Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

Bible References

General references

1 Samuel 18:6
As the troops were coming back, when David was returning from killing the Philistine, the women came out from all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul, singing and dancing with tambourines, with shouts of joy, and with three-stringed instruments.
1 Samuel 21:11
But Achish’s servants said to him, “Isn’t this David, the king of the land? Don’t they sing about him during their dances:

Saul has killed his thousands,
but David his tens of thousands?”
Proverbs 27:14
If one blesses his neighbor
with a loud voice early in the morning,
it will be counted as a curse to him.

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