1 SAMUEL 18:23 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?”
And Saul said to David, Now you have a second opportunity to become my son-in-law — Saul's *pa'am sheniyit atah hiyoti li le'choten*, you have now a second time been my son-in-law, offers the marriage without mentioning his true intent. David, having rejected the first proposal, might reasonably accept the second; the repetition suggests genuine opportunity. The verb *amar*, said, in Saul's voice, conceals the snare beneath fair words.
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