OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 2

1 Samuel 27:2

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David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

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1 Samuel 27:1–5

1

David said in his heart, “I will 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 any more in all the borders of Israel. So I will escape out of his hand.”

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David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

3

David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.

4

Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped looking for him.

5

David said to Achish, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”

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