Jewish%20thought for Sanhedrin 97:13

לדבר אתו בשלי אמר רב יהודה אמר רב על עיסקי שלו (שמואל ב ג, כז) ויכהו שם אל החומש אמר רבי יוחנן בדופן חמישית מקום שמרה וכבד תלויין בו

'And smote him there at thewaist:' R. Johanan said: At the fifth rib, where the gall-bladder and liverare suspended.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 326, n. 9. ');">³⁴</span> And the Lord will return his [Joab's] blood upon his own head because hefell upon two men more righteous and better thanhe.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And slew them with the sword. I Kings II, 32. ');">³⁵</span> 'Better,' because they interpretedaright [the particles] 'ak andrak,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Signifying limitation. v. p. 326, n. 12. According to this, the king's orders were not to be obeyed where they involved serious transgressions; v. p. 327 n. 2, with reference to Amasa, Abner's attitude is intimated in a reference to the murder of the Priests of Nob (v. I Sam. XXII, 17). And the King said unto the guard that stood about him, turn and slay the Priests of the Lord, but the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the Priests of the Lord. Cf. also supra 20a, where, according to R. Isaac, Abner tried to restrain the king from committing a murder, but without avail. ');">³⁶</span>

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