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1 Samuel 18:7-9
Lexham English Bible

7 And the women sang as they danced, and they said,

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

8 Saul became very angry,[a] and this saying displeased him,[b] 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?”[c] 9 So Saul was watching[d] David with suspicion from that day onward.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 18:8 Literally “And it was very hot for Saul”
  2. 1 Samuel 18:8 Literally “this thing was bad in his eyes”
  3. 1 Samuel 18:8 Literally “And still for him is only the kingdom”
  4. 1 Samuel 18:9 The Masoretic Hebrew text (Kethib) reads “sin”; the translation follows the reading tradition (Qere) which has “eyeing” or “watching”
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