1)

What did he do?

1.

Rashi: All his acts of Gevurah; he says that they were not from Hashem.

2)

What is "Nevunosi"?

1.

Rashi: My Chachmah 1 .


1

Malbim: "Etzah u'Gevurah la'Milchamah" (36:5); Etzah is strategy and war tactics. Melech Ashur boasted that he had both of these, "b'Cho'ach Yadi uv'Chachmasi", to such an extent that he did not need Hashem's help.

3)

What is the meaning of "Asir Gevulos Amim"?

1.

Radak: Because he conquered all these lands, he removed all borders. Each country has its border, how far its kingdom extends, e.g. Malchus Ploni is from here to here. Since he conquered everything, it became all one kingdom.

2.

Radak: "Asir" and "Orid" are future temse. The Vov has a Sheva under it, so it does not switch to past tense. He conquered lands, and will conquer lands.

3.

Malbim: I was unlike previous kings before me, who conquered lands and did not dispossess the residents, just they made them subservient to pay taxes. The borders of each nation remained. When they had the opportunity, they rebelled. I removed the borders; I exiled them from their land, and exiled them, and settled other nations in place of them.

4)

What are "Asidoseihem"?

1.

Rashi: Their standing and position.

2.

Radak: Their storehouses. They are called Asidoseihem for money is hidden in them for the Asid (future), if it will be needed.

3.

Radak citing Targum Yonasan: Their praised cities.

4.

Malbim: It is their claim in the future 'this was our land.' I removed this, via switching the residents in a way that the borders were confused and mixed.

5)

What is "Shoseisi"?

1.

Radak: [I plunderws,] like "Shosim Es ha'Geranos" (Shmuel I, 23:1). It is like a four-letter root.

6)

What did he lower?

1.

Rashi: I lowered them from their grandeur.

7)

What is "Kabir"?

1.

Rashi: It is many residents.

2.

Radak: The Aleph is extra. Alternatively, it is a compound of Kavir and Abir. Both of them mean the same; the compound aggrandizes it. People who dwell in a strong place, I take them down to the ground.

3.

Malbim: It is a long time. I settled other nations into lands that I conquered, but I did not let them stay a long time to get established there. Also those who dwelled in a place a long time, I exiled them.

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