⁶ Now it had happened as they were coming home, when David was returning from the slaughter of the ^[a]Philistine, that ^(A)the women had come out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with musical instruments. ⁷ So the women ^(B)sang as they danced, and said:

⁸ Then Saul was very angry, and the saying ^(D)displeased him; and he said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only thousands. Now what more can he have but ^(E)the kingdom?”

⁵ Is this not David, ^(A)of whom they sang to one another in dances, saying: