera that he had made, in that house, of which the Lord said to David, and to Shelomo his son, In this house, and in Yerushalayim, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Yisra᾽el, will I put my name for ever:

21:8

וְלֹא אֹסִיף לְהָנִיד רֶגֶל יִשְׂרָאֵל מִן־הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לַאֲבוֹתָם רַק ׀ אִם־יִשְׁמְרוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִים וּלְכׇל־הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה אֹתָם עַבְדִּי מֹשֶֽׁה׃

neither will I make the feet of Yisra᾽el to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers: only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the Tora that my servant Moshe commanded them.

neither will I make the feet of Yisra᾽el to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers: only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the Tora that my servant Moshe commanded them.

21:9

וְלֹא שָׁמֵעוּ וַיַּתְעֵם מְנַשֶּׁה לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת־הָרָע מִן־הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר הִשְׁמִיד יְהֹוָה מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

But they hearkened not: and Menashshe seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the children of Yisra᾽el.

But they hearkened not: and Menashshe seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the children of Yisra᾽el.

21:10

וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה בְּיַד־עֲבָדָיו הַנְּבִיאִים לֵאמֹֽר׃

And the Lord spoke by his servants the prophets, saying,

And the Lord spoke by his servants the prophets, saying,

Rashi

ביד עבדיו הנביאים. נחום וחבקוק, ולפי שהיה מנשה רשע, לא נקראו על שמו לפרש שבימיו היו:

Through His servants the prophets. Nachum and Chavakuk, but because Menashe was wicked, they were not referred to with his name to explain that they were [prophesying] in his time.

21:11

יַעַן אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מְנַשֶּׁה מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה הַתֹּעֵבוֹת הָאֵלֶּה הֵרַע מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂוּ הָאֱמֹרִי אֲשֶׁר לְפָנָיו וַיַּחֲטִא גַֽם־אֶת־יְהוּדָה בְּגִלּוּלָֽיו׃ {ס}        

Because Menashshe king of Yehuda has done these abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Emori did, which were before him, and has made Yehuda also to sin with his idols:

Because Menashshe king of Yehuda has done these abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Emori did, which were before him, and has made Yehuda also to sin with his idols:

21:12

לָכֵן כֹּֽה־אָמַר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הִנְנִי מֵבִיא רָעָה עַל־יְרֽוּשָׁלַ͏ִם וִֽיהוּדָה אֲשֶׁר כׇּל־[שֹׁמְעָהּ] (שמעיו) תִּצַּלְנָה שְׁתֵּי אׇזְנָֽיו׃

therefore thus says the Lord God of Yisra᾽el, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Yerushalayim and Yehuda that whoever hears of it, both his ears shall tingle.

therefore thus says the Lord God of Yisra᾽el, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Yerushalayim and Yehuda that whoever hears of it, both his ears shall tingle.

Rashi

תצלנה. לשון מצלתים, טינטני"ר בלע"ז:

Will ring. An expression of cymbals,1See Rashi in I Shmuel 3:11. tintiner, in O. F.

21:13

וְנָטִיתִי עַל־יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם אֵת קָו שֹׁמְרוֹן וְאֶת־מִשְׁקֹלֶת בֵּית אַחְאָב וּמָחִיתִי אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם כַּאֲשֶׁר־יִמְחֶה אֶת־הַצַּלַּחַת מָחָה וְהָפַךְ עַל־פָּנֶֽיהָ׃

And I will stretch over Yerushalayim the measuring line of Shomeron, and the plummet of the house of Aĥ᾽av: and I will wipe Yerushalayim as a man wipes a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.

And I will stretch over Yerushalayim the measuring line of Shomeron, and the plummet of the house of Aĥ᾽av: and I will wipe Yerushalayim as a man wipes a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.

Rashi

משקולת. הוא חוט שהבונים חומה קושרין בו עופרת לכוין בו את החומה:

And the plumb line. That is the string to which the builders of a wall tie a lead weight to make the wall straight.2I.e., so that the following rows of bricks or stones will all be directly above one another.

ימחה את הצלחת. יקנח את הקערה:

As one wipes a dish. As one wipes a dish.3Just as one wipes a dish and turns it over so that it should not become soiled or be eaten from any more, so will Yerusholayim be cleaned out of its habitants and then it will destroyed so that it would no longer be habitable.—Radak

21:14

וְנָטַשְׁתִּי אֵת שְׁאֵרִית נַחֲלָתִי וּנְתַתִּים בְּיַד אֹיְבֵיהֶם וְהָיוּ לְבַז וְלִמְשִׁסָּה לְכׇל־אֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃

And I will abandon the remnant of my inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;

And I will abandon the remnant of my inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;

21:15

יַעַן אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ אֶת־הָרַע בְּעֵינַי וַיִּהְיוּ מַכְעִסִים אֹתִי מִן־הַיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר יָצְאוּ אֲבוֹתָם מִמִּצְרַיִם וְעַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came out of Miżrayim, and to this day.

because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came out of Miżrayim, and to this day.

21:16

וְגַם דָּם נָקִי שָׁפַךְ מְנַשֶּׁה הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד עַד אֲשֶׁר־מִלֵּא אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם פֶּה לָפֶה לְבַד מֵֽחַטָּאתוֹ אֲשֶׁר הֶחֱטִיא אֶת־יְהוּדָה לַעֲשׂוֹת הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהֹוָֽה׃

Moreover Menashshe shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Yerushalayim from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Yehuda to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.

Moreover Menashshe shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Yerushalayim from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Yehuda to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.

21:17

וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי מְנַשֶּׁה וְכׇל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וְחַטָּאתוֹ אֲשֶׁר חָטָא הֲלֹא־הֵם כְּתוּבִים עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יְהוּדָֽה׃

Now the rest of the acts of Menashshe and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yehuda?

Now the rest of the acts of Menashshe and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yehuda?

21:18

וַיִּשְׁכַּב מְנַשֶּׁה עִם־אֲבֹתָיו וַיִּקָּבֵר בְּגַן־בֵּיתוֹ בְּגַן־עֻזָּא וַיִּמְלֹךְ אָמוֹן בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ {פ}

And Menashshe slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of ῾Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

And Menashshe slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of ῾Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

21:19

בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנָה אָמוֹן בְּמׇלְכוֹ וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנִים מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ͏ִם וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ מְשֻׁלֶּמֶת בַּת־חָרוּץ מִן־יׇטְבָֽה׃

Amon was twenty two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name was Meshullemet, the daughter of Ḥaruż of Yotva.

Amon was twenty two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name was Meshullemet, the daughter of Ḥaruż of Yotva.

21:20

וַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהֹוָה כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מְנַשֶּׁה אָבִֽיו׃

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Menashshe had done.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Menashshe had done.

21:21

וַיֵּלֶךְ בְּכׇל־הַדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־הָלַךְ אָבִיו וַֽיַּעֲבֹד אֶת־הַגִּלֻּלִים אֲשֶׁר עָבַד אָבִיו וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ לָהֶֽם׃

And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

21:22

וַיַּעֲזֹב אֶת־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתָיו וְלֹא הָלַךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ יְהֹוָֽה׃

and he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.

and he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.

21:23

וַיִּקְשְׁרוּ עַבְדֵי־אָמוֹן עָלָיו וַיָּמִיתוּ אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃

And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.

And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.

21:24

וַיַּךְ עַם־הָאָרֶץ אֵת כׇּל־הַקֹּשְׁרִים עַל־הַמֶּלֶךְ אָמוֹן וַיַּמְלִיכוּ עַם־הָאָרֶץ אֶת־יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ בְנוֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Yoshiyyahu his son king in his stead.

And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Yoshiyyahu his son king in his stead.

21:25

וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי אָמוֹן אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הֲלֹא־הֵם כְּתוּבִים עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יְהוּדָֽה׃

Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yehuda?

Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yehuda?

21:26

וַיִּקְבֹּר אֹתוֹ בִּקְבֻרָתוֹ בְּגַן־עֻזָּא וַיִּמְלֹךְ יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ בְנוֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ {פ}

And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of ῾Uzza: and Yoshiyyahu his son reigned in his stead.

And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of ῾Uzza: and Yoshiyyahu his son reigned in his stead.

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  • Hebrew: Miqra according to the Masorah · License: CC-BY-SA
  • English: The Koren Jerusalem Bible · License: CC-BY-NC
  • Hebrew: On Your Way -- new · License: PD
  • English: The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J · License: CC-BY

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