Rab Judah said in Rab's name:
Had not David paid heed to slander,
the kingdom of the House of David would not have been divided
Had Israel not engaged in idolatry,
and we would not have been exiled from our country.
There are several attempts to interpret away the sins of the
kings – David and Bathsheba, Solomon and his idol worshiping wives. But still
the national consequences of their actions are noted, as in this tale:
Rab Judah said in Samuel's name:
When Solomon married Pharaoh's daughter, Gabriel descended and planted a reed
in the sea, and it gathered a bank around it, on which the great city of Rome
was built.
The seeds of Israel’s future destruction are sown: as Solomon
unites Israel with Egypt, Rome, its future oppressor, is founded.
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