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Chazal say that Shishak is Pharaoh Necho. Why is he called Shishak?

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Rashi (citing Midrash Shir ha'Shirim 1 ): He was Shokek (yearned) all his days for the ivory throne of Shlomo, his son-in-law; now he came to take it.


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Our text of Midrash Zuta (Shir ha'Shirim 7:11) says that Shishak took the shields, but it does not say what Rashi cites. (PF)

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