Mesorat%20hashas for Sanhedrin 42:17

וכתיב (דברים יז, טז) לא ירבה לו סוסים ואמר שלמה אני ארבה ולא אשיב וכתיב (מלכים א י, כט) ותצא מרכבה ממצרים בשש וגו':

descended and stuck a reedin the sea, which gathered a sand-bank around it, on which was built thegreat city of Rome.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By this, his moral weakness, he laid the foundations of a hostile world symbolised by the Talmud as Rome, which overthrew Israel. ');">³²</span> R. Isaac also said: Why were the reasons of [some] Biblical laws not revealed?— Because in two verses reasons were revealed, and they caused the greatestin the world [Solomon] to stumble. Thus it is written: He shall not multiplywives to himself,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'That his heart turn not away', Deut. XVII, 17. ');">³³</span>

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