1 SAMUEL 18:25 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.”
And say to him, Behold, the king has pleasure in you and all his servants love you — the servants' message flatters David with popularity, asserting that the king desires him as son-in-law. The *hiyot choten hamelekh*, become the king's son-in-law, is presented as inevitable, a natural progression. The servants' language disguises the trap, speaking only of honor and love.
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