1 Samuel 21:11

And Dovid arose and fled that day from before Sha'ul, and went to Akhish Melech Gat.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

10And the Kohen said, The cherev of Golyat (Goliath) the Pelishti, whom thou slewest in the Emek Elah, hinei, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if thou wilt take that, take it; for there is no other except that here. And Dovid said, There is none like that; give it me.

12And the avadim of Akhish said unto him, Is not this Dovid Melech HaAretz? Did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, 1 Sha'ul hath slain his thousands, 1 and Dovid his myriads?

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Cross References

1 Samuel 18:7And the nashim answered one another as they played, and said, 1 Sha'ul hath slain his alafim, 1 and Dovid his revavot (myriads).

1 Samuel 27:1And Dovid said in his lev, I shall now perish yom echad by the yad Sha'ul; there is nothing tov for me than that I should speedily escape into the Eretz Pelishtim; and Sha'ul shall despair of searching for me any more in kol gevul Yisroel; so shall I escape out of his yad.

1 Samuel 29:5Is not this Dovid, of whom they sang one to another in mecholot (dances), saying, 1 Sha'ul slaughtered his alafim, 1 and Dovid his revavot (myriads)?

Psalms 56:1(For the director. Set to The Silent, Distant Yonah. Of Dovid. A mikhtam — when the Pelishtim seized him in Gat) 1

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 →

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