Commentary for Shevuot 70:16

כל שלמה האמורין בשה"ש קדש שיר למי שהשלום שלו חוץ מזה (שיר השירים ח, יב) כרמי שלי לפני האלף לך שלמה שלמה לדידיה ומאתים לנוטרים את פריו רבנן וי"א אף זה חול (שיר השירים ג, ז) הנה מטתו שלשלמה ששים

But then what of Samuel who said: A Government which kills Only one out of six<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By going to war. [So according to reading of Rashi and R. Han. Cur. edd.: 'one-sixth of the world;' this was probably said by him with reference to Shapur's military campaigns in Asia: v. Krochmal, Hechalutz, I, p. 89.]');">²⁶</span> is not punished; for it is said: My vineyard, which is mine, is before me; thou, O Solomon, shalt have the thousand - for the Kingdom of Heaven;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Taking Solomon as referring to God.');">²⁷</span> and two hundred for those that keep the fruit thereof - for the kingdom on earth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Serving the king; 200 for the king, and 1,000 for God = 1,200 altogether; the king is thus permitted one sixth for his army.');">²⁸</span>

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