Musar for Sanhedrin 204:18
(דברי הימים ב כב, ט) ויבקש את אחזיהו וילכדהו והוא מתחבא בשמרון א"ר לוי שהיה קודר אזכרות וכותב עבודת כוכבים תחתיהן
R. Levi said: He was engaged in erasing the Divine Names [from the Torah] and substituting [the names of] idols in their stead.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [This was the sacrilege which he carried on in his hiding place.] ');"><sup>29</sup></span> Manasseh [denotes] that he forgot God.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Manasseh is connected with the root nashah [H] 'to forget'.] ');"><sup>30</sup></span>
Mesilat Yesharim
Rabbi Yochanan said: Why did Achav merit royalty for twenty-two years? - Because he honored the Torah, which was given in twenty-two letters, as it is written (I Kings 20:9), "And he sent messengers to Achav... it shall be, that whatever is the desire of your eyes, they shall put in their hand, and take it away... And he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, Tell my lord the king, all that you did send for to your servant at the first I will do; but this thing I may not do." Now what is meant by 'whatever is the desire of your eyes'? Surely the Scroll of the Torah!" (Sanhedrin 102b).
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