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1 Samuel 18:6-8
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1 Samuel 18:6-8
New King James Version
6 Now it had happened as they were coming home, when David was returning from the slaughter of the [a]Philistine, that (A)the women had come out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with musical instruments. 7 So the women (B)sang as they danced, and said:
(C)“Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands.”
8 Then Saul was very angry, and the saying (D)displeased him; and he said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only thousands. Now what more can he have but (E)the kingdom?”
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- 1 Samuel 18:6 Philistines
1 Samuel 18:6-8
New International Version
1 Samuel 18:6-8
New International Version
6 When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing,(A) with joyful songs and with timbrels(B) and lyres. 7 As they danced, they sang:(C)
“Saul has slain his thousands,
and David his tens(D) of thousands.”
8 Saul was very angry; this refrain displeased him greatly. “They have credited David with tens of thousands,” he thought, “but me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?(E)”
1 Samuel 29:5
New King James Version
1 Samuel 29:5
New King James Version
5 Is this not David, (A)of whom they sang to one another in dances, saying:
(B)‘Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands’?”
1 Samuel 29:5
New International Version
1 Samuel 29:5
New International Version
5 Isn’t this the David they sang about in their dances:
“‘Saul has slain his thousands,
and David his tens of thousands’?”(A)
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