King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. And David[H1732] said[H559] in[H413] his heart,[H3820] I shall now[H6258] perish[H5595] one[H259] day[H3117] by the hand[H3027] of Saul:[H7586] there is nothing[H369] better[H2896] for me than[H3588] that I should speedily escape[H4422] [H4422] into[H413] the land[H776] of the Philistines;[H6430] and Saul[H7586] shall despair[H2976] of[H4480] me, to seek[H1245] me any more[H5750] in any[H3605] coast[H1366] of Israel:[H3478] so shall I escape[H4422] out of his hand.[H4480] [H3027]

2. And David[H1732] arose,[H6965] and he[H1931] passed over[H5674] with the six[H8337] hundred[H3967] men[H376] that[H834] were with[H5973] him unto[H413] Achish,[H397] the son[H1121] of Maoch,[H4582] king[H4428] of Gath.[H1661]

3. And David[H1732] dwelt[H3427] with[H5973] Achish[H397] at Gath,[H1661] he[H1931] and his men,[H376] 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,[H3761] Nabal's[H5037] wife.[H802]

4. And it was told[H5046] Saul[H7586] that[H3588] David[H1732] was fled[H1272] to Gath:[H1661] and he sought[H1245] no[H3808] more[H5750] again[H3254] for him.

5. And David[H1732] said[H559] unto[H413] Achish,[H397] If[H518] I have now[H4994] found[H4672] grace[H2580] in thine eyes,[H5869] let them give[H5414] me a place[H4725] in some[H259] town[H5892] in the country,[H7704] that I may dwell[H3427] there:[H8033] for why[H4100] should thy servant[H5650] dwell[H3427] in the royal[H4467] city[H5892] with[H5973] thee?

6. Then Achish[H397] gave[H5414] him[H853] Ziklag[H6860] that[H1931] day:[H3117] wherefore[H3651] Ziklag[H6860] pertaineth[H1961] unto the kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063] unto[H5704] this[H2088] day.[H3117]

7. And the time[H3117] that[H834] David[H1732] dwelt[H3427] in the country[H7704] of the Philistines[H6430] was[H1961] a full[H4557] year[H3117] and four[H702] months.[H2320]

8. And David[H1732] and his men[H376] went up,[H5927] and invaded[H6584] [H413] the Geshurites,[H1651] and the Gezrites,[H1511] and the Amalekites:[H6003] for[H3588] those[H2007] nations were of old[H834] [H4480] [H5769] the inhabitants[H3427] of the land,[H776] as thou goest[H935] to Shur,[H7793] even unto[H5704] the land[H776] of Egypt.[H4714]

9. And David[H1732] smote[H5221] [H853] the land,[H776] and left[H2421] neither[H3808] man[H376] nor woman[H802] alive, and took away[H3947] the sheep,[H6629] and the oxen,[H1241] and the asses,[H2543] and the camels,[H1581] and the apparel,[H899] and returned,[H7725] and came[H935] to[H413] Achish.[H397]

10. And Achish[H397] said,[H559] Whither[H408] have ye made a road[H6584] today?[H3117] And David[H1732] said,[H559] Against[H5921] the south[H5045] of Judah,[H3063] and against[H5921] the south[H5045] of the Jerahmeelites,[H3397] and against[H413] the south[H5045] of the Kenites.[H7017]

11. And David[H1732] saved[H2421] neither[H3808] man[H376] nor woman[H802] alive, to bring[H935] tidings to Gath,[H1661] saying,[H559] Lest[H6435] they should tell[H5046] on[H5921] us, saying,[H559] So[H3541] did[H6213] David,[H1732] and so[H3541] will be his manner[H4941] all[H3605] the while[H3117] he dwelleth[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 to abhor[H887] [H887] him; therefore he shall be[H1961] my servant[H5650] forever.[H5769]