Verse 10
1 Samuel 27:10
Free Bible Version
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David didn't leave anybody alive that could come to Gath because he thought, “They might tell on us and say, ‘David did this.’” This is what he did all the time he lived in the country of the Philistines.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אָכִ֔ישׁ אַל פְּשַׁטְתֶּ֖ם הַ/יּ֑וֹם וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֗ד עַל נֶ֤גֶב יְהוּדָה֙ וְ/עַל נֶ֣גֶב הַ/יַּרְחְמְאֵלִ֔י וְ/אֶל נֶ֖גֶב הַ/קֵּינִֽי
English Translation
And Achish said, "You have not acted foolishly today." And David said, "Regarding the South of Judah and regarding the South of the Jerahmeelite and to the South of the Kenite."
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Chapter 27 Context
1
But David said to himself, “One of these days Saul is going to get me. I think I'd better run away t...
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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...
11
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