Komentaryong Sumisipi para sa 2 Mga Hari 16:17

The king of the Justice - like "King of Justice". Just as "the carriers of the ark of the covenant" is like "ark of the covenant". Another example is "the insets of the laver stands" which is like "insets of the laver stands". Similarly, "the valley of the corpses" is like "valley of the corpses".

AND G-D CALLED THE DRY LAND EARTH. The verse states that the proper name for it would be yabashah (dry land) for as the waters are separated from the sand it becomes dry. However, He called it eretz (earth) as the name which included the four elements created on the first day. The reason for this is that they were all created for the sake of the earth in order that there be a habitation for man, since among the lower creatures no one but man recognizes his Creator.¹²⁹This is a major principle in Ramban’s thought, that the purpose of all existence is that man acknowledge his Creator. “We have no other reason for the Creation.” (See end of Seder Bo in the Book of Exodus).
And the gathering together of the waters He called ‘yamim’ (seas). It is as if [the word yamim, (seas) combines the two words] yam and mayim (a sea of waters), for the bottom of the ocean is called yam, as it is written, As the waters cover the sea,¹³⁰Isaiah 11:9. and likewise, And he took down the sea from off the brazen oxen.¹³¹II Kings 16:17. It is called “sea” because there was a large gathering of water in it.

ולמקוה המים קרא ימים. “And the gathering of waters He called ‘oceans.’” The term “oceans” does not apply to the actual waters but to the hollow of the globe within which they are situated. This is why Onkelos translates these words as ולבית כנשות מיא.,meaning the dug out part. which holds the waters in one place and prevents it from overflowing. Isaiah 11,9 which reads: “and the waters cover the sea,” proves that this is the true meaning of “oceans.” Genesis 1,22 describing the habitat of the fish also supports this view. The Trah writes: ומלא את המים בימים, “and they shall fill the waters in the oceans.” A further proof of the correctness of this interpretation is found in Kings II 16,17 ואת הים מעל הבקר הנחשת אשר תחתיה הוריד ,”and the tank he (King Achaz) lowered from the (bronze) oxen which were below it.” The fact that the word for ocean in our verse is inythe plural proves that it refers to the depressions in the globe that the waters are in, else the fact that the surface of the waters are contiguous would require that the Torah write the word ים, “ocean” in the singular. The Talmud in Baba Batra 74 states that there are seven oceans.

The covenant of the Master of all the earth. The covenant of the Holy One, blessed is He, Who is the Master of all the earth. Do not wonder about the letter ה of the word הַבְּרִית⁹It should have been written בְּרִית אָדוֹן, without the ה. for there are many Scriptual words that are so constructed, such as: ‘הַמִסְגְּרוֹת הַמְכוֹנוֹת, the borders of the foundation.’¹⁰II Malachim 16:17. It should have been written מִסְגְרוֹת הַמְכוֹנוֹת without the ה'. הָעֵמֶק הַפְּגָרִים, the valley of the corpses.¹¹Yirmeyahu 31:39. It should have been written עֵמֶק הַפְגָרִים without the ה.