1 Samuel 27
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1And 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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2And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
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3And 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.
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4And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
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5And 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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6Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
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7And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
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8And 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 thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
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9And 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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10And Achish said, Whither have ye 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.
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11And 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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12And 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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1 Samuel 27:1
Isaiah 40:27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, a...1 Samuel 28:1And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies to...1 Samuel 21:10¶ And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the ki...1 Samuel 27:10And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the...Isaiah 51:12I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afrai...
1 Samuel 27:2
1 Samuel 25:13And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on...1 Samuel 21:10¶ And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the ki...1 Kings 2:39And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shime...1 Samuel 30:8And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I...
1 Samuel 27:3
1 Samuel 25:42And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers t...1 Samuel 30:3¶ So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; a...1 Samuel 30:5And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail...1 Samuel 25:3Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was...1 Samuel 25:18¶ Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine,...
1 Samuel 27:4
1 Samuel 27:5
1 Samuel 27:6
Nehemiah 11:28And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,Joshua 15:31And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,1 Chronicles 12:1Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close...1 Samuel 19:5For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wroug...1 Chronicles 4:30And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
1 Samuel 27:7
1 Samuel 27:8
1 Samuel 15:7And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is ov...Joshua 13:2This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all...Joshua 13:13Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachat...Judges 1:29¶ Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Cana...Joshua 16:10And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dw...
1 Samuel 27:9
1 Samuel 15:3Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them...1 Samuel 15:7And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is ov...Genesis 25:18And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest towar...Genesis 16:7¶ And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness,...Joshua 6:21And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young a...
1 Samuel 27:10
Judges 1:16¶ And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city...1 Chronicles 2:25¶ And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and...1 Chronicles 2:9The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelub...Galatians 2:11But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was...1 Samuel 30:29And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Je...
1 Samuel 27:11
Cross References
1 Samuel 27:1
Isaiah 40:27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, a...1 Samuel 28:1And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies to...1 Samuel 21:10¶ And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the ki...1 Samuel 27:10And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the...Isaiah 51:12I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afrai...
1 Samuel 27:2
1 Samuel 25:13And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on...1 Samuel 21:10¶ And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the ki...1 Kings 2:39And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shime...1 Samuel 30:8And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I...
1 Samuel 27:3
1 Samuel 25:42And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers t...1 Samuel 30:3¶ So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; a...1 Samuel 30:5And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail...1 Samuel 25:3Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was...1 Samuel 25:18¶ Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine,...
1 Samuel 27:4
1 Samuel 27:5
1 Samuel 27:6
Nehemiah 11:28And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,Joshua 15:31And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,1 Chronicles 12:1Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close...1 Samuel 19:5For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wroug...1 Chronicles 4:30And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
1 Samuel 27:7
1 Samuel 27:8
1 Samuel 15:7And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is ov...Joshua 13:2This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all...Joshua 13:13Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachat...Judges 1:29¶ Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Cana...Joshua 16:10And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dw...
1 Samuel 27:9
1 Samuel 15:3Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them...1 Samuel 15:7And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is ov...Genesis 25:18And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest towar...Genesis 16:7¶ And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness,...Joshua 6:21And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young a...
1 Samuel 27:10
Judges 1:16¶ And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city...1 Chronicles 2:25¶ And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and...1 Chronicles 2:9The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelub...Galatians 2:11But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was...1 Samuel 30:29And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Je...
1 Samuel 27:11