Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Martin Arhelger" <arhelger AT gmx.de>]

> Had
> his order to kill David been addressed
> only to Jonathan, "that he would
> kill" would work. But since his servants
> are also meant, the plural "that
> they should kill" seems better.

Thank you for your answer. But my question was not to decide between
Jonathan or Saul's servants.

My question is: Why not refer the infinitive to Saul? (That is the way many
German Translations take it.) The New Jerusalem Bible translates this sense
freely: "Saul let his son Jonathan and all his servants know of his
intention to kill David."

Martin Arhelger