1 Samuel 18:7

Listen to 1 Samuel 18:7
7 Las mujeres cantaban mientras tocaban, y decĂ­an: SaĂșl ha matado a sus miles, y David a sus diez miles.

1 Samuel 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.

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1 Samuel 18:7 In-Context

5 Y salĂ­a David adondequiera que SaĂșl le enviaba, y prosperaba; y SaĂșl lo puso sobre hombres de guerra. Y esto fue agradable a los ojos de todo el pueblo y tambiĂ©n a los ojos de los siervos de SaĂșl.
6 Y aconteciĂł que cuando regresaban, al volver David de matar al filisteo, las mujeres de todas las ciudades de Israel salĂ­an cantando y danzando al encuentro del rey SaĂșl, con panderos, con cĂĄnticos de jĂșbilo y con instrumentos musicales.
7 Las mujeres cantaban mientras tocaban, y decĂ­an: SaĂșl ha matado a sus miles, y David a sus diez miles.
8 Entonces SaĂșl se enfureciĂł, pues este dicho le desagradĂł, y dijo: Han atribuido a David diez miles, pero a mĂ­ me han atribuido miles. ÂżY quĂ© mĂĄs le falta sino el reino?
9 De aquel dĂ­a en adelante SaĂșl mirĂł a David con recelo.
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