תלמוד על מלכים ב 5:18

Rebbi Abuna asked before Rebbi Ammi: Are Gentiles required to sanctify the Name²⁹“To sanctify the Name” means to suffer martyrdom for one’s faith (under the conditions spelled out before.)? He said to him (Lev. 22:32): “I shall be sanctified in the midst of the Children of Israel.” Israel are required to sanctify the Name; the Gentiles are not required to sanctify the Name. Rebbi Nasa in the name of Rebbi Lazar understood it from the following (2K. 5:18): “May the Eternal forgive His servant for this³⁰Elisha permitted Naaman to accompany his king to a pagan temple and to bow down there; for a Jew that would be unthinkable. Same argument in Babli Sanhedrin 74b, in the name of the school of Rav., etc.” Israel are required to sanctify the Name; the Gentiles are not required to sanctify the Name.

[With the following] it is the reverse;⁶²Of those mentioned in the preceding Rule. The former are to be read but are not written; the latter are written but are not to be read. they are written [in the text] but are not to be read: Amnon;⁶³In 2 Sam. 13, 33 the word ’im is written but not to be read. as he shall say;⁶⁴In Jer. 39, 12 where similarly, ’im is written but not read. V incorrectly indicates the verse with ba’asher for ka’asher. in (what) place;⁶⁵In 2 Sam. 15, 21 the word אם is written but not read. kinsman;⁶⁶In Ruth 3, 12, the word ’im is written but not read. let … bend;⁶⁷In Jer. 51, 3 the verb is repeated in the text. five.⁶⁸In Ezek. 48, 16 the south side … five hundred the number five is written twice but read only once. [H adds two further instances: נא in 2 Kings 5, 18 and ’eth in Jer. 38, 16.]