1 Samuel 21:11

21:11 The servants of Achish said to him, “Isn’t this David, the king of the land? Isn’t he the one that they sing about when they dance, saying,

‘Saul struck down his thousands,

But David his tens of thousands’?”

1 Samuel 29:5

29:5 Isn’t this David, of whom they sang as they danced, ¹ 

‘Saul has struck down his thousands,

but David his tens of thousands’?”

1 Samuel 29:2

29:2 When the leaders of the Philistines were passing in review at the head of their units of hundreds and thousands, ²  David and his men were passing in review in the rear with Achish.

1 Samuel 18:3

18:3 Jonathan made a covenant with David, for he loved him as much as he did his own life. ³ 

[29:5]  ¹ tn Heb “in dances.”

[29:2]  ² tn Heb “passing by with respect to hundreds and thousands.” This apparently describes a mustering of troops for the purpose of inspection and readiness.

[18:3]  ³ tn Heb “like his [own] soul.”