Verse 1
1 Samuel 27:1
Free Bible Version
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But David said to himself, “One of these days Saul is going to get me. I think I'd better run away to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up looking for me all over Israel and he won't catch me.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ אֶל לִבּ֔/וֹ עַתָּ֛ה אֶסָּפֶ֥ה יוֹם אֶחָ֖ד בְּ/יַד שָׁא֑וּל אֵֽין לִ֨/י ט֜וֹב כִּ֣י הִמָּלֵ֥ט אִמָּלֵ֣ט אֶל אֶ֣רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים וְ/נוֹאַ֨שׁ מִמֶּ֤/נִּי שָׁאוּל֙ לְ/בַקְשֵׁ֤/נִי עוֹד֙ בְּ/כָל גְּב֣וּל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְ/נִמְלַטְתִּ֖י מִ/יָּדֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And David said to himself, "Now I will escape one day into the land of the Philistines, and Saul will despair of searching for me anymore in all the territory of Israel, and I will escape from his hand."
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Chapter 27 Context
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But David said to himself, “One of these days Saul is going to get me. I think I'd better run away t...
2
So David and the six hundred men with him set off, crossed the border, and went to Achish, son of Ma...
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3
David and his men settled down with Achish in Gath. All the men had their families with them, and Da...
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4
When Saul found out that David had run away to Gath, he didn't go on looking for him.
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5
David said to Achish, “Please do me a favor: assign me somewhere in one of the towns in the countrys...
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6
Achish gave him Ziklag right away, and the town still belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.
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7
During that time David and his men were raiding the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. Th...
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8
When David attacked a place, he did not leave anybody alive. He took the flocks and herds, the donke...
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9
When Achish asked him, “Where have you been raiding today?” David would reply, “In the desert of Jud...
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10
David didn't leave anybody alive that could come to Gath because he thought, “They might tell on us...
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11
Achish trusted David, and said to himself, “He's made himself so offensive to his people the Israeli...
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