Quoting%20commentary for Sanhedrin 35:11

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> כהן גדול דן פשיטא דנין אותו איצטריכא ליה הא נמי פשיטא אי לא דיינינן ליה איהו היכי דיין והכתיב (צפניה ב, א) התקוששו וקושו ואמר ר"ל קשט עצמך ואחר כך קשט אחרים

THE KING MAY NEITHER JUDGE NOR BE JUDGED, TESTIFY NOR BE TESTIFIED AGAINST. HE MAY NOT PERFORM <i>HALIZAH</i> NOR MAY IT BE PERFORMED TO HIS WIFE. HE MAY NOT PERFORM YIBBUM, NOR MAY IT BE PERFORMED TO HIS WIFE. R. JUDAH SAID: IF HE WISHES TO PERFORM <i>HALIZAH</i> OR YIBBUM, HE SHALL BE REMEMBERED FOR GOOD. BUT THEY [THE RABBIS] SAID: [EVEN IF HE WISHES] HE IS NOT LISTENED TO; NOR MAY ANY ONE MARRY HIS WIDOW. R. JUDAH SAID: A KING MAY MARRY A KING'S WIDOW, FOR SO WE FIND IN THE CASE OF DAVID WHO MARRIED THE WIDOW OF SAUL, AS IT IS WRITTEN, AND I GAVE THEE THY MASTER'S HOUSE AND THY MASTER'S WIVES INTO THY BOSOM.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' II Sam. XII, 8. ');">¹⁹</span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. THE HIGH PRIEST [MAY JUDGE]. But is this not obvious? — It is necessary to state, HE MAY BE JUDGED.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And so the first is mentioned too, for completeness. ');">²⁰</span>

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