Commentary for Sanhedrin 190:6

במתניתא תנא אורך מחנהו ארבע מאות פרסי רחב צואר סוסיו ארבעים פרסי סך מחנהו מאתים וששים ריבוא אלפים חסר חד בעי אביי חסר חד ריבויא או חסר חד אלפא או חסר מאה או חסר חד תיקו

with a force consisting of forty-five thousand princes, each enthroned in a golden chariot and accompanied by his ladies and harlots, eighty thousand warriors in coat-of-mail, and sixty thousand swordsmen of the front line, the rest cavalrymen. A similar host attacked Abraham ,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the occasion of his pursuit of the four kings. (Gen. XIV). ');">¹⁴</span> and a like force will accompany Gog and Magog.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 630, n. 6. ');">¹⁵</span> In the Baraitha it was taught: The length of his army was four hundred parasangs, the horses standing neck to neck formed a line forty parasangs long, and the grand total of his army two million, six hundred thousand less one. Abaye inquired: Less one ribbo [ten thousand], one thousand, one hundred, or one? The question stands over.

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