1 Samuel 29:5

Is not this David, of whom they made responses in the dances, saying,—Saul, hath smitten, his thousands, But, David, his, tens of thousands?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 princes of the Philistines raged against him, and the princes of the Philistines said unto him—Let the man go back, that he may return unto the place which thou didst appoint him, and let him not go down with us, into battle, so shall he not become to us a traitor, in the battle,—for, wherewith, should this fellow gain favour with his lord? Would it not be with the heads of those men?

6So Achish called for David, and said unto him—By the life of Yahweh, surely, upright, thou art, and, pleasing in mine eyes, have been thy going out and thy coming in with me, in the host, for I have found in thee no wrong, from the day of thy coming in unto me, until this day,—but, in the eyes of the lords, displeasing, thou art.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 18:7And the women that made merry responded to each other in song, and said,—Saul, hath smitten, his thousands, but, David, his, tens of thousands.

Proverbs 27:14He that blesseth his friend, with a loud voice, in the morning early, a reproach, shall it be reckoned 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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