Commentary for II Kings 24:20
כִּ֣י ׀ עַל־אַ֣ף יְהוָ֗ה הָיְתָ֤ה בִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ וּבִ֣יהוּדָ֔ה עַד־הִשְׁלִכ֥וֹ אֹתָ֖ם מֵעַ֣ל פָּנָ֑יו וַיִּמְרֹ֥ד צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ בְּמֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶֽל׃ (ס)
For through the anger of the LORD did it come to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until He had cast them out from His presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
Rashi on II Kings
Indeed the wrath of Adonoy was, etc. Therefore, Tzidkiyohu rebelled against the king of Bavel. The Holy One, Blessed Is He, gave him the desire to rebel against him in order that he would be exiled.15God incited Tzidkiyohu to rebel in order to exile the Bnei Yisroel from Eretz Yisroel.
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Metzudat David on II Kings
Since the wrath of Hashem in Jerusalem and in Yehuda became great, until the point when he cast them away from his face, and for this reason he roused the heart of Tzedkiah to rebel against the King of Bavel so that there will be a reason to cast them away from his face.
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