Commentary for Sanhedrin 179:19

דאמר ר' שמואל בר נחמני אמר ר' יונתן מניין שכל מדותיו של הקב"ה מדה כנגד מדה שנאמר (מלכים ב ז, א) ויאמר אלישע שמעו דבר ה' [וגו'] כעת מחר סאה סלת בשקל וסאתים שעורים בשקל בשער שומרון וכתיב (מלכים ב ז, ב) ויען השליש אשר (המלך) נשען על ידו את איש האלהים ויאמר הנה ה' עושה ארובות בשמים היהיה הדבר הזה ויאמר הנך רואה בעיניך ומשם לא תאכל

ALSO ONE WHO WHISPERS [A CHARM] OVER A WOUND AND SAYS, I WILL BRING NONE OF THESE DISEASES UPON THEE WHICH I BROUGHT UPON THE EGYPTIANS: FOR I AM THE LORD THAT HEALETH THEE.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XV, 26. ');">³⁴</span> ABBA SAUL SAYS: ALSO <font>ONE WHO PRONOUNCES THE DIVINE NAME AS IT IS SPELT</font>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'according to its letters'. ');">³⁵</span> THREE KINGS AND FOUR COMMONERS HAVE NO PORTION IN THE WORLD TO COME: THE THREE KINGS ARE JEROBOAM, AHAB, AND MANASSEH.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who is frequently stigmatised in the Bible as having 'sinned and caused Israel to sin'. Ahab, the son of Omri, a later King; v. I Kings. XXI, 21. Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, King of Judah; v. II Kings. XXI. ');">³⁶</span> R. JUDAH SAID: MANASSEH HATH A PORTION THEREIN, FOR IT IS WRITTEN, 'AND HE PRAYED UNTO &nbsp; &nbsp; HIM, AND WAS INTREATED OF HIM, AND HE HEARKENED TO HIS SUPPLICATION AND THEY RESTORED HIM TO JERUSALEM, TO HIS KINGDOM.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' II Chron. XXXIII, 13. ');">³⁷</span> THEY [THE SAGES] ANSWERED HIM: THEY RESTORED HIM TO HIS KINGDOM, BUT <font>NOT TO [HIS PORTION IN] THE WORLD TO COME</font>. FOUR COMMONERS, VIZ., <font>BALAAM</font>, DOEG, AHITOPHEL, AND GEHAZI.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Balaam: v. Num. XXXI. 8, 16; Doeg the Edomite: v. I Sam. XXI, 22; Ahitophel: v. II Sam. XV; Gehazi: v. II Kings V, 20. ');">³⁸</span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. And why such [severity]? — A Tanna taught: Since he denied the resurrection of the dead, therefore he shall not share in that resurrection, for in all the measures [of punishment or reward] taken by the Holy One, blessed be He, the Divine act befits the [human] deed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'Measure for measure'. ');">³⁹</span> As it is written, Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, To-morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a <i>shekel</i>, and two measures of barley for a <i>shekel</i>, in the gates of Samaria.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' II Kings VII, 1. ');">⁴⁰</span> And it is written, Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the Lord made windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 2. ');">⁴¹</span>

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