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When they were coming back[a] after David had returned from striking down the Philistine, the women went out from all the cities of Israel singing and dancing to meet King Saul with tambourines, with joy, and with three-stringed instruments. And the women sang as they danced, and they said,

“Saul has struck down his thousands,
    but David his ten thousands!”

Saul became very angry,[b] and this saying displeased him,[c] and he thought, “They have attributed to David ten thousands, but to me they have attributed thousands! What more can he have but the kingdom?”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 18:6 Literally “And it happened at their coming”
  2. 1 Samuel 18:8 Literally “And it was very hot for Saul”
  3. 1 Samuel 18:8 Literally “this thing was bad in his eyes”
  4. 1 Samuel 18:8 Literally “And still for him is only the kingdom”