and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
But they didn't listen: and Menasheh seduced them to do that which is evil more than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Yisra'el.
It happened, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, *This is what your servant did to me,* that his wrath was kindled.
Sha'ul commanded his servants, [saying], Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.
