Mesorat%20hashas for Sanhedrin 213:14

אמר מאי טעמא קנסיבת יפת תואר א"ל יפת תואר רחמנא שרייה א"ל לא דרשת סמוכין דסמיך ליה (דברים כא, יח) כי יהיה לאיש בן סורר ומורה כל הנושא יפת תואר יש לו בן סורר ומורה

He demonstrated with David, 'Shall people say, A king like thee has worshipped idols!' He replied, 'And shall a king like myself be slain by his son! Let me worship idols rather than that the Divine Name be publicly profaned!'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For then it would be said that Absalom had slain him because of his idolatry, which would justify him and his supporters. ');">²⁶</span> He retorted, 'Why then didst thou marry a beautiful woman [captured in battle]?'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Absalom's mother, Maachah the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur, was, according to tradition, a war captive. ');">²⁷</span>

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