Formerly he had pitilessly enforced his own, compelling the girl of fifteen to wed a man many years her senior.

This had been done because he perceived that Kasana had given her young heart to Hosea, the soldier, and he deemed it beneath his dignity to receive the Hebrew, who at that time held no prominent position in the army, as his son-in-law.

An Egyptian girl had no choice save to accept the husband chosen by her father and Kasana submitted, though she shed so many bitter tears that the archer rejoiced when, in obedience to his will, she had wedded an unloved husband.
But even as a widow Kasana's heart clung to the Hebrew.

When the army was in the field her anxiety was ceaseless; day and night were spent in restlessness and watching.

When news came from the troops she asked only about Hosea, and her father with deep annoyance attributed to her love for the Hebrew her rejection of suitor after suitor.