Commentary for Sanhedrin 93:1
ת"ש (תהלים טו, ד) נבזה בעיניו נמאס זה חזקיהו מלך יהודה שגירר עצמות אביו על מטה של חבלים ואי משום יקרא דחיי הוא מ"ט
Come and hear! In whose eyes a vile person isdespised<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. XV, 4. in answer to the question in verse 1: Who shall sojourn in Thy Tabernacle? ');"><sup>1</sup></span> — this refers to Hezekiah,king of Judah, who had his father's remains dragged upon a pallet made ofropes.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A rude bed made out of ropes so depriving him of a kingly burial, his object being to show that the deceased deserved contempt because of his wickedness in spreading heathendom in Israel. The act could not be viewed as transgression of the fifth commandment, as the latter does not apply to a father who is wicked. — V. Yeb. 22b on the verse, Nor curse a prince among thy people (Ex. XXII, 27). — Again, he did not consider his own honour, as is deduced from the verse quoted above. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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