Quoting%20commentary for Sanhedrin 97:7

אלא ההוא גברא מורד במלכות הוה דכתיב (מלכים א ב, כח) והשמועה באה עד יואב כי יואב נטה אחרי אדניה ואחרי אבשלום לא נטה

— Rab Judah said: He wished to turn [afterhim], but did not. And why did he not? — R. Eleazar said: David still possessedhis vitality.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'moisture'. But as soon as David became feeble he inclined after Adonijah. ');">¹⁹</span> R. Jose the son ofR. Hanina said: David's star<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] (astrological power), symbol of his mighty men upon whom he placed reliance in war, and who led him to victories. ');">²⁰</span> wasstill in the ascendant, for Rab Judah said in Rab'sname:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. nn. 4-5, supra p. 114. ');">²¹</span>

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