תּלמוד אויף מלכים ב 20:20

Six things did Hezekiah, the King of Judea, do; with three they agreed, with three they did not agree²¹This is the last Mishnah in Chapter 4 of the Babli; Maimonides in his Mishnah commentary declares it to be a Tosephta (cf. 8:5). Babli 56a, Berakhot 10b, Sanhedrin47a.. For the following they agreed with him. He smashed the bronze snake²²The bronze snake made by Moses, 2K.18:4. “They” are the Heavenly Court. and they agreed with him. He dragged his father’s bones on a bier of ropes²³He buried him in an undignified way to atone for his sins. The basis is a note in 2Chr. 28:27 that Aḥaz was not buried in the kings’ graves, contradicting 2K. 16:20., and they agreed with him. He hid the table of medicines²⁴According to Maimonides a book of magical remedies., and they agreed with him. For the following they disagreed with him. He cut down the Temple doors²⁵2K. 18:16; to pay tribute to Assyria. and they disagreed with him. He enclosed the upper Giḥon spring²⁶It seems that they did not connect 2Chr.32:30 with 2K. 20:20. The statement is denied in Avot dR. Nathan A, Chapter 2., and they disagreed with him. He intercalated Nisan in Nisan²⁷As explained in the preceding paragraph, the celebration of Passover was wrong from beginning to end; the intercalation would have to precede Nisan, celebration, and if it was Iyar it should not be a mass celebration.; and they disagreed with him.

A Gentile came to a Gentile woman and she gave birth. Rebbi Joḥanan said, Gentiles have family relationships¹³³The verse Gen. 2:24: “Therefore, a man abandons his father and his mother and clings to his wife so they will be one flesh” is interpreted to mean that, by the laws of Creation, incest between parents and children, adultery (with a wife not his own) and possibly homosexuality are forbidden. The question is whether a court can enforce the incest prohibition between father and daughter. If there is no recognized legal relationship, that cannot be enforced. R. Joḥanan holds that any court on earth, even a Jewish one, can punish incest between Gentile father and daughter. R. Simeon ben Laqish disagrees.
In the Babli, 62a, the parallel discussion is on a completely different topic, whether the firstborn of a proselyte who converted together with his father is entitled to the customary double portion of the inheritance. R. Joḥanan answers in the affermative, R. Simeon ben Laqish in the negative.. Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish said, Gentiles have no family relationships. But is it not written¹³⁴Is. 39:1.: “At that time, Merodakh-Baladan, son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Ḥizqiah.” Since he honored his elder¹³⁵Babli Sanhedrin 96a reports that Baladan was incapacitated and Merodakh added his father’s name to his own so that all acts of his regency should also be in his father’s name., he was honored with a family relationship. But is it not written¹³⁶1K. 15:18. The text is contaminated with 2Chr. 16:2.: “At that time, king Asa sent to Ben-Hadad, son of Tabrimon, son of Ḥezayon, king of Damascus, as follows.” Destroyer son of a destroyer. As you say¹³⁷Esth. 9:24. In Targum Šeni 3:1, the family tree of Haman is given up to his ancestor Esaw. It is not clear there whether “Hamedata the Agagite” is intended as a name or a title. In the latter case, Haman’s father’s name was Seraḥ.: “For Haman ben Hamedata was”. Was he the son of Hamedata? That means, oppressor son of an oppressor. So here also, destroyer son of a destroyer. Rebbi Tanḥuma said, so did Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish answer Rebbi Joḥanan, but is there not written¹³⁸2S. 9:10. In v. 2, Ṣiba is called “ ‘ebed of the House of Saul”. Since in v. 9 he is called “esquire of Saul”, it seems that ‘ebed represents the usage of the time the book was finally edited, the later kingdom of Judah, when ‘ebed was the recognized title of officials directly responsible to the king.: “Ṣiba had sixteen sons and twenty slaves.” Do slaves have family relationships¹³⁹Not being able to legally marry, they are empowered to be promiscuous without guilt.? It is to enumerate those who served Mephiboshet together.

¹⁰²A baraita in Babli Pesaḥim 56a; quoted Berakhot 10b, Sanhedrin 47a; in most Mishnah mss. Pesaḥim 4:9. Six things did Ezekiah, the king of Judea, do. With three they¹⁰³The rabbinic authorities of the Mishnaic period. agreed, with three they did not agree. He dragged his father’s bones and they agreed¹⁰⁴He buried him in an undignified way to atone for his bad ways. The basis is the note in 2Chr. 28:27 that Aḥaz was not buried in the kings’ graves, contradicting 2K. 16:20.. He smashed the bronze snake and they agreed¹⁰⁵2K. 18:4.. He hid the table of medicines and they agreed¹⁰⁶According to Maimonides (Commentary to Pesaḥim 4:9), a book of magical remedies.. With three they disagreed. He closed the upper Giḥon spring and they disagreed¹⁰⁷It seems that they did not connect 2Chr. 32:30 with 2K. 20:20.. He cut down the Temple doors¹⁰⁸2K. 18:16. and they disagreed. He intercalated Nisan in Nisan¹⁰⁹As explained in the preceding paragraph, following R. Simeon. and they disagreed.