Quoting%20commentary for Yoma 145:19

אין שואלין שני דברים כאחד ואם שאל אין מחזירין אלא אחד ואין מחזירין לו אלא ראשון שנאמר (שמואל א כג, יא) היסגירוני בעלי קעילה בידו הירד שאול וגו' ויאמר ה' ירד והא אמרת אין מחזירין אלא ראשון דוד שאל

but rather in the manner in which Hannah spoke in her prayer, as it is said: Now Hannah, she spoke in her heart.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Sam. I, 13.');">²⁶</span> One should not put two questions at the same time; if one has done so, only one [question] is answered; and only the first [question] is answered, as it is said: Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul come down,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XXIII, 11.');">²⁷</span> etc. and the Lord said.' He will come down.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XXIII, 11.');">²⁷</span> But you said: Only the first [question] is answered? - David had asked

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