THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 21:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And the servants of Achis, when they saw David, said to him: Is not this David, the king of the land? Did they not sing to him in their dances, saying: Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
וַיָּ֣קָם דָּוִ֔ד וַיִּבְרַ֥ח בַּיּוֹם־הַה֖וּא מִפְּנֵ֣י שָׁא֑וּל וַיָּבֹ֕א אֶל־אָכִ֖ישׁ מֶ֥לֶךְ גַּֽת׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Sam 29:5Is not this David, to whom they sung in their dances, saying: Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
- Ps 56 (55):1
- Ps 56 (55):13
- 1 Sam 16:1And the Lord said to Samuel: How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, whom I have rejected from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and come, that I may send thee to Isai, the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
- 1 Sam 18:7And the women sung as they played, and they said: Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
- 1 Sam 18:8And Saul was exceeding angry, and this word was displeasing in his eyes, and he said: They have given David ten thousands, and to me they have given but a thousand, what can he have more but the kingdom?