[Mesorah] Melachim II 12:3 - Etnachta in the wrong place

[Danny Levy]

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יְהוֹאָ֧שׁ הַיָּשָׁ֛ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה כׇּל־יָמָ֑יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר הוֹרָ֔הוּ
יְהוֹיָדָ֖ע הַכֹּהֵֽן׃

Rav Meir Mazuz points out that this pasuk at the beginning of the
haftara of Parashat Sh'kalim is a fascinating example of the trop
deliberately concealing the true meaning by putting the etnachta in the
wrong place.  The etnachta on 'kol-yamav' indicates that Yehoash was a
righteous king all his life. But the parallel pasuk in Divrei Hayamim II
24:2 tells a different story, that he was righteous only for as long as
Yehoyada was alive:


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יוֹאָ֛שׁ הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה כׇּל־יְמֵ֖י יְהוֹיָדָ֥ע הַכֹּהֵֽן׃

As detailed there in the latter part of the chapter (p'sukim 17-27), after
Yehoyada's death Yoash turned to avoda zara and even ordered the murder of
Zecharya, Yehoyada's son.
So the etnachta in the pasuk in Melachim should really also be under
'Hashem'. But as only Yoash's good deeds in repairing the Bet Hamikdash are
described in Melachim, the Mesorah is to read it in a way that conceals his
later misdemeanors.

I wonder if there are any other p'sukim in Tanach where the trop
deliberately strays from the p'shat.

Danny Levy
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