Verse 4
1 Samuel 27:4
New Living Translation
4
Word soon reached Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped hunting for him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֻּגַּ֣ד לְ/שָׁא֔וּל כִּֽי בָרַ֥ח דָּוִ֖ד גַּ֑ת וְ/לֹֽא יוסף יָסַ֥ף ע֖וֹד לְ/בַקְשֽׁ/וֹ
English Translation
And it was reported to Saul that David had fled to Gath, and he did not seek him anymore.
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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...
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2
So David took his 600 men and went over and joined Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
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3
David and his men and their families settled there with Achish at Gath. David brought his two wives...
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4
Word soon reached Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped hunting for him.
5
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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6
So Achish gave him the town of Ziklag (which still belongs to the kings of Judah to this day),
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7
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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11
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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12
Achish believed David and thought to himself, “By now the people of Israel must hate him bitterly. N...
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