- the king:
- "And the LORDª saidª° unto¹ Samuel,ª How long¹¹ wilt thou¹ mournª° for¹ Saul,ª seeing I¹ have rejectedª° him from reigningª°¹ over¹ Israel?ª fillª° thine hornª with oil,ª and go,²°¹ I will sendª° thee to¹ Jesseª the Bethlehemite:ª for¹ I have providedª° me a kingª among his sons.ª" {1Sm 16:1} + "And the womenª answeredª° [one another] as they played,ª° and said,ª° Saulª hath slainª° his thousands,ª and Davidª his ten thousands.ª ... And Saulª was veryª wroth,ª° and the¹ sayingª displeasedªª° him; and he said,ª° They have ascribedª° unto Davidª ten thousands,ª and to me they have ascribedª° [but] thousands:ª and [what] can he have more¹ but¹ the kingdom?ª" {1Sm 18:7-8} + "[Is] not¹ this¹ David,ª of whom¹ they sangª° one to another in dances,ª saying,ª° Saulª slewª° his thousands,ª and Davidª his ten thousands?ª" {1Sm 29:5}
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