<div dir="rtl"><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:"Taamey Frank CLM","SBL Hebrew","Ezra SIL SR","Ezra SIL","Arial Unicode MS";font-size:21px;float:left"><span style="color:rgb(128,0,0)"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><br></span><span style="font-size:0.6em;color:rgb(1,98,0)"></span></span><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:"Taamey Frank CLM","SBL Hebrew","Ezra SIL SR","Ezra SIL","Arial Unicode MS";font-size:21px"><span style="float:right;clear:right;width:0px;height:0.5em"><span style="font-size:0.6em"><a href="https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%91_%D7%99%D7%91_%D7%92" class="gmail-mw-redirect" title="מלכים ב יב ג" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(6,69,173);background:none">ג</a></span></span></span><span id="gmail-יב_ג" style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:"Taamey Frank CLM","SBL Hebrew","Ezra SIL SR","Ezra SIL","Arial Unicode MS";font-size:21px"></span><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:"Taamey Frank CLM","SBL Hebrew","Ezra SIL SR","Ezra SIL","Arial Unicode MS";font-size:21px">וַיַּ֨עַשׂ יְהוֹאָ֧שׁ הַיָּשָׁ֛ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה כׇּל־יָמָ֑יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר הוֹרָ֔הוּ יְהוֹיָדָ֖ע הַכֹּהֵֽן׃</span><div><font color="#202122" face="Taamey Frank CLM, SBL Hebrew, Ezra SIL SR, Ezra SIL, Arial Unicode MS"><span style="font-size:21px"><br></span></font></div><div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#202122" face="arial, sans-serif">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: <br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#202122" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:"Taamey Frank CLM","SBL Hebrew","Ezra SIL SR","Ezra SIL","Arial Unicode MS";font-size:21px"><span style="float:right;clear:right;width:0px;height:0.5em"><span style="font-size:0.6em"><a href="https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%91_%D7%9B%D7%93_%D7%91" class="gmail-mw-redirect" title="דברי הימים ב כד ב" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(6,69,173);background:none"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">ב</a></span></span></span><span id="gmail-כד_ב" style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:"Taamey Frank CLM","SBL Hebrew","Ezra SIL SR","Ezra SIL","Arial Unicode MS";font-size:21px"></span><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:"Taamey Frank CLM","SBL Hebrew","Ezra SIL SR","Ezra SIL","Arial Unicode MS";font-size:21px">וַיַּ֧עַשׂ יוֹאָ֛שׁ הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה כׇּל־יְמֵ֖י יְהוֹיָדָ֥ע הַכֹּהֵֽן׃</span><font color="#202122" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:"Taamey Frank CLM","SBL Hebrew","Ezra SIL SR","Ezra SIL","Arial Unicode MS";font-size:21px"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">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.</font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">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. </font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><br></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">I wonder if there are any other p'sukim in Tanach where the trop deliberately strays from the p'shat.</font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><br></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">Danny Levy</font></span></div><div><font color="#202122" face="Taamey Frank CLM, SBL Hebrew, Ezra SIL SR, Ezra SIL, Arial Unicode MS"><span style="font-size:21px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#202122" face="Taamey Frank CLM, SBL Hebrew, Ezra SIL SR, Ezra SIL, Arial Unicode MS"><span style="font-size:21px"><br></span></font><div><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:"Taamey Frank CLM","SBL Hebrew","Ezra SIL SR","Ezra SIL","Arial Unicode MS";font-size:21px"><br></span></div></div></div></div>