Verse 3
1 Samuel 27:3
New Living Translation
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David and his men and their families settled there with Achish at Gath. David brought his two wives along with him — Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, Nabal’s widow from Carmel.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּשֶׁב֩ דָּוִ֨ד עִם אָכִ֥ישׁ בְּ/גַ֛ת ה֥וּא וַ/אֲנָשָׁ֖י/ו אִ֣ישׁ וּ/בֵית֑/וֹ דָּוִד֙ וּ/שְׁתֵּ֣י נָשָׁ֔י/ו אֲחִינֹ֨עַם֙ הַ/יִּזְרְעֵאלִ֔ית וַ/אֲבִיגַ֥יִל אֵֽשֶׁת נָבָ֖ל הַֽ/כַּרְמְלִֽית
English Translation
And David stayed with Achish in Gath, he and his men, each with his household; David and his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
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Chapter 27 Context
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But David kept thinking to himself, “Someday Saul is going to get me. The best thing I can do is esc...
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So David took his 600 men and went over and joined Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
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3
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Word soon reached Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped hunting for him.
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One day David said to Achish, “If it is all right with you, we would rather live in one of the count...
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So Achish gave him the town of Ziklag (which still belongs to the kings of Judah to this day),
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and they lived there among the Philistines for a year and four months.
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8
David and his men spent their time raiding the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites — people...
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9
David did not leave one person alive in the villages he attacked. He took the sheep, goats, cattle,...
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10
“Where did you make your raid today?” Achish would ask. And David would reply, “Against the south of...
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No one was left alive to come to Gath and tell where he had really been. This happened again and aga...
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