1 Samuel 21:11
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And the servants of Achis, when they saw David, said to him: Is not this David, the king of the land? Did they not sing to him in their dances, saying: Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

the servants

Psalm 56:1 Unto the end, for a people that is removed at a distance from the sanctuary: for David, for an inscription of a title (or pillar) when the Philistines held him in Geth. [2] Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under foot; all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against me.

the king

1 Samuel 16:1 And the Lord said to Samuel: How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, whom I have rejected from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and come, that I may send thee to Isai, the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

1 Samuel 18:7,8 And the women sung as they played, and they said: Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands. . . .

1 Samuel 29:5 Is not this David, to whom they sung in their dances, saying: Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

Context
David Flees to Gath
10And David arose and fled that day from the face of Saul: and came to Achis, the king of Geth: 11And the servants of Achis, when they saw David, said to him: Is not this David, the king of the land? Did they not sing to him in their dances, saying: Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?12But David laid up these words in his heart, and was exceedingly afraid at the face of Achis, the king of Geth.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:7
And the women sung as they played, and they said: Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

1 Samuel 29:5
Is not this David, to whom they sung in their dances, saying: Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

Psalm 56:1
Unto the end, for a people that is removed at a distance from the sanctuary: for David, for an inscription of a title (or pillar) when the Philistines held him in Geth. [2] Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under foot; all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against me.

Lexicon
But the servants
עַבְדֵ֤י (‘aḇ·ḏê)
0
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

of Achish
אָכִישׁ֙ (’ā·ḵîš)
0
Strong's Hebrew 397: Achish -- king of Gath

said
וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
0
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to him,
אֵלָ֔יו (’ê·lāw)
0
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

“[Is] this
זֶ֥ה (zeh)
0
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

not
הֲלוֹא־ (hă·lō·w-)
0
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

David,
דָוִ֖ד (ḏā·wiḏ)
0
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

the king
מֶ֣לֶךְ (me·leḵ)
0
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

of the land?
הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
0
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

Did they not
הֲל֣וֹא (hă·lō·w)
0
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

sing
יַעֲנ֤וּ (ya·‘ă·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6030: To answer, respond

about him
לָזֶ֗ה (lā·zeh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

in their dances,
בַמְּחֹלוֹת֙ (ḇam·mə·ḥō·lō·wṯ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4246: A dance

saying:
לֵאמֹ֔ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

‘Saul
שָׁאוּל֙ (šā·’ūl)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

has slain
הִכָּ֤ה (hik·kāh)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 5221: To strike

[his] thousands,
בַּאֲלָפָ֔יו (ba·’ă·lā·p̄āw)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 505: A thousand

and David
וְדָוִ֖ד (wə·ḏā·wiḏ)
Preposition-l | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

[his] tens of thousands’?”
בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו׃ (bə·riḇ·ḇō·ṯāw)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7233: Multitude, myriad, ten thousand


Additional Translations
But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands?

And the servants of Anchus said to him, Is not this David the king of the land? Did not the dancing women begin the son to him, saying, Saul has smitten his thousand, and David his ten thousands?

And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul has smitten his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

The servants of Achish said to him, "Isn't this David the king of the land? Didn't they sing one to another about him in dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?'"

and the servants of Achish say unto him, 'Is not this David king of the land? is it not of this one they sing in dances, saying, 'Saul smote among his thousands, and David among his myriads?'
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