And the women [a]sang by course in their play, and said, (A)Saul hath slain his thousand, and David his ten thousand.

Therefore Saul was exceedingly wroth, and the saying displeased him, and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousand, and to me they have ascribed but a thousand, and what can he have more save the kingdom?

Wherefore Saul [b]had an eye on David from that day forward.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 18:7 Hebrew, answered, playing.
  2. 1 Samuel 18:9 Because he bare him envy and hatred.

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