מלכים ב י״ב:ב׳-ו׳

כל ימיו אשר הורהו יהוידע. אבל משמת יהוידע, אז באו שרי יהודה להשתחות למלך, ועשאוהו אלוה, אמרו לו: הנכנס לבית קדש הקדשים שעה אחת מסוכן למות, ואתה נחבאת בו שש שנים, כדאי אתה להיות אלוה, אז שמע המלך אליהם (בדברי הימים ב כד יז, שמות רבה ח ב):

All his days, as Yehoyoda the kohein instructed him. But after Yehoyoda died, the officers of Yehudah came to prostrate themselves before the king, and they deified him. They said to him, “One who enters the Holy of Holies for only a moment is in danger of dying, yet were hidden there for six years, so you are fit to be a deity.” Then the king listened to them.¹Shemos Rabboh 8:2.²Accordingly, the meaning of the verse is “all his days as Yehoyada the kohein instructed him,” i.e., as long as Yehoyada was alive.—Radak Or, “all his days” refers to Yehoyada’s days. After Yehoyada died, Yoash began to worship asheirohs and other idols. When Zecharyoh prophesied against him, Yoash had him killed, and the following year Arom attacked Yerusholayim.

כסף עובר איש כסף נפשות ערכו. שני כספים יש כאן, כסף עובר, הוא כסף השקלים שבכל שנה, הנאמר בו (שמות ל יג): כל העובר על הפקודים, ואיש שיתנדב ערכת נפשו, האומר ערכי עלי:

The half-shekel [given by every male over twenty,] and donations representing the value of one’s age. Two types of money are mentioned here. “Everyone who passes the numbering,”³Shemos 30:13-14. [The first type is] the money of anyone who passes the numbering, i.e., the money of the annual shekalim, about which it is stated, and [the second type is] anyone who volunteers his own value, i.e., one who says, “My value shall be incumbent upon me [to donate].”⁴See Vayikra 27:1-8.

כל כסף אשר יעלה וגו'. כגון האומר הרי עלי מנה לבדק הבית:

All monies that [a person’s heart] inspires him, etc. E.g., one who says, “I obligate myself to donate a maneh for making repairs to the Beis [Hamikdosh],

יקחו להס הכהנים. יהיה שלהם, והם יקבלו עליהם לחזק את בדק הבית משלהם:

Let take [the money] for themselves—the kohanim. [I.e.,] it will be theirs, and [in return] they will obligate themselves to make the [necessary] repairs to the Beis [Hamikdosh] from their own [funds] .

מאת מכרו. מאת מכירו הרגיל אצלו:

From his friend. From his acquaintance who frequently visits him.

בדק. בקיעה וסדק החומה:

Restoration. Split[s] and crack[s] in the wall.⁵בֶּדֶק means “examination.” One must examine splits and cracks to determine their method of repair.—Radak