1 Samuel 29:5

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Isn't this the David they sang about in their dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands'?

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  • 1 Sam 21:11 : 11 David got up and fled that day from Saul’s presence and went to Achish the king of Gath.
  • Prov 27:14 : 14 If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
  • 1 Sam 18:6-7 : 6 As David was returning after striking down the Philistine, women came from all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing to meet King Saul with tambourines, songs of joy, and musical instruments. 7 The women sang as they danced: "Saul has killed his thousands, and David his tens of thousands."

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  • 1 Sam 21:10-11
    2 verses
    91%

    10The priest replied, 'The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want it, take it. There is no other here.' David said, 'There is none like it; give it to me.'

    11David got up and fled that day from Saul’s presence and went to Achish the king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 18:5-8
    4 verses
    85%

    5David went out and was successful in everything Saul sent him to do. Saul gave him command over the soldiers, and he was well-liked by everyone, including Saul’s officers.

    6As David was returning after striking down the Philistine, women came from all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing to meet King Saul with tambourines, songs of joy, and musical instruments.

    7The women sang as they danced: "Saul has killed his thousands, and David his tens of thousands."

    8Saul became very angry at this and it displeased him greatly. He said, "They have credited David with tens of thousands but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?"

  • 1 Sam 29:2-4
    3 verses
    76%

    2The Philistine rulers marched with their units of hundreds and thousands, and David and his men were marching at the rear with Achish.

    3The Philistine commanders asked, "What are these Hebrews doing here?" Achish replied to the Philistine commanders, "Isn't this David, the servant of Saul, king of Israel, who has been with me for days or years? I have found no fault in him from the day he defected to me until now."

    4But the Philistine commanders were angry with him and said to him, "Send the man back! Let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go with us into battle, or he might become our adversary during the fighting. How better to regain his master's favor than with the heads of our men?

  • 1 Sam 24:9
    75%

    9David got up afterward, went out of the cave, and called after Saul, 'My lord the king!' When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down with his face to the ground and paid homage.

  • 1 Sam 26:17
    74%

    17Saul recognized David’s voice and said, "Is that your voice, my son David?" David replied, "It is my voice, my lord the king."

  • 1 Sam 29:6
    74%

    6So Achish called David and said to him, "As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and your conduct with me in the camp has been good in my eyes. I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until today. But the rulers don’t approve of you.

  • 1 Sam 18:30
    74%

    30The Philistine commanders continued to go out to battle, but every time they went out, David had more success than all of Saul’s servants, and he became highly esteemed.

  • 1 Sam 19:5
    73%

    5He risked his life to kill the Philistine, and the LORD brought about a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. So why would you sin by shedding innocent blood by killing David without cause?

  • 1 Sam 18:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    24When Saul’s servants reported back what David had said,

    25Saul replied, 'Say to David, "The king wants no other price for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies."' Saul’s plan was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 17:31-33
    3 verses
    73%

    31When David's words were heard, they were reported to Saul, and he sent for him.

    32David said to Saul, 'Let no one lose heart because of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him.'

    33But Saul replied, 'You cannot go against this Philistine to fight him. You are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.'

  • 2 Sam 22:1
    73%

    1David spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day the LORD rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 19:8
    73%

    8War broke out again. David went out to fight the Philistines and struck them with a great slaughter, causing them to flee before him.

  • 1 Sam 18:13
    73%

    13So Saul removed David from his presence and appointed him as a commander over a thousand men. David led the troops out and brought them back in.

  • 1 Sam 29:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8David said to Achish, "But what have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day I first came to you until now, that I may not go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?"

    9Achish answered David, "I know that you are as pleasing in my eyes as an angel of God. Nevertheless, the Philistine commanders have said, 'He must not go up with us into battle.'

  • 2 Sam 1:14-17
    4 verses
    72%

    14David asked him, 'How is it that you were not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?'

    15Then David called one of his young men and said, 'Come here and strike him down.' So he struck him, and he died.

    16David said to him, 'Your blood is on your own head, because your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I killed the LORD's anointed.’'

    17David sang this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan:

  • 1 Sam 17:29
    72%

    29David replied, 'What have I done now? Was it not just a question?'

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    71%

    57As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the Philistine's head still in his hand.

  • 1 Sam 26:25
    71%

    25Then Saul said to David, "Blessed are you, my son David. You will do great things and surely prevail." So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

  • 1 Sam 18:16
    71%

    16But all Israel and Judah loved David because he led them in their campaigns.

  • 1 Sam 17:25-26
    2 verses
    71%

    25The Israelites said, 'Have you seen this man who comes out? He comes out to defy Israel. The king will give great wealth to the man who kills him; he will also give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his family from taxes in Israel.'

    26David said to the men standing with him, 'What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?'

  • 1 Sam 30:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15David asked him, "Can you lead me to this raiding party?" He answered, "Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me nor hand me over to my master, and I will lead you to them."

    16He led David down to them, and there they were, scattered over the countryside, eating, drinking, and celebrating because of the great spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from Judah.

  • 1 Sam 28:1
    71%

    1In those days, the Philistines gathered their armies to wage war against Israel, and Achish said to David, "You surely know that you and your men will go out with me in the army."

  • 2 Sam 18:7
    71%

    7There, the army of Israel was defeated by David's servants, and the casualties were heavy that day—twenty thousand men.

  • 2 Sam 5:2
    71%

    2"In the past, even when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.’”

  • 1 Sam 16:18
    71%

    18One of the young men answered, "I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is a valiant warrior, eloquent, and handsome, and the LORD is with him."

  • 1 Sam 22:7
    71%

    7Saul said to his servants who stood around him, 'Listen now, men of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?'

  • 1 Sam 27:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1David said to himself, "One day I will perish at the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up looking for me throughout the territory of Israel, and I will be safe from him."

    2So David arose and went over with his six hundred men to Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 30:23
    70%

    23But David said, "You must not act this way, my brothers, with what the Lord has given us. He has protected us and delivered the raiding party that came against us into our hands.

  • 1 Sam 27:11
    70%

    11David did not leave alive a man or woman to bring to Gath, for he thought, "They might inform against us, saying, 'This is what David did.'" This was his practice the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.

  • 1 Chr 20:8
    70%

    8These were descendants of the giants in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.

  • 1 Chr 14:8
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    8When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, they went up in full force to search for him, but David heard about it and went out to face them.

  • 1 Sam 17:37
    70%

    37David added, 'The LORD who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.' Saul said to David, 'Go, and may the LORD be with you.'

  • 2 Sam 8:13
    70%

    13David gained renown when he returned after striking down eighteen thousand Arameans in the Valley of Salt.

  • 2 Sam 6:21
    70%

    21David said to Michal, 'It was before the LORD who chose me rather than your father or anyone from his house when He appointed me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD!'