1 Samuel 18:7

וַֽתַּעֲנֶינָה הַנָּשִׁים הַֽמְשַׂחֲקוֹת וַתֹּאמַרְןָ הִכָּה שָׁאוּל באלפו וְדָוִד בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

In Context

6וַיְהִי בְּבוֹאָם בְּשׁוּב דָּוִד מֵהַכּוֹת אֶת ־ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי וַתֵּצֶאנָה הַנָּשִׁים מִכָּל ־ עָרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לשור וְהַמְּחֹלוֹת לִקְרַאת שָׁאוּל הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּתֻפִּים בְּשִׂמְחָה וּבְשָׁלִשִֽׁים ׃

8וַיִּחַר לְשָׁאוּל מְאֹד וַיֵּרַע בְּעֵינָיו הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה וַיֹּאמֶר נָתְנוּ לְדָוִד רְבָבוֹת וְלִ/י נָתְנוּ הָאֲלָפִים וְעוֹד לוֹ אַךְ הַמְּלוּכָֽה ׃

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Cross References

1 Samuel 21:11וַיָּקָם דָּוִד וַיִּבְרַח בַּיּוֹם ־ הַהוּא מִפְּנֵי שָׁאוּל וַיָּבֹא אֶל ־ אָכִישׁ מֶלֶךְ גַּֽת ׃

1 Samuel 29:5הֲלוֹא ־ זֶה דָוִד אֲשֶׁר יַעֲנוּ ־ לוֹ בַּמְּחֹלוֹת לֵאמֹר הִכָּה שָׁאוּל בַּֽאֲלָפָיו וְדָוִד ברבבתו ׃ ס

Psalms 24:7שְׂאוּ שְׁעָרִים ׀ רָֽאשֵׁיכֶם וְֽהִנָּשְׂאוּ פִּתְחֵי עוֹלָם וְיָבוֹא מֶלֶךְ הַכָּבֽוֹד ׃

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 18:7-12

David Honoured by the People; Saul Troubled with an Evil Spirit. ( b. c. 1060.) 6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music. 7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. 8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said,… Read the whole commentary →

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