Commentary for Sanhedrin 190:8

והכתיב (ישעיהו לז, לו) ויצא מלאך ה' ויכה במחנה אשור מאה ושמנים וחמשה אלף (ויקומו) [וישכימו] בבקר והנה כלם פגרים מתים אמר ר' אבהו הללו ראשי גייסות הן

But is it not written, Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the mornings behold, they were all dead corpses?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 36, proving that this was the size of the army. ');">¹⁹</span> — R. Abbahu replied: These were the army captains. R. Ashi said: This may be deduced too, for it is written, [Therefore shall the Lord&nbsp;… send] among his fat ones leanness,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. X, 16. ');">²⁰</span> meaning, amongst the cream [i.e., the leaders] of them. Rabina said: This may be also deduced, for it is written, And the Lord sent an angel, which cut off all the men of valour, and the leaders and the princes in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shamefacedness to his own land. And when he entered into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' II Chron. XXXII, 21. This is another proof that the reference is only to the leaders. ');">²¹</span>

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