Quoting%20commentary for Sanhedrin 39:16

אלא כי אתא רבין אמר אמר לי ההוא מרבנן ורב תחליפא שמיה דהוה שכיח בשוקא דגילדאי ואמר ליה מאי דרגש ערסא דצלא א"ר ירמיה א"ר יוחנן דרגש

but we read, 'lehabroth'. At first they intended to destroy him;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Suspecting that he had a hand in Abner's death. ');">¹⁶</span> but afterwards, [being appeased,] they gave him to eat [the comforters' meal]. Rab Judah said in Rab's name: Why was Abner punished? — Because he should have protested to Saul<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For putting the Priests of Nob to death. V. I Sam. XXII, 18. ');">¹⁷</span> but did not. R. Isaac, however, said: He did indeed do so, but was not heeded. Both derive their views from the same verse, viz., And the king lamented for Abner and said: Should Abner die as a churl dieth, thy hands were not bound nor thy feet put into fetters.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' II Sam. III, 33. ');">¹⁸</span> The one who says that he did not protest, interprets it thus: Thy hands were not bound nor thy feet put into fetters, why then didst thou not protest? [Therefore,] As a man falleth before the children of iniquity so didst thou fall. The other who maintains that Abner did protest but was not listened to, [holds that] he [David] expressed his astonishment: Should he have died as a churl dieth? Seeing that thou didst indeed protest to Saul, Why, then, didst thou fall as a man falleth before the children of iniquity? But on the view that he did protest, why was he punished? — R. Nahman b. Isaac says: Because he delayed the accession of David's dynasty by two and a half years.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By his act of appointing Ish-Bosheth (Saul's only surviving son) as king of Israel. Ish-Bosheth, being feeble, owed his crown entirely to Abner. He reigned two years. (II Sam II.) Six months having elapsed after be was slain, David was generally recognised as king of Israel. There is a controversy with regard to the chronology of his reign. Rashi and Tosaf. both agree that the throne of Israel remained vacant for five years, but they differ as to the time the vacancy occurred. The former maintains it took place before the reign of Ish-Bosheth. ');">¹⁹</span> AND WHEN THE MOURNERS MEAL IS GIVEN TO HIM etc. What is a dargesh? — 'Ulla said: The bed of the domestic genius.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., a small couch not used for rest, but placed in the home merely as an omen of good fortune. ');">²⁰</span> The Rabbis asked 'Ulla: How can it be that he should be made to sit on it now [as a mourner], when he had never sat on it before? Raba refuted their objection: What is the difficulty? Is this not similar to the eating and drinking, for hitherto we had not given him food and drink, while now, [after the funeral] we do!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., it was not necessary for him to eat and drink the food of others, whilst now it is. ');">²¹</span> But if there is any objection, it is this: [It was taught] The dargesh need not be lowered<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As is the rule with all other stools and beds in a house of mourning. ');">²²</span> but must be stood up.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. M.K. 27a. ');">²³</span> Thus, should you maintain that the daresh is the bed of the domestic genius, why is there no need to lower it? Surely it has been taught: The mourner in lowering the beds shall lower not only his own couch but all the others he has in the house! — But what is the difficulty? Perhaps it [the dargesh] is in the same category as a bed [sideboard] designed for holding utensils of which, the Tanna taught, that if it is designed for holding utensils, it need not be lowered. If indeed, there is any objection, it is this: [It has been taught:] Rabban Simeon b. Gamaliel said: As for the dargesh, its loops are undone, and it collapses of itself. Now if it be the bed of the domestic genius, has it any loops? — But when Rabin came [from Palestine]<a rel="footnote" href="#56a_24">²⁴</a> he said: One of the Rabbis named R. Tahlifa. who frequented the leatherworkers' market, told me that dargesh was the name of a bed of skins.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Its strapping consisted of leather instead of ropes. Not being supported by long legs, it stood very low, and therefore, on practical grounds, the first Tanna maintains that it must not be undone and lowered, as the leather will be spoiled through the damp earth; whilst Rabban Simeon b. Gamaliel holds that there is no fear of this. ');">²⁵</span> R. Jeremiah said in R. Johanan's name: A dargesh

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