Commentary for Yevamot 99:4

אשתו שמתה וכו' יבמתו שמתה וכו': אמר רב יוסף כאן שנה רבי משנה שאינה צריכה:

had not yet been born.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' At the time of Hezekiah's illness. Manasseh, in fact, was born three years after his father's illness (v. II Kings XXI, 2); and since the birth of his sun Josiah was prophetically announced long before the birth of his father Hezekiah, it is obvious that the years allotted to Hezekiah at his birth extended beyond the year of his illness (to include the year of Manasseh's birth). Consequently, the original number must have been reduced at his illness; and, at his recovery, only that was added which was first reduced. ');">¹⁰</span> And the Rabbis!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How could they, in view of the argument advanced, maintain that view years were added to Hezekiah's life? ');">¹¹</span> — Is it written 'from Hezekiah'? It is surely written, 'To the house of David';<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Kings XIII, 2. ');">⁸</span>

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