Jewish%20thought for Yoma 105:24

וכן תלמיד הנפטר מרבו לא יחזיר פניו וילך אלא מצדד פניו והולך כי הא דר' אלעזר כד הוה מיפטר מיניה דר' יוחנן כד הוה בעי ר' יוחנן לסגויי הוה גחין קאי ר' אלעזר אדוכתיה עד דהוה מיכסי ר' יוחנן מיניה

What has Gibeon to do with Jerusalem?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The indeterminate 'Jerusalem' in the text is ambiguous and therefore invites ad hoc interpretation.');">²⁸</span> Rather, [Scripture] compares his departure from Gibeon towards Jerusalem with his entrance from Jerusalem into Gibeon, i.e., just as when he entered Gibeon from Jerusalem his face was directed towards the high place, in the same way as he had come in; in the same manner as he left Gibeon for Jerusalem his face was turned toward the high place even in the same way as when he had come in.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that the text means: In the same manner as Solomon journeyed to Gibeon, so did he proceed on his return journey from Gibeon to Jerusalem.');">²⁹</span>

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