Commentary for Sanhedrin 96:8

ת"ר הרוגי מלכות נכסיהן למלך הרוגי ב"ד נכסיהן ליורשין ר' יהודה אומר אף הרוגי מלכות נכסיהן ליורשין אמרו ליה לרבי יהודה והלא כבר נאמר (מלכים א כא, יח) הנה בכרם נבות אשר ירד שם לרשתו

And theRabbis?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How could they urge the fact that he had sons in face of the definite statement that they were slain? ');">¹⁸</span> — They refer to his potentialsons.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to the sons that should have issued from him.' — A murderer is held guilty not only of his victim's death, but also for the frustration of the lives of his potential descendants for all time. (Cf. Mishnah. supra 37a). But in their view, Ahab did not slay his actual sons. ');">¹⁹</span>

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