Verse 1
1 Samuel 27:1
New King James Version
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And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul:
there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
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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And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul:
there is nothing better...
2
And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that
were with him unto Achish, the son...
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3
And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household,
even David with h...
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4
And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
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5
And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in som...
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6
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this...
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And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
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8
And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for...
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9
And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxe...
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10
And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and...
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11
And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring
tidings
to Gath, saying, Lest they should tel...
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12
And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he...
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