1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 29:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Is not this David, to whom they sung in their dances, saying: Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
הֲלוֹא־זֶ֣ה דָוִ֔ד אֲשֶׁ֧ר יַעֲנוּ־ל֛וֹ בַּמְּחֹל֖וֹת לֵאמֹ֑ר הִכָּ֤ה שָׁאוּל֙ בַּֽאֲלָפָ֔יו וְדָוִ֖ד ברבבתו בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Sam 21:11And 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?
- 1 Sam 18:6Now when David returned, after he slew the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels of joy, and cornets.
- 1 Sam 18:7And the women sung as they played, and they said: Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
- Prov 27:14He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.