1 Samuel

  • David among the Philistines

  • |1 Samuel 27:1| But David kept thinking to himself, “Someday Saul is going to get me. The best thing I can do is escape to the Philistines. Then Saul will stop hunting for me in Israelite territory, and I will finally be safe.”

  • |1 Samuel 27:2| So David took his 600 men and went over and joined Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.

  • |1 Samuel 27:3| David and his men and their families settled there with Achish at Gath. David brought his two wives along with him—Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, Nabal’s widow from Carmel.

  • |1 Samuel 27:4| Word soon reached Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped hunting for him.

  • |1 Samuel 27:5| One day David said to Achish, “If it is all right with you, we would rather live in one of the country towns instead of here in the royal city.”

  • |1 Samuel 27:6| So Achish gave him the town of Ziklag (which still belongs to the kings of Judah to this day),

  • |1 Samuel 27:7| and they lived there among the Philistines for a year and four months.

  • |1 Samuel 27:8| David and his men spent their time raiding the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites—people who had lived near Shur, toward the land of Egypt, since ancient times.

  • |1 Samuel 27:9| David did not leave one person alive in the villages he attacked. He took the sheep, goats, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing before returning home to see King Achish.

  • |1 Samuel 27:10| “Where did you make your raid today?” Achish would ask.And David would reply, “Against the south of Judah, the Jerahmeelites, and the Kenites.”


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