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David
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| 1 Samuel 27:1 |
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Then David said to himself, "Now I will perish
one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape into
the land of the Philistines. Saul then will despair of searching for me anymore
in all the territory of Israel, and I will escape from his hand." |
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| 1 Samuel 27:2 |
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So David arose and crossed over, he and the
six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath. |
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| 1 Samuel 27:3 |
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And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and
his men, each with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess,
and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's widow. |
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| 1 Samuel 27:4 |
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Now it was told Saul that David had fled to
Gath, so he no longer searched for him. |
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| 1 Samuel 27:5 |
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Then David said to Achish, "If now I have found
favor in your sight, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country,
that I may live there; for why should your servant live in the royal city with
you?" |
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| 1 Samuel 27:6 |
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So Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore
Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day. |
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| 1 Samuel 27:7 |
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The number of days that David lived in the country
of the Philistines was a year and four months. |
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| 1 Samuel 27:8 |
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Now David and his men went up and raided the
Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for they were the inhabitants
of the land from ancient times, as you come to Shur even as far as the land of
Egypt. |
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| 1 Samuel 27:9 |
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David attacked the land and did not leave a
man or a woman alive, and he took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the
camels, and the clothing. Then he returned and came to Achish. |
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| 1 Samuel 27:10 |
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Now Achish said, "Where have you made a raid
today?" And David said, "Against the Negev of Judah and against the Negev of the
Jerahmeelites and against the Negev of the Kenites." |
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| 1 Samuel 27:11 |
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David did not leave a man or a woman alive to
bring to Gath, saying, "Otherwise they will tell about us, saying, 'So has David
done and so has been his practice all the time he has lived in the country of
the Philistines.'" |
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| 1 Samuel 27:12 |
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So Achish believed David, saying, "He has surely
made himself odious among his people Israel; therefore he will become my servant
forever." |
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