OLD TESTAMENT

1 Samuel 18:7

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The women sang to one another as they played, and said, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”

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Verse 7. Sung. The chorus of their song is given. Calmet.—“The women sung, Saul slew his thousands; and the virgins answered, And David,” and so forth Josephus.—The death of Goliath was equivalent to the slaughter of thousands, as he had filled the whole army of Israel with dismay. Bible.

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