Hi,
Part II -
Zecharyah 9:9 predicts, "Your king will come to you, a pauper, riding on a donkey." Who is this predicted king?
"'Behold your king comes to you' – This refers to your true king, the shoot from the trunk of Yishai [i.e. the Davidic line]. He will come to you – not a kohen from the seed of Aaron and not from another family, but the true king.
"Ibn Ezra thought, following his corrupt intent, to explain this section about the Second Temple… I am shocked by his evil intent, which blinded his intellect! Yehudah the Hasmonean was never called a 'king', let alone a King of Zion as was David who conquered Zion! And if Zecharyah prophesied about the Hasmoneans, how did this relate to Ephraim? The kingdom of Ephraim was not present in the Second Temple! Further, Yehudah the Hasmonean did not speak peace to all of the nations, and did not reign from sea to sea. In his day the vision of 'I have filled a bow for Ephraim' was not fulfilled, for the kingdom of the ten tribes, meaning 'the kingdom of Ephraim', did not return until now. The entire rest of the portion denies his view entirely...
"Also, he will explain all of the prophecies regarding the Second Temple, as though he did not believe in the salvation of Gd and His future redemption!...
(Abarbanel to Zecharyah, pg. 226-227)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
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A pauper riding on a donkey, Part I of II
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
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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