Commentary for II Kings 24:3
אַ֣ךְ ׀ עַל־פִּ֣י יְהוָ֗ה הָֽיְתָה֙ בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה לְהָסִ֖יר מֵעַ֣ל פָּנָ֑יו בְּחַטֹּ֣את מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה כְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָֽׂה׃
Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of His sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
Rashi on II Kings
Indeed, it was by the order of Adonoy. All the calamity that befell Yehudah through these bands.1I.e., all the calamity had been preordained from the time of Menashe's reign.—Radak
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