1 Samuel 18:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And the women sang to one another as they made merry, “Saul has killed his thousands and David his ten thousands.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:3

But the men said, “You shall not go out. For if we flee, they will not care about us. If half of us die, they will not care about us. But you are worth ten thousand of us; therefore it is better that you send us help from the city.”

2 Samuel 23:1

Now these are the last words of David: The oracle of David, son of Jesse, the oracle of the man whom God exalted, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the favorite of the Strong One of Israel:

2 Samuel 6:5

David and all the house of Israel were dancing before the Lord with all their might, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals.

Exodus 15:21

And Miriam sang to them: “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.”

1 Samuel 21:11

The servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing to one another of him in dances, ‘Saul has killed his thousands and David his ten thousands’?”

1 Samuel 21:12

David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of King Achish of Gath.

1 Samuel 29:5

Is this not David, of whom they sing to one another in dances, ‘Saul has killed his thousands and David his ten thousands’?”