Commentaire sur Chroniques 2 36:20
וַיֶּ֛גֶל הַשְּׁאֵרִ֥ית מִן־הַחֶ֖רֶב אֶל־בָּבֶ֑ל וַֽיִּהְיוּ־ל֤וֹ וּלְבָנָיו֙ לַעֲבָדִ֔ים עַד־מְלֹ֖ךְ מַלְכ֥וּת פָּרָֽס׃
[Le roi des Chaldéens] déporta à Babylone tous ceux qui avaient échappé au glaive; ils lui demeurèrent asservis, à lui et à ses fils, jusqu’à l’avènement du roi de Perse,
Rashi on II Chronicles
and they became vassals to him and to his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia And why until the kingdom of Persia? Because until that time, the land was not appeased for its Sabbaths, as it is written (Lev. 26:35): “As long as it is desolate, it will rest.”
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