1 Samuel 21:11
But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
10That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.
12Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:7And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
1 Samuel 27:1David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
1 Samuel 29:5Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
Psalms 56:1Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 21:11-15
David Driven from Achish. ( b. c. 1057.) 10 And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. 11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? 12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. 13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands,… Read the whole commentary →