1 Kings 21:11
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?
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Dixeruntque servi Achis ad eum cum vidissent David : Numquid non iste est David rex terræ ? nonne huic cantabant per choros, dicentes : Percussit Saul mille, et David decem millia ?
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἶπαν οἱ παῖδες Ἀγχοὺς πρὸς αὐτόν Οὐχὶ οὗτος Δαυεὶδ ὁ βασιλεὺς τῆς γῆς; οὐχὶ τοὺτῳ ἐξῆρχον αἱ χορεύουσαι λέγουσαι Ἐπάταξεν Σαοὺλ ἐν χιλιάσιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ Δαυεὶδ ἐν μυριάσιν αὐτοῦ;
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from 1 Kings 21:12
- וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ עַבְדֵ֤י אָכִישׁ֙ אֵלָ֔יו הֲלוֹא זֶ֥ה דָוִ֖ד מֶ֣לֶךְ הָאָ֑רֶץ הֲל֣וֹא לָזֶ֗ה יַעֲנ֤וּ בַמְּחֹלוֹת֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הִכָּ֤ה שָׁאוּל֙ באלפו וְדָוִ֖ד ברבבתו
Haydock's commentary
Land, equal to a king in glory. (Menochius)
Perhaps they had heard of the rejection of Saul, and reflected that their own country belonged to him, according to the terms proposed by Goliath. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.