<p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved to the Maidens:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">My beloved<n id="1" /> is dazzling<n id="2" /> and ruddy;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he stands out<n id="4" /> in comparison to<n id="5" /> all other men.<n id="6" />p>

And when it came to rest he would say, &#8220;Return, O <sc>Lordsc>, to the many thousands of Israel!&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Though a thousand may fall beside you,p> <p class="poetry">and a multitude on your right side,p> <p class="poetry">it<n id="1" /> will not reach you.p>

Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword.

The women who were playing the music sang,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Saul has struck down his thousands,p> <p class="poetry">but David his tens of thousands!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">I am not afraid<n id="1" /> of the multitude of people<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">who attack me from all directions.<n id="3" />p>

They blessed Rebekah with these words:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Our sister, may you become the mother<n id="2" /> of thousands of ten thousands!p> <p class="poetry">May your descendants possess the strongholds<n id="3" /> of their enemies.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">How can one man chase a thousand of them,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and two pursue ten thousand;p> <p class="poetry">unless their Rock had delivered them up,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and the <sc>Lordsc> had handed them over?p>

He said:p><t /><p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> came from Sinaip> <p class="poetry">and revealed himself<n id="1" /> to Israel<n id="2" /> from Seir.p> <p class="poetry">He appeared in splendor<n id="3" /> from Mount Paran,p> <p class="poetry">and came forth with ten thousand holy ones.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">With his right hand he gave a fiery law<n id="5" /> to them.p>

<p class="bodytext">This made Saul very angry. The statement displeased him and he thought,<n id="1" /> &#8220;They have attributed to David tens of thousands, but to me they have attributed only thousands. What does he lack, except the kingdom?&#8221;

Isn&#8217;t this David, of whom they sang as they danced,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Saul has struck down his thousands,p> <p class="poetry">but David his tens of thousands&#8217;?&#8221;p>

I made you plentiful like sprouts in a field; you grew tall and came of age so that you could wear jewelry. Your breasts had formed and your hair had grown, but you were still naked and bare.p>

<p class="poetry">Will the <sc>Lordsc> accept a thousand rams,p> <p class="poetry">or ten thousand streams of olive oil?p> <p class="poetry">Should I give him my firstborn child as payment for my rebellion,p> <p class="poetry">my offspring &#8211; my own flesh and blood &#8211; for my sin?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">May the firstborn of his bull bring him honor,p> <p class="poetry">and may his horns be those of a wild ox;p> <p class="poetry">with them may he gore all peoples,p> <p class="poetry">all the far reaches of the earth.p> <p class="poetry">They are the ten thousands of Ephraim,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and they are the thousands of Manasseh.p>

We will take ten of every group of a hundred men from all the tribes of Israel (and a hundred of every group of a thousand, and a thousand of every group of ten thousand) to get supplies for the army.<n id="1" /> When they arrive in Gibeah of Benjamin they will punish them for the atrocity which they committed in Israel.&#8221;<n id="2" />

The servants of Achish said to him, &#8220;Isn&#8217;t this David, the king of the land? Isn&#8217;t he the one that they sing about when they dance, saying,p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Saul struck down his thousands,p> <p class="poetry">But David his tens of thousands&#8217;?&#8221;p>