Commentaire sur Chroniques 2 23:5
וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁית֙ בְּבֵ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁ֖ית בְּשַׁ֣עַר הַיְס֑וֹד וְכָל־הָעָ֔ם בְּחַצְר֖וֹת בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃
un tiers [surveillera] la maison du roi, et un tiers, la porte de Yessod; et tout le peuple restera dans les cours de la maison de l’Éternel.
Rashi on II Chronicles
And a third shall be in the king’s palace to guard that they would not gather about him to assassinate him.
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Rashi on II Chronicles
and a third This is the second one.
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Rashi on II Chronicles
in the Yesod Gate But in II Kings (ad loc.) it is written “the Sur Gate.” In Yoma Yerushalmi (in extant editions it is found in Erubin Yerushalmi 5:1) it is explained that the Yesod Gate had seven names: 1) the Sur Gate, because they would purify those smitten with zaraath there [by placing the blood of the guilt offering and the oil] on their thumbs, reminiscent of [the verse] (Lam. 4:15): “They called out to them: ‘Depart (סוּרוּ), unclean [ones]!’”
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