1)
What is the meaning of "va'Ya'er"?
1.
Ibn Ezra: Ya'ir (he will arouse). We find that "Yakem" (Tehilim 107:29) is like Yakim.
2)
Who will not stand?
1.
Rashi: Melech ha'Negev.
3)
How will thoughts overcome him?
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Rashi: Melech ha'Tzafon will scheme to make him fall. He will bribe his officers to betray him – "v'Ochelei Pas Bago Yishberuhu" (26). Malbim – due to this, Melech ha'Negev's army was inundated, and many were killed.
