Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsIs not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands?
Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
Is not this David, of whom they answer in choruses, saying, Saul hath smitten among his thousands, and David among his myriads?'
Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul smote his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.
- Author
- Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
- Date
- Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy