1 Samuel 18:7
18:6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick. Philistine: or, Philistines instruments: Heb. three stringed instrumentsAnd the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
KJV
The women sang to one another as they played, and said, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
What does 1 Samuel 18:7 mean?
1 Samuel 18:7 is a verse in the book of 1 Samuel, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh), עָנָה (ʻânâh), שָׂחַק (sâchaq). It connects to 4 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men. present: Heb. found
1 Samuel 13:16And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash. present: Heb. found Gibeah: Heb. Geba
Isaiah 10:28He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:
Isaiah 10:29They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
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Other verses that share key original-language words with 1 Samuel 18:7.
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Woman: Heb. Isha Man: Heb. Ish
Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea: Heb. Yea, because, etc.
Genesis 3:12And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Genesis 3:13And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Genesis 3:16Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. to thy: or, subject to thy husband
Genesis 3:17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Genesis 3:2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
Genesis 3:4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
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What does 1 Samuel 18:7 say?
1 Samuel 18:7 (King James Version) reads: "And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands."
Is 1 Samuel 18:7 in the Old or New Testament?
1 Samuel 18:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of 1 Samuel.
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