1 Samuel 18:6

1 Samuel 18:6

4 And Jonathan took off the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his armor, even to his sword and his bow and his belt.

5 So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and¹ behaved wisely. And Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.

6 Now it had happened as they were coming home, when David was returning from the slaughter of the¹ Philistine, that ^athe women had come out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with musical instruments.

7 So the women ^asang as they danced, and said:
^b“Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands.”

8 Then Saul was very angry, and the saying ^adispleased him; and he said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only thousands. Now what more can he have but ^bthe kingdom?”

9 So Saul¹ eyed David from that day forward.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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SAUL ENVIES HIS PRAISE. (I Samuel 18:5-9)

the women came out of all cities of Israel—in the homeward march from the pursuit of the Philistines. This is a characteristic trait of Oriental manners. On the return of friends long absent, and particularly on the return of a victorious army, bands of women and children issue from the towns and villages, to form a triumphal procession, to celebrate the victory, and, as they go along, to gratify the soldiers with dancing, instrumental music, and extempore songs, in honor of the generals who have earned the highest distinction by feats of gallantry. The Hebrew women, therefore, were merely paying the customary gratulations to David as the deliverer of their country, but they committed a great indiscretion by praising a subject at the expense of their sovereign.

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