What is the meaning of "u'Sefilaso"?
'Rashi': It is how he prayed.
What is the consequence of "'v'He'aser Lo"?
'Rashi': He returned him to his kingship.
Sanhedrin Yerushalmi 10:2: This hints that Hashem dug a tunnel for him under His Kisei ha'Kavod (found a merit for him), and heard his Tefilah. In Arabia, they call a tunnel Atarta..
Why did Hashem accept his Tefilah?
Sanhedrin Yerushalmi 10:2: Even though the angels said that He should not accept the Teshuvah of one who served idolatry and set up an idol in the Heichal, Hashem accepted him, lest He lock the door in front of all penitents.
What are "Divrei Chozai"?
Radak: This is like Divrei Chozim 1 (Nevi'im). Similarly [the suffix Yud alone denotes the plural, even though it is not Samuch] "va'Chashufei Shes" (Yeshayah 20:4), "v'Kara Lo Chalonai" (Yirmeyah 22:14).
Metzudas Tziyon: This was in the name of the Navi.
Malbim: They wrote his Aveiros in detail.
