1)

Who are "ha'Nofelim"?

1.

Rashi: They are people who heeded Nebuchadnetzar, and came out to him from the city 1 . This is like "b'Lechto El Tziklag Naflu Alav mi'Menasheh" (Divrei ha'Yamim I, 12:21).

2.

Radak: They came out to him before the city was conquered, and handed themselves over to him, like "El ha'Kasdim Atah Nofel" (Yirmeyah 37:13).


1

Radak: This is like the Targum - they obeyed him.

2)

Why does it say "ha'Melech Bavel"?

1.

Radak: Sometimes there is the prefix Hei ha'Yedi'ah (to identify) even though it is Samuch, e.g. "ha'Aron ha'Bris" (Yehoshua 3:14).

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