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Text -- 1 Samuel 27:1-12 (NET)
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David Aligns Himself with the Philistines
27:1 David thought to himself , “One of these days I’m going to be swept away by the hand of Saul ! There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines . Then Saul will despair of searching for me through all the territory of Israel and I will escape from his hand .”
27:2 So David left and crossed over to King Achish son of Maoch of Gath accompanied by his six hundred men .
27:3 David settled with Achish in Gath , along with his men and their families . David had with him his two wives , Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite , Nabal’s widow .
27:4 When Saul learned that David had fled to Gath , he did not mount a new search for him.
27:5 David said to Achish , “If I have found favor with you, let me be given a place in one of the country towns so that I can live there . Why should your servant settle in the royal city with you?”
27:6 So Achish gave him Ziklag on that day . (For that reason Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah until this very day .)
27:7 The length of time that David lived in the Philistine countryside was a year and four months .
27:8 Then David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites , the Girzites , and the Amalekites . (They had been living in that land for a long time , from the approach to Shur as far as the land of Egypt .)
27:9 When David would attack a district , he would leave neither man nor woman alive . He would take sheep , cattle , donkeys , camels , and clothing and would then go back to Achish .
27:10 When Achish would ask , “Where did you raid today ?” David would say , “The Negev of Judah ” or “The Negev of Jeharmeel ” or “The Negev of the Kenites .”
27:11 Neither man nor woman would David leave alive so as to bring them back to Gath . He was thinking , “This way they can’t tell on us, saying , ‘This is what David did .’” Such was his practice the entire time that he lived in the country of the Philistines .
27:12 So Achish trusted David , thinking to himself, “He is really hated among his own people in Israel ! From now on he will be my servant .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
David |
Achish |
Philistines |
ABIMELECH |
ALLIANCE |
Gath |
PALESTINE, 2 |
Ziklag |
Lies and Deceits |
Robbery |
Jezreel |
War |
Ahinoam |
Maoch |
Amalekites |
Maachah |
GERZITES |
Geshur |
KENITES |
JEZREELITESS |
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