Verse 11

1 Samuel 27:11

World Messianic Bible

11 David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, “Lest they should tell about us, saying, ‘David did this, and this has been his way all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.’”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אִ֨ישׁ וְ/אִשָּׁ֜ה לֹֽא יְחַיֶּ֣ה דָוִ֗ד לְ/הָבִ֥יא גַת֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר פֶּן יַגִּ֥דוּ עָלֵ֖י/נוּ לֵ/אמֹ֑ר כֹּֽה עָשָׂ֤ה דָוִד֙ וְ/כֹ֣ה מִשְׁפָּט֔/וֹ כָּל הַ֨/יָּמִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָשַׁ֖ב בִּ/שְׂדֵ֥ה פְלִשְׁתִּֽים
English Translation
And neither man nor woman will David spare to bring Gath, lest they tell concerning us, saying, “Thus did David and thus is his judgment all the days that he dwelt in the land of the Philistines.”
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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... Focus ↗
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...
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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