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Hebrew Modern Translation
שמואל א 21:11
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[21:12] ויאמרו עבדי אכיש אליו הלוא זה דוד מלך הארץ הלוא לזה יענו במחלות לאמר הכה שאול באלפו ודוד ברבבתו
[21:12] וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ עַבְדֵ֤י אָכִישׁ֙ אֵלָ֔יו הֲלוֹא־זֶ֥ה דָוִ֖ד מֶ֣לֶךְ הָאָ֑רֶץ הֲלֹ֣וא לָזֶ֗ה יַעֲנ֤וּ בַמְּחֹלוֹת֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הִכָּ֤ה שָׁאוּל֙ *בַּאֲלָפוֹ **בַּאֲלָפָ֔יו וְדָוִ֖ד *בְּרִבְבֹתוֹ **בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו ׃
[21:12] וַיֹּאמְרוּ עַבְדֵי אָכִישׁ אֵלָיו הֲלוֹא־זֶה דָוִד מֶלֶךְ הָאָרֶץ הֲלוֹא לָזֶה יַעֲנוּ בַמְּחֹלוֹת לֵאמֹר הִכָּה שָׁאוּל בַּאֲלָפָיובַּאֲלָפוֹ| וְדָוִד בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו ׃בְּרִבְבֹתוֹ|
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the servants: Psalms 56:1, *title
the king: 1 Samuel 16:1, 1 Samuel 18:7, 1 Samuel 18:8, 1 Samuel 29:5
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 14:8 - And when John 9:8 - Is not
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the servants of Achish said unto him,.... Who knew who David was, and perceiving that he was respected by Achish:
[is] not this David the king of the land? of the land of the Philistines; so some render the words, "the king of this land" q; which belongs unto him for his conquest of Goliath; for this was what was proposed by him, that whoever was the conqueror should possess the kingdom; and seeing it belongs to him, O Achish, why dost thou admit him to court? thou wilt be driven from the throne, and we shall be his servants, and not thine r: but rather they mean the king of the land of Israel, having heard that he was anointed king by Samuel, and was to succeed Saul; or rather, they called him so because he led out the armies of Israel as their general, and being victorious was more respected than even Saul was; for they had heard what the women sung in their songs as follows:
did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? which are the burden of their song, 1 Samuel 18:7; and from whence the servants of Achish concluded, that he was in greater authority or honour, and in greater esteem than Saul their king was.
q ××× ××רץ "rex hujus regionis", Vatablus. r Vid. Jarchium & Jesaiam in loc.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The king of the land - The Philistines gave him the title which their own lords bore.
