Commentary for Avodah Zarah 21:11

גופא שורפין על המלכים ואין בו משום דרכי האמורי שנאמר (ירמיהו לד, ה) בשלום תמות ובמשרפות אבותיך המלכים וגו' וכשם ששורפין על המלכים כך שורפין על הנשיאים

[To return to] the main text: “The burning of articles at a king’s [funeral] is permitted and it is not prohibited as ,the ways of the Amorites,’ as it is said, ‘You shall die in peace and as they burned for your fathers, the earlier kings that came before you, so shall they will burn for you’ (Jeremiah 34:5).” And just as it is permitted to burn at the [funerals] of kings so it is permitted to burn in the case of princes.

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