1 Samuel 29:5 meaning and explanation
Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
1 Samuel 29:5, Berean Standard Bible
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The Philistine commanders are pressing Achish about David, who has been living among them as a vassal while fleeing Saul. These commanders recall the victory song from Israel, first heard after David killed Goliath, that set Saul's thousands against David's tens of thousands.
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