תלמוד על יומא 49:9

Did not Rebbi Ḥiyya state, “nobody could sit in the Temple courtyard except kings of the Davidic dynasty”²⁴⁷Babli Yoma 25a,69b, Soṭah 40a, Tamid 27a, Sanhedrin 101b; Yerushalmi Yoma 3:2, Soṭah 7:7.? And Rebbi Immi said in the name of Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish, even the kings of the Davidic dynasty could not sit in the Temple courtyard. Explain it that he leaned on the wall as if sitting. But is it not written, King David came and sat before the Eternal²⁴⁸1Chr. 17:16., etc.? Rebbi Ayvo bar Naggari said, he concentrated²⁴⁹Since in Mishnaic Hebrew יִשׂוּב דַּעַת means “concentration”. for prayer.