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Isn’t this the same David about whom the women of Israel sing in their dances,

‘Saul has killed his thousands,
    and David his ten thousands’?”

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11 But the officers of Achish were unhappy about his being there. “Isn’t this David, the king of the land?” they asked. “Isn’t he the one the people honor with dances, singing,

‘Saul has killed his thousands,
    and David his ten thousands’?”

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14 A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morning
    will be taken as a curse!

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When the victorious Israelite army was returning home after David had killed the Philistine, women from all the towns of Israel came out to meet King Saul. They sang and danced for joy with tambourines and cymbals.[a] This was their song:

“Saul has killed his thousands,
    and David his ten thousands!”

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Footnotes

  1. 18:6 The type of instrument represented by the word cymbals is uncertain.

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