Tanach
Melachim II 3:1-3 מלכים ב ג׳:א׳-ג׳
Part of: Chapter 3
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וִיהוֹרָם בֶּן־אַחְאָב מָלַךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן בִּשְׁנַת שְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה לִיהוֹשָׁפָט מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה וַיִּמְלֹךְ שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָֽה׃
Now Yehoram the son of Aĥ᾽av became king over Yisra᾽el in Shomeron in the eighteenth year of Yehoshafat king of Yehuda, and he reigned for twelve years.
Now Yehoram the son of Aĥ᾽av became king over Yisra᾽el in Shomeron in the eighteenth year of Yehoshafat king of Yehuda, and he reigned for twelve years.
Rashi
וַיַּעֲשֶׂה הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהֹוָה רַק לֹא כְאָבִיו וּכְאִמּוֹ וַיָּסַר אֶת־מַצְּבַת הַבַּעַל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה אָבִֽיו׃
And he did evil in the sight of the Lord; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the pillar of the Ba῾al that his father had made.
And he did evil in the sight of the Lord; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the pillar of the Ba῾al that his father had made.
Rashi
רק לא כאביו וכאמו. שהוסיפו את הבעל, להכעיס:
But not [as bad] as his father and mother. Who added the [worship of the ] Baal in order to provoke [God].3Yehorom abolished worship of the Baal but not the Asheiroh because is mother, Izevel, was still alive at the time and she supported Asheiroh worship.—Ralbag
רַק בְּחַטֹּאות יָרׇבְעָם בֶּן־נְבָט אֲשֶׁר־הֶחֱטִיא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל דָּבֵק לֹא־סָר מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ {פ}
Nevertheless he held fast to the sins of Yorov῾am the son of Nevat, who made Yisra᾽el to sin; he departed not from that.
Nevertheless he held fast to the sins of Yorov῾am the son of Nevat, who made Yisra᾽el to sin; he departed not from that.
Rashi
רק בחטאות ירבעם וגו' דבק. וכן כל מלכי ישראל, מדאגה שלא תשוב הממלכה לבית דוד אם יעלו לרגל, לכך עבדו את העגלים:
However, to the sins of Yorovom, etc. he cling. And so did all kings of Yisroel, out of fear, so that the kingdom does not return to the House of Dovid if they were to perform the pilgrimage on the [Three] Festival[s]. They, therefore, worshiped the calves.
ויהורם בן אחאב. אף פרשה זו, בשביל להגיד נס של מישע מלך מואב שנעשה על ידי אלישע נכתבה כאן, שמנה באליהו שמונה נסים, ובאלישע ששה עשר, לקיים פי שנים ברוחך אלי, וכתבן כולם זו בצד זו, כך ראיתי בשלושים ושתים מדות דרבי אליעזר בנו דרבי יוסי הגלילי, וחציית ירדן של אלישע כשתים דשל אליהו:
Yehorom, son of Achov. This section too [in order] to tell the miracle of Meisha the king of Moav, which was performed through Elisha, was written here, for [Scripture] enumerated for Eliyahu eight miracles and for Elisha sixteen, to fulfill “a double amount of your spirit upon me,”1Above, 2:9. and he wrote them all, one juxtaposed to the other. I saw this in the “Thirty-two Methods of Rabbi Eliezer, son of Rabbi Yose Haglili.” And the dividing of the Yardein by Elisha, is [counted] like two of Eliyahu’s miracles.2See above 2:14 and Rashi there.