1 Samuel 27
David Lives among the
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And David said in his heart, I shall now
perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better
for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the
Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in
any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
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And David arose, and he passed over with
the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son
of Ma'och, king of Gath.
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And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he
and his men, every man with his household, even David with
his two wives, Ahin'o-am the Jez'reelitess, and Ab'igail the
Car'melitess, Nabal's wife.
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And it was told Saul that David was fled
to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
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And David said unto Achish, If I have
now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town
in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant
dwell in the royal city with thee?
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Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day:
wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this
day.
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And the time that David dwelt in the
country of the Philistines was a full year and four
months.
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And David and his men went up, and
invaded the Gesh'urites, and the Gezrites, and the Amal'ekites: for
those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as
thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
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And David smote the land, and left
neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen,
and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and
came to Achish.
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And Achish said, Whither have ye made a
road today? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against
the south of the Jerah'meelites, and against the south of the
Kenites.
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And David saved neither man nor woman
alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should
tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner
all the while he dwelleth in the country of the
Philistines.
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And Achish believed David, saying, He
hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall
be my servant for ever.
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