1 Samuel

Chapter 27

1  Saul, hearing David to be in Gath, seeketh no more for him.  5  David beggeth Ziklag of Achish.  8  He, invading other countries, persuadeth Achish he fought against Judah.

27:1 ¶ And David {1732} said {559} <8799> in (413) his heart, {3820} I shall now (6258) perish {5595} <8735> one {259} day {3117} by the hand {3027} of Saul: {7586} [there is] nothing (369) better {2896} for me than (3588) that [3588] I should speedily [4422] <8736> escape {4422} <8735> into (413) the land {776} of the Philistines; {6430} and Saul {7586} shall despair {2976} <8738> of (4480) me, to seek {1245} <8763> me any more (5750) in any (3605) coast {1366} of Israel: {3478} so shall I escape {4422} <8738> out of his hand. {3027} (4480)

27:2 And David {1732} arose, {6965} <8799> and he (1931) passed over {5674} <8799> with the six {8337} hundred {3967} men {376} that (834) [were] with (5973) him unto (413) Achish, {397} the son {1121} of Maoch, {4582} king {4428} of Gath. {1661}

27:3 And David {1732} dwelt {3427} <8799> with (5973) Achish {397} at Gath, {1661} he (1931) and his men, [582] (376) every man {376} with his household, {1004} [even] David {1732} with his two {8147} wives, {802} Ahinoam {293} the Jezreelitess, {3159} and Abigail {26} the Carmelitess, [3762] (3761) Nabal's {5037} wife. {802}

27:4 And it was told {5046} <8714> Saul {7586} that (3588) David {1732} was fled {1272} <8804> to Gath: {1661} and he sought {1245} <8763> no (3808) more (5750) again {3254} <8804> k8675- <8686> for him.

27:5 ¶ And David {1732} said {559} <8799> unto (413) Achish, {397} If (518) I have now (4994) found {4672} <8804> grace {2580} in thine eyes, {5869} let them give {5414} <8799> me a place {4725} in some {259} town {5892} in the country, {7704} that I may dwell {3427} <8799> there: (8033) for why (4100) should thy servant {5650} dwell {3427} <8799> in the royal {4467} city {5892} with (5973) thee?

27:6 Then Achish {397} gave {5414} <8799> him (853) Ziklag {6860} that (1931) day: {3117} wherefore (3651) Ziklag {6860} pertaineth (1961) unto the kings {4428} of Judah {3063} unto (5704) this (2088) day. {3117}

27:7 And the time {3117} [4557] that (834) David {1732} dwelt {3427} <8804> in the country {7704} of the Philistines {6430} was (1961) a full (4557) year {3117} and four {702} months. {2320}

27:8 ¶ And David {1732} and his men [582] (376) went up, {5927} <8799> and invaded {6584} <8799> (413) the Geshurites, {1651} and the Gezrites, {1511} and the Amalekites: {6003} for (3588) those {2007} [nations were] of old {5769} (834) (4480) the inhabitants {3427} <8802> of the land, {776} as thou goest {935} <8800> to Shur, {7793} even unto (5704) the land {776} of Egypt. {4714}

27:9 And David {1732} smote {5221} <8689> (853) the land, {776} and left (2421) neither (3808) man {376} nor woman {802} alive, [2421] <8762> and took away {3947} <8804> the sheep, {6629} and the oxen, {1241} and the asses, {2543} and the camels, {1581} and the apparel, {899} and returned, {7725} <8799> and came {935} <8799> to (413) Achish. {397}

27:10 And Achish {397} said, {559} <8799> Whither {408} have ye made a road {6584} <8804> to day? {3117} And David {1732} said, {559} <8799> Against (5921) the south {5045} of Judah, {3063} and against (5921) the south {5045} of the Jerahmeelites, {3397} and against (413) the south {5045} of the Kenites. {7017}

27:11 And David {1732} saved {2421} <8762> neither (3808) man {376} nor woman {802} alive, [2421] <8762> to bring {935} <8687> [tidings] to Gath, {1661} saying, {559} <8800> Lest (6435) they should tell {5046} <8686> on (5921) us, saying, {559} <8800> So (3541) did {6213} <8804> David, {1732} and so (3541) [will be] his manner {4941} all (3605) the while {3117} he dwelleth {3427} <8804> in the country {7704} of the Philistines. {6430}

27:12 And Achish {397} believed {539} <8686> David, {1732} saying, {559} <8800> He hath made his people {5971} Israel {3478} utterly [887] <8687> to abhor {887} <8689> him; therefore he shall be (1961) my servant {5650} for ever. {5769}