Quoting%20commentary for Avodah Zarah 87:19

(מלכים א א, ה) ויעש לו רכב ופרשים וחמשים איש רצים לפניו מאי רבותייהו תנא כולם נטולי טחול וחקוקי כפות הרגלים היו:

[It is written], “Then Adoniyah the son of Haggith exalted himself saying, ‘I will be king’” (I Kings 1:5). Rav Judah said in the name of Rav: He exalted himself [thinking that the crown] would fit him, but it did not fit him.

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