Verse 1
1 Samuel 27:1
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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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 escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me anymore in all the borders 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
1
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 passed over, he and 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 now I have found favor in thine eyes, let them give me a place in one...
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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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7
And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and fo...
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8
And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalek...
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9
And David smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the ox...
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10
And Achish said, Against whom have ye made a raid today? And David said, Against the South of Judah,...
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11
And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell of...
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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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