Sotah 48B

הרחיבה שאול נפשה ופערה פיה לבלי חק וירד הדרה והמונה ושאונה ועלז בה״.

the netherworld has enlarged her desire, and opened her mouth without measure, and down goes their glory and their tumult and their uproar, and he who rejoices among them” (Isaiah 5:14). Their punishment is that they should descend into the netherworld.

משמתו נביאים הראשונים. מאן ״נביאים הראשונים״? אמר רב הונא: זה דוד ושמואל ושלמה. רב נחמן אמר: בימי דוד, זימנין סליק, וזימנין לא סליק, שהרי שאל צדוק ⁠— ועלתה לו, שאל אביתר ⁠— ולא עלתה לו, שנאמר: ״ויעל אביתר״.

§ The Mishnah taught: From the time when the early prophets died, the Urim VeTummim was nullified. The Talmud poses a question: Who are the early prophets? Rav Huna says: This is referring to David, and Samuel, and Solomon, and after their death the Urim VeTummim was no longer used. Rav Naḥman said: In the days of David there were times an answer rose up for them from the Urim VeTummim and there were times an answer did not rise up, i.e., they did not receive an answer. The proof for this is that Tzadok, the High Priest in David’s time, asked the Urim VeTummim and an answer rose up for him, whereas Abiathar asked and an answer did not rise up for him, as it is stated: “And Abiathar went up” (II Samuel 15:24), and he was removed from serving as the High Priest as a result.

מתיב רבה בר שמואל: ״ויהי לדרש אלהים בימי זכריהו המבין בראת האלהים״, מאי לאו, באורים ותומים? לא, בנביאים.

Rabba bar Shmuel raises an objection: The verse states concerning Uzziah: “And he set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had an understanding of the vision of God” (II Chronicles 26:5). What, is the verse not stating that Uzziah would seek God by asking questions of the Urim VeTummim, despite the fact that he lived after the time of Solomon? The Talmud rejects this claim: No, he would seek God by asking questions of the prophets, but not of the Urim VeTummim.