1 Samuel 18:7 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 18:7

And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”

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ASV

And the women sang one to another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.

KJV

And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

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Commentary

2 voices

Basil of Caesarea

CONCERNING ENVY (379)

Why do you grieve, my friend, when you yourself have suffered no misfortune? Why are you hostile to someone who is enjoying prosperity, when he has in no way caused your own possessions to decrease? If you are vexed even upon receiving a kindness [from the object of your spite], are you not quite clearly envious of your own good? Saul is an example of this. He made David's great favors to himself a motive for enmity with him.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Saul hath slain his thousands - As it cannot literally be true that Saul had slain thousands, and David ten thousands; it would be well to translate the passage thus: Saul hath smitten or fought against thousands; David against tens of thousands. “Though Saul has been victorious in all his battles; yet he has not had such great odds against him as David has had; Saul, indeed, has been opposed by thousands; David, by ten thousands.” We may here remark that the Philistines had drawn out their whole forces at this time: and when Goliath was slain, they were totally discomfited by the Israelites, led on chiefly by David.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽתַּעֲנֶ֛ינָה	va.ta.'a.Nei.nah	and they sang	H6030 →
הַנָּשִׁ֥ים	ha.na.Shim	the women	H802 →
הַֽמְשַׂחֲק֖וֹת	ham.sa.cha.Kot	who were playing	H7832 →
וַתֹּאמַ֑רְןָ	va.to.Mar.na	and they said	H559 →
הִכָּ֤ה	hi.Kah	he has struck down	H5221 →
שָׁאוּל֙	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
בַּאֲלָפָ֔יו	ba.'el.fov	<on> thousands his	H505 →
וְדָוִ֖ד	ve.da.Vid	and David	H1732 →
בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו׃	be.ri.vo.Tav	<on> ten thousands his	H7233 →

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Exodus 15:21
And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”
leads to
- Exodus 15:1
  Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.
- Revelation 7:10–12
  And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
- Revelation 15:3
  and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
Through
1 Samuel 21:11
But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 29:5
  Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
- Psalms 56:1–13
  Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
Through
1 Samuel 29:5
Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
leads to
- 1 Samuel 21:11
  But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David…
- Proverbs 27:14
  If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.
- 1 Samuel 18:6–7
  As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and…

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