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I SAMUEL ยท Chapter 27
27:1 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.
27:2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that
were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
27:3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man
with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess,
and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
27:4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought
no more again for him.
27:5 And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in your
eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may
dwell there: for why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?
27:6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertains
unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
27:7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines
was a full year and four months.
27:8 And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and
the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants
of the land, as you go to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
27:9 And David stroke 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.
27:10 And Achish said, Where have all of you made a road to day? And
David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites,
and against the south of the Kenites.
27:11 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings
to Gath, saying, Lest they should inform against us, saying, So did David,
and so will be his manner all the while he dwells in the country of the
Philistines.
27:12 And Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel
utterly to detest him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
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