1 Samuel 18:7

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And the women sang to one another as they made merry, “Saul has slain 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, the son of Jesse, the oracle of the man who was raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:

2 Samuel 6:5

And David and all the house of Israel were making merry 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; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.”

1 Samuel 21:11

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

1 Samuel 21:12

And David took these words to heart, and was much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

1 Samuel 29:5

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