Verse 5
1 Samuel 27:5
King James Version
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And David said unto Achish, If I have now found Grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
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
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And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul:
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And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that
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And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household,
even David with h...
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And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
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Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this...
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7
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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And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he...
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