Verse 5

1 Samuel 27:5

World Messianic Bible

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5 David said to Achish, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד אֶל אָכִ֗ישׁ אִם נָא֩ מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּ/עֵינֶ֨י/ךָ֙ יִתְּנוּ לִ֣/י מָק֗וֹם בְּ/אַחַ֛ת עָרֵ֥י הַ/שָּׂדֶ֖ה וְ/אֵ֣שְׁבָה שָּׁ֑ם וְ/לָ֨/מָּה יֵשֵׁ֧ב עַבְדְּ/ךָ֛ בְּ/עִ֥יר הַ/מַּמְלָכָ֖ה עִמָּֽ/ךְ

English Translation

And David said to Achish, "If I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the towns of the country, and I will dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?"

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Chapter 27 Context

1 David said in his heart, “I will now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for... Focus ↗

2 David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Mao... Focus ↗

3 David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his t... Focus ↗

4 Saul was told that David had fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him. Focus ↗

5 David said to Achish, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of th...

6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day. Focus ↗

7 The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four m... Focus ↗

8 David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those wer... Focus ↗

9 David struck the land, and saved no man or woman alive, and took away the sheep, the cattle, the don... Focus ↗

10 Achish said, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David said, “Against the South of Judah, aga... Focus ↗

11 David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, “Lest they should tell about... Focus ↗

12 Achish believed David, saying, “He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he wil... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 1 Samuel
Chapter: Chapter 27 (12 verses)
Version: World Messianic Bible

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