1 Samuel 21:11
But Achish's officials asked the king, “Isn't this David, the king of that country? Didn't they sing about him in their dances, ‘Saul has killed his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
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10David ran away from Saul that day and went to Achish, king of Gath.
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:7As they danced the women sang, “Saul has killed his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
1 Samuel 27:1But David said to himself, “One of these days Saul is going to get me. I think I'd better run away to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up looking for me all over Israel and he won't catch me.”
1 Samuel 29:5Isn't this the David they sing about in their dances: ‘Saul has killed his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
Psalms 56:1God, please be gracious to me, for people are persecuting me; my attackers fight against me all day long.
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 →