Commentary for Sanhedrin 178:3

תני תנא קמיה דרב חסדא הכובש את נבואתו לוקה אמר ליה מאן דאכיל תמרי בארבלא לקי מאן מתרי ביה אמר אביי חבריה נביאי

[iii] So he went back with him; [iv] And when he was gone, a lion met him [by the way, and slew him].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 24. It is nowhere stated that this was Iddo; possibly the Talmud had a tradition to that effect (Maharsha). Kimhi (Ibid. 1) however observes that Iddo was a contemporary of Jeroboam and prophesied against him, as is mentioned in II Chron. IX, 29. ');">⁵</span> A tanna recited before R. Hisda; He who suppresses his prophecy is flogged. To which he retorted, 'One who eats dates out of a sieve is flogged!'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., just as that would be absurd, so is the statement. ');">⁶</span>

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