1 Samuel 21:11

Good News Translation

The king's officials said to Achish, “Isn't this David, the king of his country? This is the man about whom the women sang, as they danced, ‘Saul has killed thousands, but David has killed tens of thousands.’”

Cross References

Psalm 34:1

I will always thank the Lord; I will never stop praising him.

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you go on grieving over Saul? I have rejected him as king of Israel. But now get some olive oil and go to Bethlehem, to a man named Jesse, because I have chosen one of his sons to be king.”

1 Samuel 19:18

David escaped and went to Samuel in Ramah and told him everything that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.

1 Samuel 27:1

David said to himself, “One of these days Saul will kill me. The best thing for me to do is to escape to Philistia. Then Saul will give up looking for me in Israel, and I will be safe.”

1 Samuel 27:2

So David and his six hundred men went over at once to Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath.

1 Samuel 29:5

After all, this is David, the one about whom the women sang, as they danced, ‘Saul has killed thousands, but David has killed tens of thousands.’”