Verse 2

1 Samuel 27:2

New Living Translation

2 So David took his 600 men and went over and joined Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יָּ֣קָם דָּוִ֔ד וַ/יַּעֲבֹ֣ר ה֔וּא וְ/שֵׁשׁ מֵא֥וֹת אִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עִמּ֑/וֹ אֶל אָכִ֥ישׁ בֶּן מָע֖וֹךְ מֶ֥לֶךְ גַּֽת

English Translation

And David arose and went, and six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

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Chapter 27 Context

1 But David kept thinking to himself, “Someday Saul is going to get me. The best thing I can do is esc... Focus ↗

2 So David took his 600 men and went over and joined Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.

3 David and his men and their families settled there with Achish at Gath. David brought his two wives... Focus ↗

4 Word soon reached Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped hunting for him. Focus ↗

5 One day David said to Achish, “If it is all right with you, we would rather live in one of the count... Focus ↗

6 So Achish gave him the town of Ziklag (which still belongs to the kings of Judah to this day), Focus ↗

7 and they lived there among the Philistines for a year and four months. Focus ↗

8 David and his men spent their time raiding the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites — people... Focus ↗

9 David did not leave one person alive in the villages he attacked. He took the sheep, goats, cattle,... Focus ↗

10 “Where did you make your raid today?” Achish would ask. And David would reply, “Against the south of... Focus ↗

11 No one was left alive to come to Gath and tell where he had really been. This happened again and aga... Focus ↗

12 Achish believed David and thought to himself, “By now the people of Israel must hate him bitterly. N... Focus ↗

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