And Saul said, I will give her to him that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him — Saul's *otneha lo te'nochet* (give her to him that she may be a snare) makes explicit what Saul imagines: the marriage will bind David to service, and the service he will assign will be lethal. The *v'yihye alav yad Philisheim*, the hand of the Philistines may be upon him, reveals Saul's hope that David will be killed in battle, his death appearing as military misfortune rather than royal assassination.

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