Reference for Taanit 7:6
שאול בן קיש דכתיב (שמואל א יז, כה) והיה האיש אשר יכנו יעשרנו המלך עושר גדול ואת בתו יתן לו יכול אפי' עבד אפילו ממזר השיבו כהוגן ונזדמן לו דוד
R'Samuel B'Nahmani said in the name of R'Jonathan: Three [men] made haphazard requests,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'asked not in a proper manner', two they answered in a proper manner, and one they answered in a non-proper manner.');"><sup>7</sup></span> two of them were fortunate in the reply they received and one was not, namely, Eliezer, the servant of Abraham; Saul, the son of Kish; and Jephtha the Gileadite.
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