Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 18:7

7 Zhòng fùnǚ wǔdǎo chàng hé , shuō , Sǎoluó shā sǐ qiā qiā , Dàwèi shā sǐ wàn wàn .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 18:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 18:7

And the women answered [one another] as they played
They sung vocally to their instruments, and that by turns, one rehearsing one line or verse in the song, and then the other another:

and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands;
which, if to be referred to the battle in the preceding chapter, as it commonly is, must be understood thus, that though Saul, in pursuit of the Philistines, slew many thousands of them, and David but one, even Goliath; yet the slaying of him was the occasion of slaying ten thousands, and therefore it is ascribed to him: but it seems rather that in some after battles David had been more prosperous and victorious than Saul, and therefore superior commendations are given him by the author of the song the women sung; which, however just it might be to give them, was not wise, since it served to irritate their king, as follows.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 18:7 In-Context

5 Sǎoluó wúlùn chāiqiǎn Dàwèi wǎng héchu qù , tā dōu zuò shì jīng míng . Sǎoluó jiù lì tā zuò zhànshì zhǎng , zhòng bǎixìng hé Sǎoluó de chénpú wú bù xǐyuè .

6 Dàwèi dá sǐ le nà Fēilìshì rén , tóng zhòngrén huí lái de shíhou , fùnǚ men cóng Yǐsèliè gè chéng lǐ chūlai , huān huānxǐ xǐ , dá gǔ jī qéng , gē chàng tiàowǔ , yíngjiē Sǎoluó wáng .

7 Zhòng fùnǚ wǔdǎo chàng hé , shuō , Sǎoluó shā sǐ qiā qiā , Dàwèi shā sǐ wàn wàn .

8 Sǎoluó shén fānù , bù xǐyuè zhè huà , jiù shuō , jiāng wàn wàn guī Dàwèi , qiā qiā guī wǒ , zhǐ shèngxia wáng wèi méiyǒu gĕi tā le .

9 Cóng zhè rì qǐ , Sǎoluó jiù nù shì Dàwèi .