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What is the connection between Hashem's anger and Tzidkiyah's rebellion?
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Rashi (here and Melachim II, 24:20): Due to Hashem's anger, He put in Tzidkiyah's heart to rebel, which was the beginning of the Churban and the exile of Yehudah [Radak (Melachim II, 24:20) - and the rebellion gave Nebuchadnetzar a claim 1 to destroy everything].
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Nebuchadnetzar 'needed' a claim, for he saw Sancheriv's colossal army wiped out when it prepared to conquer Yerushalayim. He was one of the few survivors (Sanhedrin 95b). (PF)
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Why was Hashem's anger on Yerushalayim?
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Radak (Melachim II, 24:20): The remnant there did evil deeds.
