Yevamot

that having stated categorically,  '[those that came] from the heathens' [he must also imply,] 'even those from Tarmod'!  And R. Johanan replied: This proves that proselytes may be accepted from Tarmod.  And if it be replied [that R. Johanan only said], 'This',  but he himself does not hold this view,  surely R. Johanan said, 'The halachah is in accordance with an anonymous Mishnah'!  — It is a question in dispute between Amoraim as to what was actually the view of R. Johanan. Why are no [proselytes to be accepted] from Tarmod? — R. Johanan and Sabya give different reasons. One says, 'On account of the slaves of Solomon,'  and the other says, 'On account of the daughters of Jerusalem.' According to him who Says. 'On account of the slaves of Solomon,' the reason is quite intelligible, because he may hold the opinion that the child of a heathen or a slave who had intercourse with a daughter in Israel is a bastard. According to him, however, who said, 'On account of the daughters of Jerusalem', what is the reason? — R. Joseph and the Rabbis dispute the point, and both of them in the name of Rabbah b. Bar Hana. One maintains that [the number was] twelve thousand [foot]men and six thousand archers, and the other maintains that there were twelve thousand men and, of these, six hundred archers. At the time when the heathens entered the Temple, everyone made for the gold and the silver, but they made for the daughters of Jerusalem; as it is said in the Scriptures. They have ravished the women in Zion, the maidens in the cities of Judah. R. Samuel b. Nahmani said in the name of R. Jonathan: The following verse was uttered by the Genius of the Universe:  I have been young and now I am old  For who else could have said it! If the Holy One, blessed be He, be suggested, is there any old age in his case? Then David must have said it? But was he so old? Consequently it must be concluded that the Genius of the Universe had said it. R. Samuel b. Nahmani further said in the name of R. Jonathan: What is [the meaning of] the Scriptural text,  The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her treasures?  — This [refers to] Ammon and Moab. At the time when the heathens entered the Temple all made for gold and silver, but they turned to the Scroll of the Law, saying, 'That in which it is written, An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord,  shall be burned with fire.' The Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob that they that are round about him should be his adversaries.  Rab said: As, for instance, Humania towards Pum Nahara. Rab Judah said in the name of R. Assi: If at the present time a heathen betroths [a daughter in Israel], note must be taken of such betrothal since it may be that he is of the ten tribes.  But, surely, anything separated [from a heterogeneous group] is re garded as having been separated from the majority!  — [R. Assi's statement refers] to places where they have settled;  for R. Abba b. Kahana said: And he put them in Halah and in Habor, on the river of Gozan, and the cities of the Medes;  Halah is Halwan,  and Habor