1 Samuel 18:5-9
1599 Geneva Bible
5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself [a]wisely: so that Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.
6 ¶ When they came again, and David returned from the slaughter of the [b]Philistine, the women came out of all cities of Israel singing and dancing to meet king Saul, with timbrels, with instruments of joy, and with rebecks.
7 And the women [c]sang by course in their play, and said, (A)Saul hath slain his thousand, and David his ten thousand.
8 Therefore Saul was exceedingly wroth, and the saying displeased him, and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousand, and to me they have ascribed but a thousand, and what can he have more save the kingdom?
9 Wherefore Saul [d]had an eye on David from that day forward.
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- 1 Samuel 18:5 That is, he prospered in all his doings.
- 1 Samuel 18:6 To wit, Goliath.
- 1 Samuel 18:7 Hebrew, answered, playing.
- 1 Samuel 18:9 Because he bare him envy and hatred.
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