Commentaire de citation sur Le Deutéronome 28:36

“And it will be when all these things come upon you, etc.” It is worth contemplating that at first the verse says among all the nations where the Lord your God has cast you [hidichkha], and afterward it says among all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you [hefitzkha]. For there is a distinction between the language of scattered you and the language of cast you, because scattered you refers to exile, while cast you refers to the commandments. For when Israel is in the lands of the nations, they are cast away from the commandments, both because of what is written in the rebuke (Deuteronomy 28:36), And there you shall serve other gods, and because most commandments are dependent on the land [of Israel]. Through this casting away, Israel might come close to falling into error and saying that the Holy One, blessed be He, no longer desires their deeds at all, in the manner that is stated (Isaiah 1:11), What need have I of your many sacrifices, says the Lord. Through this, they might despair completely of redemption, for they will say that the Holy One, blessed be He, cast them away from the commandments with full intention. But this is an error on their part, for the Holy One, blessed be He, did not intend primarily and at first but to scatter them, to disperse them from one another, for the gathering of the wicked is harmful to them (Sanhedrin 71b). However, being cast away from the commandments follows incidentally from the scattering, and the Blessed Name did not primarily and initially intend to cast them away from the commandments.

The first introduction in the matters of the kings memorialized in this book and it appropriate that we discuss ten topics: The first topic is the ??? according to their dates. For of the kings mentioned in these books, only a few ruled the whole nations: Shual, David, and Solomon who reigned over all the tribes united. You will see that all three were Men of Valor, G-d fearing and Men of Truth. As I explained in the Book of Samuel that the reigns summed to 100 years, keep this memory aid to hand (Kings 1, 20:31) "Magnanimous kings are they" for 'Melchi' adds to 100. These kings were unique in reigning over all the tribes without divisions because once the kingdom was divided in the days of Rechavem and Yeravam. King Rechavam and all the progeny of House of David ruled over the tribes of Yehuda and Binyamin, majority of the tribe of Levi and the fraction of the tribe of Shimon whose patrimony was amid the patrimony of the sons of Yehuda. You will see in their stories, which of them walked in peace and wealth along the path of their father, David and which among them ?betrayed? G-d and went wayward to serve other gods. The length of the reign of the Kings of Judah, good and bad, was 393 years. A hint to this (Proverbs 15:3) "The eyes of G-d observe both bad and good, since the words 'raim and tovim' sum to 393 [translator's note: the gemateria is 392 +1 for the phrase]

Rashi (Melachim II 22:13) clarifies another mystery. He explains that the special Sefer Torah was opened to the Tochachah (rebuke) of Sefer Devarim (Devarim 28:15-68). In addition, the top of the column was Devarim 28:36, which states that “Hashem will exile you and your king.” This was viewed as a strikingly bad omen, especially since this special Sefer Torah was customarily rolled to BeReishit (Yerushalmi Shekalim 6, p. 49). According to this explanation, Yoshiyahu HaMelech’s reaction to the find makes perfect sense. It certainly is a most unsettling discovery!

that it was the word of the Lord This decree the Holy One, blessed be He, already spoke to us through Moses (Deut. 28: 36): “The Lord shall drive you and your king.”

Inquire of Adonoy on my behalf. He saw written, "Adonoy will lead you and your king."²Devarim 28:36. ³When they opened the Torah Scroll it was found rolled to this section. This section deals with the exile of Shomron and Yehudah with its king. Chilkiyoh gave the Torah Scroll to Shofon to read to the king with the hope that perhaps he would come up with a suggestion to alleviate the dreadful situation.—Radak