Reference for Avodah Zarah 8:18

והיינו דא"ר יוחנן משום ר"ש בן יוחאי לא דוד ראוי לאותו מעשה ולא ישראל ראוין לאותו מעשה לא דוד ראוי לאותו מעשה דכתיב (תהלים קט, כב) ולבי חלל בקרבי

This last statement accords with what R. Yohanan said in the name of R. Shimon b. Yohai: David was not the kind of man to do that act, nor was Israel the kind of people to do that act. David was not the kind of man to do that act, as it is written, “My heart is pierced within me” (Psalms 109:22); nor were the Israelites the kind of people to commit that act, for it is said,

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