And when Saul saw that he was very prosperous, he was afraid of him — Saul's *va'yere*, was afraid, intensifies with each vision of David's success; the king's fear is not diminished but magnified by the very evidence of David's ability. The verb *va'yeqatzeihu*, removed him from his presence, in the next verse will attempt a new strategy, yet this one founded in the same hopeless logic—attempting to control through external manipulation what is rooted in spiritual reality.

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