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12 But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Is it not for him that during their dances they sing out,

‘Saul has slain his thousands,
    David his tens of thousands’?”(A)

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12 David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish king of Gath.

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Is this not the David for whom they sing during their dances,

‘Saul has slain his thousands,
    David his tens of thousands’?”(A)

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Isn’t this the David they sang about in their dances:

“‘Saul has slain his thousands,
    and David his tens of thousands’?”(A)

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Though a thousand fall at your side,
    ten thousand at your right hand,
    near you it shall not come.

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A thousand may fall at your side,
    ten thousand at your right hand,
    but it will not come near you.

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Therefore the women sang his praises
    and honored him for “the tens of thousands.”
When he received the royal crown, he battled(A)
    and subdued the enemy on every side.
He campaigned against the hostile Philistines
    and shattered their power till our own day.(B)

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