1 Samuel 29:5

Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands?

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In The King James Version

Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

In Context

4But the rulers of the Philistines were angry with him. And the rulers of the Philistines said to him, Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where thou have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, l

6Then Achish called David, and said to him, As LORD lives, thou have been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the army is good in my sight, for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming to me to t

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Cross References

1 Samuel 18:7And the women sang one to another as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

Proverbs 27:14He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be considered a curse to him.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 29:2-6

David with the Philistines. ( b. c. 1055.) 1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel. 2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish. 3 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me… Read the whole commentary →

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