1 Samuel 21:11

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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? ’

Cross References

1 Samuel 29:5

Isn’t this the David they sing about during their dances: Saul has killed his thousands, but David his tens of thousands? ’

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord said to Samuel, ‘How long are you going to mourn for Saul,  since I have rejected him as king over Israel?  Fill your horn with oil  and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem  because I have selected for myself a king from his sons.’

1 Samuel 19:18

So David fled and escaped and went to Samuel at Ramah  and told him everything Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel left and stayed at Naioth.

1 Samuel 27:1

David said to himself, ‘One of these days I’ll be swept away by Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape immediately to the land of the Philistines.  Then Saul will give up searching for me everywhere in Israel, and I’ll escape from him.’

1 Samuel 27:2

So David set out with his six hundred men  and went over to Achish son of Maoch,  the king of Gath.