Pesach Day 2 Torah Reading

Melachim II (II Kings) Chapter 23

1And the king summoned, and they assembled before him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.		אוַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיַּאַסְפ֣וּ אֵלָ֔יו כָּל־זִקְנֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה וִירוּשָׁלָֽםִ:
2And the king went up to the house of the Lord, and all the people of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem were with him, and the priests and the prophets, and all the people from small to great, and he read within their hearing all the words of the scroll of the covenant that was found in the house of the Lord.		בוַיַּ֣עַל הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ בֵּית־יְהֹוָ֡ה וְכָל־אִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָה֩ וְכָל־ישְׁבֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלַ֜םִ אִתּ֗וֹ וְהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ וְהַנְּבִיאִ֔ים וְכָל־הָעָ֖ם לְמִקָּטֹ֣ן וְעַד־גָּד֑וֹל וַיִּקְרָ֣א בְאָזְנֵיהֶ֗ם אֶת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵי֙ סֵ֣פֶר הַבְּרִ֔ית הַנִּמְצָ֖א בְּבֵ֥ית יְהֹוָֽה:
3And the king stood on his place, and enacted the covenant before the Lord, to follow the Lord and to observe His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all their heart and soul, to fulfill the words of this covenant, which are written in this scroll. And all the people were steadfast in their acceptance of the covenant.		גוַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ עַֽל־הָ֨עַמּ֜וּד וַיִּכְרֹ֥ת אֶֽת־הַבְּרִ֣ית \| לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֗ה לָלֶ֜כֶת אַחַ֚ר יְהֹוָה֙ וְלִשְׁמֹ֨ר מִצְו‍ֹתָ֜יו וְאֶת־עֵדְו‍ֹתָ֚יו וְאֶת־חֻקֹּתָיו֙ בְּכָל־לֵ֣ב וּבְכָל־נֶ֔פֶשׁ לְהָקִ֗ים אֶת־דִּבְרֵי֙ הַבְּרִ֣ית הַזֹּ֔את הַכְּתֻבִ֖ים עַל־הַסֵּ֣פֶר הַזֶּ֑ה וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד כָּל־הָעָ֖ם בַּבְּרִֽית:
on his place. the place where the king would stand in the Temple.		עַל הָעַמּוּד. מְקוֹם מַעֲמַד הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּבֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ.
4And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second rank and the guards of the threshold, to take out of the Temple of the Lord all the utensils that were made for the Baal and for the asherah, and for the entire host of the heaven, and he burnt them outside Jerusalem in the plains of Kidron, and he carried their ashes to Bethel.		דוַיְצַ֣ו הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ אֶת־חִלְקִיָּהוּ֩ הַכֹּהֵ֨ן הַגָּד֜וֹל וְאֶת־כֹּהֲנֵ֣י הַמִּשְׁנֶה֘ וְאֶת־שֹׁמְרֵ֣י הַסַּף֒ לְהוֹצִיא֙ מֵהֵיכַ֣ל יְהֹוָ֔ה אֵ֣ת כָּל־הַכֵּלִ֗ים הָֽעֲשׂוּיִם֙ לַבַּ֣עַל וְלָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֔ה וּלְכֹ֖ל צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וַֽיִּשְׁרְפֵ֞ם מִח֚וּץ לִירוּשָׁלַ֙םִ֙ בְּשַׁדְמ֣וֹת קִדְר֔וֹן וְנָשָֹ֥א אֶת־עֲפָרָ֖ם בֵּֽית־אֵֽל:
and the priests of the second rank. the assistants of the priesthood, who were in second rank to the high priests.		וְאֶת כֹּהֲנֵי הַמִּשְׁנֶה. סְגָנֵי כְּהֻנָּה, שֶׁהֵם שְׁנִיִּים לַכֹּהֲנִים גְּדוֹלִים.
and the guards of the threshold. the superintendents appointed over all the necessities of the Temple, and the keys of the Temple court were in their charge.		שֹׁמְרֵי הַסַּף. אֲמַרְכָּלִים הַמְמֻנִּים עַל כָּל צָרְכֵי הַבַּיִת, וּמַפְתְּחוֹת הָעֲזָרָה בְּיָדָם.
in the plains of Kidron. in the plains of Kidron.		בְּשַׁדְמוֹת קִדְרוֹן. (תַּרְגּוּם:) בְּמֵישָׁר קִדְרוֹן.
and he carried their ashes to Bethel. to an unclean place, where he defiled the altar that Jeroboam had made, and he burnt the priests of the high places upon it.		וְנָשָׂא אֶת עֲפָרָם בֵּית אֵל. אֶל מָקוֹם טָמֵא, אֲשֶׁר טִמֵּא שָׁם אֶת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ שֶׁעָשָׂה יָרָבְעָם, וְשָׂרַף עָלָיו אֶת כֹּהֲנֵי הַבָּמוֹת.
5And he abolished the pagan priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed and who had burnt incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and the environs of Jerusalem, and those who burnt incense to the Baal, to the sun, to the moon, and to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.		הוְהִשְׁבִּ֣ית אֶת־הַכְּמָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֚ר נָֽתְנוּ֙ מַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיְקַטֵּ֚ר בַּבָּמוֹת֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וּמְסִבֵּ֖י יְרוּשָׁלָ֑םִ וְאֶת־הַֽמְקַטְּרִ֣ים לַבַּ֗עַל לַשֶּׁ֚מֶשׁ וְלַיָּרֵ֙חַ֙ וְלַמַּזָּל֔וֹת וּלְכֹ֖ל צְבָ֥א הַשָּׁמָֽיִם:
and who had burnt incense. and those who had burnt incense on the high places in the cities of Judah.		וַיְקַטֵּר בַּבָּמוֹת. וְאוֹתָן שֶׁקִּטְּרוּ בַּבָּמוֹת בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָה.
6And he took the asherah out of the house of the Lord to the outside of Jerusalem, to the Kidron Valley, and he burnt it in the Kidron Valley and he pulverized it into dust; and he threw its dust on the graves of the members of the people.		ווַיֹּצֵ֣א אֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרָה֩ מִבֵּ֨ית יְהֹוָ֜ה מִח֚וּץ לִירוּשָׁלַ֙םִ֙ אֶל־נַ֣חַל קִדְר֔וֹן וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף אֹתָ֛הּ בְּנַ֥חַל קִדְר֖וֹן וַיָּ֣דֶק לְעָפָ֑ר וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ֙ אֶת־עֲפָרָ֔הּ עַל־קֶ֖בֶר בְּנֵ֥י הָעָֽם:
7And he demolished the houses devoted to pagan worship that were in the house of the Lord, where the women weave enclosures for the asherah.		זוַיִּתֹּץ֙ אֶת־בָּתֵּ֣י הַקְּדֵשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּבֵ֣ית יְהֹוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר הַנָּשִׁ֗ים אֹרְג֥וֹת שָׁ֛ם בָּתִּ֖ים לָאֲשֵׁרָֽה:
the houses devoted to pagan worship. [Heb. בָּתֵי הַקְדֵשִׁים,] the houses of immorality		אֶת בָּתֵּי הַקְּדֵשִׁים. בָּתֵּי הַזִּמָּה.
where the women weave enclosures. curtains.		אֹרְגוֹת שָׁם בָּתִּים. יְרִיעוֹת.
8And he brought all the priests from the cities of Judah, and he defiled the high places where the priests had burnt incense, from Geba as far as Beersheba, and he demolished the high places near the gates, the one that was at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the mayor of the city, which is on a person's left in the gate of the city.		חוַיָּבֵ֚א אֶת־כָּל־הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ מֵעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיְטַמֵּ֣א אֶת־הַבָּמ֗וֹת אֲשֶׁ֚ר קִטְּרוּ־שָׁ֙מָּה֙ הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים מִגֶּ֖בַע עַד־בְּאֵ֣ר שָׁ֑בַע וְנָתַ֞ץ אֶת־בָּמ֣וֹת הַשְּׁעָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁר־פֶּ֜תַח שַׁ֚עַר יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ שַׂר־הָעִ֔יר אֲשֶֽׁר־עַל־שְׂמֹ֥אול אִ֖ישׁ בְּשַׁ֥עַר הָעִֽיר:
9However, the priests of the high places would not go up to the Lord's altar in Jerusalem, but they would eat unleavened cakes among their brethren.		טאַ֗ךְ לֹ֚א יַֽעֲלוּ֙ כֹּהֲנֵ֣י הַבָּמ֔וֹת אֶל־מִזְבַּ֥ח יְהֹוָ֖ה בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑םִ כִּ֛י אִם־אָכְל֥וּ מַצּ֖וֹת בְּת֥וֹךְ אֲחֵיהֶֽם:
However,… would not go up. The priests who burnt incense on the high places to idols, may not ascend anymore to serve on the altar of the Lord.		לֹא יַעֲלוּ. הַכֹּהֲנִים שֶׁקִּטְּרוּ בַּבָּמוֹת לַעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה, לֹא יַעֲלוּ עוֹד לְשָׁרֵת עַל מִזְבַּח ה'.
.		כִּי אִם אָכְלוּ מַצּוֹת. כְּלוֹמַר כִּי אִם בְּדָבָר זֶה לֹא יָצְאוּ מִכְּהֻנָּתָם, שֶׁמֻּתָּרִין לֶאֱכֹל בַּקֳּדָשִׁים, הֲרֵי הֵם כְּבַעֲלֵי מוּמִין, חוֹלְקִין וְאוֹכְלִין אֲבָל לֹא מַקְרִיבִין.
they would eat unleavened cakes. meal-offerings, and likewise, all hallowed things.		אָכְלוּ מַצּוֹת. מְנָחוֹת, וְהוּא הַדִּין לְכָל הַקֳּדָשִׁים.

Melachim II (II Kings) Chapter 23

21And the king commanded all the people, saying, "Perform a Passover sacrifice to the Lord your God, as it is written in this scroll of the covenant."		כאוַיְצַ֚ו הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֶת־כָּל־הָעָ֣ם לֵאמֹ֔ר עֲשֹ֣וּ פֶ֔סַח לַֽיהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֑ם כַּכָּת֕וּב עַ֛ל סֵ֥פֶר הַבְּרִ֖ית הַזֶּֽה:
22For such a Passover sacrifice had not been performed since the time of the judges who judged Israel, and all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah.		כבכִּ֣י לֹ֚א נַֽעֲשָׂה֙ כַּפֶּ֣סַח הַזֶּ֔ה מִימֵי֙ הַשֹּׁ֣פְטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁפְט֖וּ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְכֹ֗ל יְמֵ֛י מַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וּמַלְכֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה:
such a Passover sacrifice had not been performed. So many people had not assembled at any Passover sacrifice as assembled at this one.		לֹא נַעֲשָׂה כַּפֶּסַח הַזֶּה. לֹא נִתְקַבְּצוּ רֹב עַם בְּכָל פֶּסַח כְּמוֹ שֶׁנִּתְקַבְּצוּ בָּזֶה.
since the days of the judges. In II Chron. 35:18, it is written, “Since the days of Samuel,” because Samuel, too, led Israel to improve [their ways], and he assembled them to Mizpah (I Sam. 7:5, 6). Alternatively, such a Passover had not been performed to the Lord in Jerusalem. Since the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah reigned, all Israel did not perform a Passover sacrifice in Jerusalem, because the kingdom had been divided in two since Jeroboam, and they would go to the calf in Bethel and in Dan until now that the ten tribes were exiled, and Jeremiah brought them back, and Josiah reigned over them, and they all came to Jerusalem.		מִימֵי הַשֹּׁפְטִים. מִימֵי שְׁמוּאֵל, כָּתוּב בְּדִבְרֵי הַיָּמִים (דה"ב לה יח), לְפִי שֶׁאַף שְׁמוּאֵל הֶחֱזִיר יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמוּטָב, וְקִבְּצָם הַמִּצְפָּתָה. דָּבָר אַחֵר: לֹא נַעֲשָׂה כַּפֶּסַח הַזֶּה בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, (אֲבָל) מִשֶּׁמָּלְכוּ מַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וּמַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה, לֹא עָשׂוּ פֶּסַח כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, לְפִי שֶׁנֶּחְלְקָה הַמַּלְכוּת לִשְׁנַיִם מִיָּרָבְעָם, וְהָיוּ הוֹלְכִים לָעֵגֶל שֶׁבְּבֵית אֵל וּבְדָן, עַד עַכְשָׁיו שֶׁגָּלוּ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַשְּׁבָטִים, וְהֶחֱזִירָם יִרְמְיָהוּ וּמָלַךְ עֲלֵיהֶם יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ, וּבָאוּ כֻּלָּם לִירוּשָׁלַיִם.
23Except in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover sacrifice was performed to the Lord, in Jerusalem.		כגכִּ֗י אִם־בִּשְׁמֹנֶ֚ה עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה לַמֶּֽלֶךְ יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ נַעֲשָֹ֞ה הַפֶּ֧סַח הַזֶּ֛ה לַיהֹוָ֖ה בִּירוּשָׁלָֽםִ:
24And also the necromancers and those who divine by the Jidoa bone and the teraphim and the idols and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, Josiah abolished, in order to fulfill the words of the Torah which were written in the scroll that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the Lord.		כדוְגַ֣ם אֶת־הָאֹב֣וֹת וְאֶת־הַ֠יִּדְּעֹנִים וְאֶת־הַתְּרָפִ֨ים וְאֶת־הַגִּלֻּלִ֜ים וְאֵ֣ת כָּל־הַשִּׁקֻּצִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֚ר נִרְאוּ֙ בְּאֶ֚רֶץ יְהוּדָה֙ וּבִיר֣וּשָׁלַ֔םִ בִּעֵ֖ר יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ לְ֠מַעַן הָקִ֞ים אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֚י הַתּוֹרָה֙ הַכְּתֻבִ֣ים עַל־הַסֵּ֔פֶר אֲשֶׁ֥ר מָצָ֛א חִלְקִיָּ֥הוּ הַכֹּהֵ֖ן בֵּ֥ית יְהֹוָֽה:
the teraphim. images that speak through sorcery, and the one who makes them must determine one hour in the year and one year that is fit for this.		הַתְּרָפִים. צוּרוֹת שֶׁמְּדַבְּרִים עַל יְדֵי כְשָׁפִים, וְהָעוֹשֶׂה אוֹתָן צָרִיךְ לְכַוֵּן שָׁעָה אַחַת בְּשָׁנָה, וְשָׁנָה אַחַת רְאוּיָה לְכָךְ.
25Now, before him there was no king like him, who returned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his possessions, according to the entire Torah of Moses, and after him no one arose.		כהוְכָמֹהוּ֩ לֹֽא־הָיָ֨ה לְפָנָ֜יו מֶ֗לֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֚ב אֶל־יְהֹוָה֙ בְּכָל־לְבָב֚וֹ וּבְכָל־נַפְשׁוֹ֙ וּבְכָל־מְאֹד֔וֹ כְּכֹ֖ל תּוֹרַ֣ת משֶׁ֑ה וְאַחֲרָ֖יו לֹֽא־קָ֥ם כָּמֹֽהוּ: