Quoting%20commentary for Sanhedrin 189:13

א"ל מאי בעית הכא א"ל הכי אמר לי קודשא בריך הוא והכי אהדרי ליה א"ל אפיך צלותיך בר ברך קירא ליזבון ואת לא תצטער

Satan appeared before him in the guise of a deer. He shot arrows at him, but did not reach him, and was thus led on until inveigled into the land of the Philistines. When Ishbi-benob espied him, he exclaimed, 'It is he who slew my brother Goliath.' So he bound him, doubled him up and cast him under an olive press; but a miracle was wrought, and the ground softened under him. Hence it is written, Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. XVIII, 37. ');">²⁴</span> Now that day was Sabbath Eve, and Abishai the son of Zeruiah,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' David's sister's son, and brother of Joab, and one of the captains of David's army. ');">²⁵</span>

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