Mesorat%20hashas for Sanhedrin 39:12
למאן דאמר מיחה מ"ט איענש א"ר נחמן (ברבי) יצחק ששהא מלכות בית דוד שתי שנים ומחצה:
<b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Our Rabbis taught: Wherever it is customary for women to follow the bier, they may do so; to precede it, they may do so [likewise]. R. Judah said: Women must always precede the bier, for we find that David followed the coffin of Abner, as it is written, And King David followed the bier.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. From which it is inferred that the women preceeded it, for it is improbable that the King would have walked in their midst. ');"><sup>12</sup></span>
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