ASV_Strong : 1 Samuel 27
1. And David[H1732] said[H559] in his heart[H3820], I shall now perish[H5595] one[H259] day[H3117] by the hand[H3027] of Saul[H7586]: there is nothing better[H2896] for me than that[H3588] I should[H4422] escape[H4422] into the land[H776] of the Philistines[H6430]; and Saul[H7586] will despair[H2976] of me[H1245], to seek me any more in all the borders[H1366] of Israel[H3478]: so shall I escape[H4422] out of his hand[H3027].
2. And David[H1732] arose[H6965], and passed over[H5674], he and the six[H8337] hundred[H3967] men[H376] that were with him[H397], unto Achish the son[H1121] of Maoch[H4582], king[H4428] of Gath[H1661].
3. And David[H1732] dwelt[H3427] with Achish[H397] at Gath[H1661], he and his men[H582], every man[H376] with his household[H1004], even David[H1732] with his two[H8147] wives[H802], Ahinoam[H293] the Jezreelitess[H3159], and Abigail[H26] the Carmelitess[H3762], Nabal[H5037]'s wife[H802].
4. And it was told[H5046] Saul[H7586] that David[H1732] was fled[H1272] to Gath[H1661]: and he sought[H1245] no more again for him[H3254].
5. And David[H1732] said[H559] unto Achish[H397], If now I have found[H4672] favor[H2580] in thine eyes[H5869], let them give[H5414] me a place[H4725] in one[H259] of the cities[H5892] in the country[H7704], that I may dwell[H3427] there[H5650]: for why should thy servant dwell[H3427] in the royal[H4467] city with thee[H5892]?
6. Then Achish[H397] gave[H5414] him Ziklag[H6860] that day[H3117]: wherefore Ziklag[H6860] pertaineth unto the kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063] unto this day[H3117].
7. And the number[H4557] of the days that David[H1732] dwelt[H3427] in the country[H7704] of the Philistines[H6430] was a full year[H3117] and four[H702] months[H2320].
8. And David[H1732] and his men[H582] went up[H5927], and made a raid[H6584] upon the Geshurites[H1651], and the Girzites[H1511], and the Amalekites[H6003]; for those[H2007] nations were the inhabitants[H3427] of the land[H776], who were of old[H5769], as thou goest[H935] to Shur[H7793], even unto the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714].
9. And David[H1732] smote[H5221] the land[H776], and saved neither man[H376] nor woman[H802] alive[H2421], and took away[H3947] the sheep[H6629], and the oxen[H1241], and the asses[H2543], and the camels[H1581], and the apparel[H899]; and he returned[H7725], and came[H935] to Achish[H397].
10. And Achish[H397] said[H559], Against whom[H408] have ye made a raid[H6584] to-day[H3117]? And David[H1732] said[H559], Against the South[H5045] of Judah[H3063], and against the South[H5045] of the Jerahmeelites[H3397], and against the South[H5045] of the Kenites[H7017].
11. And David[H1732] saved[H2421] neither man[H376] nor woman[H802] alive[H2421], to bring[H935] them to Gath[H1661], saying[H559], Lest they should tell[H5046] of us[H559], saying, So did[H6213] David[H1732], and so hath been his manner[H4941] all the while[H3117] he hath dwelt[H3427] in the country[H7704] of the Philistines[H6430].
12. And Achish[H397] believed[H539] David[H1732], saying[H559], He hath made his people[H5971] Israel[H3478] utterly[H887] to abhor[H887] him[H5650]; therefore he shall be my servant for ever[H5769].
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