1 Samuel 18:7

New American Bible - revised edition

The women played and sang: “Saul has slain his thousands, David his tens of thousands.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:3

But they replied: “You must not come out with us. For if we flee, no one will care; even if half of us die, no one will care. But you are worth ten thousand of us. Therefore it is better that we have you to help us from the city.”

2 Samuel 23:1

These are the last words of David: The oracle of David, son of Jesse; the oracle of the man God raised up, Anointed of the God of Jacob, favorite of the Mighty One of Israel.

2 Samuel 6:5

while David and all the house of Israel danced before the Lord with all their might, with singing, and with lyres, harps, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.

Exodus 15:21

and she responded to them: Sing to the Lord, for he is gloriously triumphant; horse and chariot he has cast into the sea. At Marah and Elim.

1 Samuel 21:11

That same day David fled from Saul, going to Achish, king of Gath.

1 Samuel 21:12

But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Is it not for him that during their dances they sing out, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, David his tens of thousands’?”

1 Samuel 29:5

Is this not the David for whom they sing during their dances, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, David his tens of thousands’?”