1 SAMUEL 22:8 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?”
And Saul said to his servants who stood about him, Hear now, you sons of Benjamin; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards? Will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds? — Saul's speech (*va'yomer Shaul l'avadav ha'omdim alav shim'u na bney Binyamin*) attempts to divide David's supporters from him by invoking tribal loyalty and offering material incentives. The *yittan lachem benai David*, will the son of Jesse give you, employs ironic reference to David through his father's name. Saul promises fields, vineyards, military rank—all the honors that David has been gaining. Yet his offer is hollow; it presupposes that Saul retains the ability to dispense such rewards, which is precisely what David's rising power calls into question.
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