" One of the five sons of R. Jose b. Halafta (see T. 2. l). He
accompanied R. Shimeon b. Jochai on his mission to Rome, which
succeeded in securing the withdrawal of the persecuting Hadrianic
decrees. Though quoted in the Tosefta, he is never mentioned in
the Mishnah.
• I Sam. 8. 6. ' i Sam. 8. 20.
' I Kings 21. 18.
' This curious statement has no biblical basis. Although the
remark appears to be accepted by R. Jehuda it would appear to be
a petiiio principii of the crudest kind. It is taken for granted that
because Jezebel regarded the death of Naboth as the only obstacle
to Ahab's possessing the vineyard, therefore Ahab was Naboth's
nearest relation. And since it is possible to show that he was not
Naboth's brother, father, or son, he must have been his nephew.
According to B. 48 b, he was his cousin.
T. IV.] THE KING 53

sons ? They replied : Did not the king kill both T.
