1 Samuel 18:7

And the women answered one another as they played,.... They sung vocally to their instruments, and that by turns, one rehearsing one line or verse in the song, and then the other another:

and said,…

As they played - Or danced with vocal and instrumental music (see Jdg 16:25 note).

Saul hath slain his thousands - As it cannot literally be true that Saul had slain thousands, and David ten thousands; it would be well to translate the passage thus: Saul hath smitten or fought…

Now begin David's troubles, and they not only tread on the heels of his triumphs, but take rise from them, such is the vanity of that in this world which seems greatest.

I. He was too much magnified…

answered one another The women who "played" i.e. danced and gesticulated sang in antiphonal chorus (Exo 15:21) the refrain of a popular song, which evidently became widely current, as it was well…