열왕기하 8:18의 미드라쉬

Another interpretation (of Gen. 29:31): WHEN THE LORD SAW THAT LEAH WAS HATED. This text is related (to Jer. 12:8): MY HERITAGE HAS BECOME FOR ME LIKE A LION IN THE FOREST … [THEREFORE I HAVE HATED IT (literally: HER)]. How so? The Holy One saw that wicked children were going to issue from her; so he called her HATED. Now the wicked ones are these: Jehoram, Jehoash, Ahaz, Manasseh, Amon, Jehoiakim, < and > Zedekiah. About Jehoram, it is written (in II Kings 8:18): AND HE WALKED IN THE WAY OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL AS THE HOUSE OF AHAB HAD DONE. About Ahaz, it is written (in II Kings 16:2): AND HE DID NOT DO WHAT WAS RIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE LORD [HIS GOD] AS HIS ANCESTOR DAVID < HAD DONE >. Isaiah had said to him (according to Is. 7:11): ASK A SIGN FROM THE LORD YOUR GOD. MAKE IT AS DEEP AS SHEOL, for the dead to live again or for Korah to rise from Sheol. (Ibid., cont.:) OR AS HIGH AS ABOVE. You may ask for Elijah to descend from the heavens. He said to him: I know that he has power to do < such things >, but I do not want the name of names to be sanctified at my hands. Thus it is stated (in vs. 12): I WILL NOT ASK, NOR PUT THE LORD TO THE TEST. About Jehoash, it is written (in II Kings 12:3 [3]): AND JEHOASH DID WHAT WAS RIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE LORD ALL HIS DAYS AS THE PRIEST JEHOIADA INSTRUCTED HIM. But when Jehoiada died, evil occurred, as stated (in II Chron. 24:17): NOW {IT CAME TO PASS} AFTER THE DEATH OF JEHOIADA, < THE PRINCES OF JUDAH CAME AND BOWED LOW TO THE KING. THEN THE KING HEARKENED UNTO THEM >…. See what is written about Manasseh (in II Chron. 33:6-7): < HE DID MUCH EVIL IN THE EYES OF THE LORD TO ANGER HIM >, AND HE SET UP A SCULPTURED IMAGE, WHICH HE HAD MADE, IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. About Amon, it is written (in II Chron. 33:22-23): AND HE DID WHAT WAS EVIL IN THE EYES OF THE LORD…. AND TO ALL THE IMAGES WHICH HIS FATHER MANASSEH HAD MADE < AMON SACRIFICED >…. [MOREOVER, HE DID NOT HUMBLE HIMSELF BEFORE THE LORD…. FOR AMON INCURRED A LOT OF GUILT]. About Jehoiakim, it is written (in II Chron. 36:8): NOW AS FOR THE REST OF THE ACTS OF JEHOIAKIM, [THE ABOMINATIONS WHICH HE DID], AND WHAT WAS FOUND AGAINST HIM < HERE THEY ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH >. Thus he repudiated circumcision, extended the foreskin (to disguise circumcision), and entered the orifice through which he had come out.⁴⁰I.e., he had sexual intercourse with his mother. So Lev. R. 19:6; cf. 1 Corinthians 5:1. The text might possibly mean that he had entered the orifice through which one empties the bowels. About Zedekiah, it is written (in II Chron. 36:12): AND HE DID WHAT WAS EVIL IN THE EYES OF THE LORD HIS GOD…. Here are the seven wicked men; therefore, the prophet < Jeremiah > cries and says (in Jer. 15:9): SHE WHO BEARS SEVEN IS WRETCHED. Therefore, (in Gen. 29:31): WHEN THE LORD SAW THAT LEAH WAS HATED….