Musar for Sanhedrin 204:11
מאי מחמד עיניך לאו ס"ת
But perhaps [this refers to] an idol? — You cannot think so, because it is written, And all the leaders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid, 8. 'Elders', by which is meant scholars, would not have counselled him to hold fast to his idols. ');"><sup>17</sup></span> But perhaps they were evil elders?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'elders of shame'. ');"><sup>18</sup></span>
Mesilat Yesharim
Rabbi Yochanan said: Why did Achav merit royalty for twenty-two years? - Because he honored the Torah, which was given in twenty-two letters, as it is written (I Kings 20:9), "And he sent messengers to Achav... it shall be, that whatever is the desire of your eyes, they shall put in their hand, and take it away... And he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, Tell my lord the king, all that you did send for to your servant at the first I will do; but this thing I may not do." Now what is meant by 'whatever is the desire of your eyes'? Surely the Scroll of the Torah!" (Sanhedrin 102b).
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