Hi,
Zecharyah 9:9 predicts, "Your king will come to you, a pauper, riding on a donkey." Who is this predicted king?
"R' Moshe haKohen says it is Nechemiah the Governor, who is called "king of Yehudah" in Ezra (Nechemiah 6:7), and so it said "a pauper riding on a donkey," not a horse, for he lacked one as a pauper. This is incorrect, though, for Nechemiah was a pacha, and the pacha did not seek bread from Israel. Rather, every day many ate at his table! How could he have lacked a horse?! Further, what would he make of "upon your children, Greece"? During Nechemiah's day the Greeks did not reign over Jerusalem!
"In my view, this king is Yehudah the Hasmonean, who was a warrior… and who held power over the Greeks. In the beginning he possessed neither wealth nor horses."
(Ibn Ezra to Zecharyah 9:9)
to be continued...
Have a great day,
Mordechai
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