וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ יָד֨וֹ הַמַּלְאָ֥ךְ ׀ יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם֮ לְשַׁחֲתָהּ֒ וַיִּנָּ֤חֶם יְהוָה֙ אֶל־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה וַ֠יֹּאמֶר לַמַּלְאָ֞ךְ הַמַּשְׁחִ֤ית בָּעָם֙ רַ֔ב עַתָּ֖ה הֶ֣רֶף יָדֶ֑ךָ וּמַלְאַ֤ךְ יְהוָה֙ הָיָ֔ה עִם־גֹּ֖רֶן האורנה [הָאֲרַ֥וְנָה] הַיְבֻסִֽי׃ (ס)
Der Engel [des Verderbens] streckte seine Hand gegen Jerusalem, es zu verderben; da bedachte sich der Herr wegen des Unheils, und er sprach zu dem Engel, der unter dem Volke würgte: Genug! Jetzt lass deine Hand sinken. Der Engel des Herrn war bei der Tenne des Jebusiten Arawna.
Berakhot
"And He said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough [rab]" (ibid. v. 16). R. Eleazar said: Thus spake the Holy One, blessed be He, to the angel, Take for me the chief [rab] among them, so that through him I can punish them for their sins. At that moment Abishai b. Zeruiah died, who was equal [in worth] to the majority of the Sanhedrin.