Commentary for Yevamot 157:10

מיד נתוספו על ישראל מאה וחמשים אלף שנאמר (מלכים א ה, כט) ויהי לשלמה שבעים אלף נושא סבל ושמנים אלף חוצב בהר ודלמא ישראל הוו לא סלקא דעתך דכתיב (מלכים א ט, כב) ומבני ישראל לא נתן שלמה עבד

But, surely, it is written, His body shall not remain all night upon the tree!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXI, 23. ');">¹⁸</span> — R. Johanan replied in the name of R. Simeon b. Jehozadak: It is proper that a letter be rooted out of the Torah so that thereby the heavenly name shall be publicly hallowed. For passers-by were enquiring, 'What kind of men are these?' — 'These are royal princes' — 'And what have they done?' — 'They laid their hands upon unattached<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] lit., 'dragged in'; proselytes who have not been admitted into the congregation, [or, 'self-made proselytes', a class of converts who Judaize in mass under the impulsion of fear. V. Moore, G. F. Judaism I, 337]. ');">¹⁹</span>

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