Perek yud daled

Question 1

How old was אמציהו when he became king? Who was his father?

Answer 1

He was 25 years old, His father was יואש.

Question 2

Did he do positive things?

Answer 2

yes, but not like Dovid Hamelech.

Question 3

Explain “רק לא כדוד אביו” according to the מלבי”ם.

Answer 3

אמציהו behaved righteously as he was bought up but he didnt do it with a full heart and when the temptations came, he fell,

Question 4

What didn’t אמציהו remove or prevent the people from doing?

Answer 4

From serving on the private במות.

Question 5

Did אמציהו kill his father’s assassins sons?

Answer 5

No

Question 6

אמציהו wanted 2 bring אדום back under his control and he defeats them, What is he criticized for?

Answer 6

For using excessive cruelty against the enemy soldiers and he takes back home the idols of אדום.

Question 7

Explain “לא ימותו אבות על בנים” according to Ralbag.

Answer 7

Parents are not punished for children and vice versa. If parents were irresponsible and didn’t do the right chinuch than he is responsible.

Question 8

Explain “לא ימותו אבות על בנים” according to Radak.

Answer 8

You are not allowed to testify against a relative in court.

Question 9

Who does אמציהו sends a message to? What is it?

Answer 9

To יהואש, “let us go to war and confront each other”

Question 10

Explain “לכה נתראה פנים” according to Radak.

Answer 10

The reason אמציהו wants to go to war is because the soldiers of Yisrael, who he had originally hired, got insulted and killed people in Yehuda and אמציהו now wants to take revenge.

Question 11

What משל did יהואש tell אמציהו? What is he saying? Does אמציהו listen?

Answer 11

משל: Thorn bush said to cedar tree, “Let your daughter marry my son” Then all the animals come and trample the thorn bush.
יהואש tells אמציהו NOT to start up and אמציהו doesn’t listen and goes to war.

Question 12

יהואש sent an insulting reply back to אמציהו. according to מצודת דוד

Answer 12

יהואש compares himself to the cedar tree and אמציהו, Who is king only over 2 tribes, to the thorn bush.

Question 13

Is אמציהו defeated?

Answer 13

yes

Question 14

Who does יהואש capture and what does he do?

Answer 14

אמציהו, He breaches one of the walls which was near the gates of Ephraim to show he was victorious.

Question 15

Is אמציהו left alive?

Answer 15

yes

Question 16

Explain “בשער אפרים” according to Radak.

Answer 16

It was the gate in Yerushalim which faced שבט אפרים and it was where the 10 שבטים entered Yerushalim.

Question 17

Who takes over יהואש?

Answer 17

His son, Yerovom.

Question 18

Where did אמציהו flee to? How long was he there 4?

Answer 18

To his tower in לחיש and he was there for 15 years

Question 19

Who killed אמציהו?

Answer 19

His own people.

Question 20

Why was he killed? Rashi

Answer 20

He was killed because a navi had told him not to take the idols and he didn’t listen.

Question 21

Who ruled while אמציהו was in his fortress?

Answer 21

His son Azarya.

Question 22

Explain “אחרי שכב המלך עם אבותיו” according to Rashi.

Answer 22

Azarya helped to take back Eylat as Edom had originally taken it in אמציהו life time.

Question 23

Was Yerovom ben יהואש good or bad?

Answer 23

He was a bad king.

Question 24

What was Yerovom’s Zchus?

Answer 24

He expanded Eretz Yisrael and during his reignבנ”י deserved to be exiled but Hashem mercifully postponed this decree.

Question 25

What was Hashem’s new tactic?

Answer 25

He showered the nation with blessing, hoping they will do Teshuva.

Question 26

Yerovom in his days retrieved much land for בנ”י. There are 2 opinions in theירושלמי.

Answer 26

1. Yerovom captured as much land as Yehoshua did in his days.
2. He captured even more land than Yehoshua.

Question 27

What were Yerovom’s merit? Didn’t he serve ע”ז?

Answer 27

He gave a lot of honor to the Neviem , the Navi Amos said that the house of Yerovom will be cut down by the sword, An idolatrous priest named Amatzya, falsely reported to the king that Amos had said that the king himself will die by the sword and therefore Amos deserved to die. Instead of Yerovom accepting the report, he refused to believe it and said that if that if this is what the Navi said, he spoke in the name of Hashem and he accepted it. In this Zchus he was the agent to restore the lost land and to enlarge א”י.