1 Samuel 18:7 — Meaning, Context & Emotional Depth | TheWordPath

1 Samuel 18:7 · WEB

“The women sang one to another as they played, and said, "Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands."”

— 1 Samuel 18:7

Speaker

women

Era

United Kingdom (~1000 BC)

Emotion

joyful

Type

song

Emotional genome

Comfort power

20%

Quotability

90%

Memorability

90%

Crisis relevance

30%

Standalone

80%

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This verse is part of 1 Samuel 18. The full chapter reveals the story around it.

“The multitudes who went before him, and who followed kept shouting, "Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who come…”

— Matthew 21:9

“One of the same place answered, "Who is their father?" Therefore it became a proverb, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"”

— 1 Samuel 10:12