My LORD’s Bible1 Samuel 27
1And 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 speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל־לִבֹּו עַתָּה אֶסָּפֶה יֹום־אֶחָד בְּיַד־שָׁאוּל אֵין־לִי טֹוב כִּי הִמָּלֵט אִמָּלֵט ׀ אֶל־אֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים וְנֹואַשׁ מִמֶּנִּי שָׁאוּל לְבַקְשֵׁנִי עֹוד בְּכָל־גְּבוּל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְנִמְלַטְתִּי מִיָּדֹו׃ (5528)
See also: Psalms 34:4, Proverbs 24:10, Psalms 56:8, Proverbs 29:25, Psalms 31:22, Psalms 116:11, Isaiah 40:27-31, 1 Samuel 20:3, Psalms 142:4, Isaiah 51:12, 2 Corinthians 1:8, Genesis 42:36, 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 21:10-15, 1 Samuel 23:17, 1 Samuel 27:10-11, 1 Samuel 28:1-2, Psalms 55:7, Isaiah 30:15-16, Lamentations 3:18
2And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
וַיָּקָם דָּוִד וַיַּעֲבֹר הוּא וְשֵׁשׁ־מֵאֹות אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר עִמֹּו אֶל־אָכִישׁ בֶּן־מָעֹוךְ מֶלֶךְ גַּת׃ (3494)
See also: 1 Samuel 21:10, 1 Samuel 25:13, 1 Chronicles 12:1, Judges 11:3, 2 Samuel 2:3, 1 Samuel 30:8, 1 Samuel 30:9, 1 Kings 2:39-40, 2 Kings 12:17
3And David dwelt 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.
וַיֵּשֶׁב דָּוִד עִם־אָכִישׁ בְּגַת הוּא וַאֲנָשָׁיו אִישׁ וּבֵיתֹו דָּוִד וּשְׁתֵּי נָשָׁיו אֲחִינֹעַם הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִית וַאֲבִיגַיִל אֵשֶׁת־נָבָל הַכַּרְמְלִית׃ (5856)
See also: 1 Samuel 25:43, 1 Samuel 25:42-43, 1 Samuel 25:3, 1 Samuel 25:18-35, 1 Samuel 30:3, 1 Samuel 30:5, 2 Samuel 15:18, 1 Chronicles 3:1
4And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
וַיֻּגַּד לְשָׁאוּל כִּי־בָרַח דָּוִד גַּת וְלֹא־ [יֹוסַף כ] (יָסַף ק) עֹוד לְבַקְשֹׁו׃ (2028)
5And 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?
וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל־אָכִישׁ אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ יִתְּנוּ־לִי מָקֹום בְּאַחַת עָרֵי הַשָּׂדֶה וְאֵשְׁבָה שָּׁם וְלָמָּה יֵשֵׁב עַבְדְּךָ בְּעִיר הַמַּמְלָכָה עִמָּךְ׃ (4878)
6Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
וַיִּתֶּן־לֹו אָכִישׁ בַּיֹּום הַהוּא אֶת־צִקְלָג לָכֵן הָיְתָה צִקְלַג לְמַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה עַד הַיֹּום הַזֶּה׃ (2587)
See also: Joshua 15:31, Nehemiah 11:28, 1 Samuel 29:4, 1 Chronicles 4:30, Joshua 19:5, 1 Samuel 19:5, 1 Samuel 30:1, 1 Samuel 30:14, 2 Samuel 1:1, 1 Chronicles 12:1, 1 Chronicles 12:20
7And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
וַיְהִי מִסְפַּר הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר־יָשַׁב דָּוִד בִּשְׂדֵה פְלִשְׁתִּים יָמִים וְאַרְבָּעָה חֳדָשִׁים׃ (3260)
See also: 1 Samuel 29:3
8And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
וַיַּעַל דָּוִד וַאֲנָשָׁיו וַיִּפְשְׁטוּ אֶל־הַגְּשׁוּרִי [וְהַגִּרְזִי כ] (וְהַגִּזְרִי ק) וְהָעֲמָלֵקִי כִּי הֵנָּה יֹשְׁבֹות הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר מֵעֹולָם בֹּואֲךָ שׁוּרָה וְעַד־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם׃ (5394)
See also: Joshua 13:2, 1 Samuel 15:7-8, Joshua 12:5, Joshua 13:13, 2 Samuel 3:3, Joshua 16:10, Judges 1:29, 1 Samuel 30:1, Exodus 15:22, Exodus 17:8, Exodus 17:14-16, Numbers 24:20, Deuteronomy 25:19, 1 Samuel 29:6, 2 Samuel 1:8, 2 Samuel 8:12, 2 Samuel 13:37-38, 2 Samuel 14:23, 2 Samuel 14:32, 2 Samuel 15:8
9And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
וְהִכָּה דָוִד אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְלֹא יְחַיֶּה אִישׁ וְאִשָּׁה וְלָקַח צֹאן וּבָקָר וַחֲמֹרִים וּגְמַלִּים וּבְגָדִים וַיָּשָׁב וַיָּבֹא אֶל־אָכִישׁ׃ (3230)
See also: 1 Samuel 15:3, Numbers 31:7, Genesis 16:7, Genesis 25:18, Exodus 15:22, Deuteronomy 25:17-19, Joshua 6:21, 1 Samuel 15:7, 2 Kings 9:15
10And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
וַיֹּאמֶר אָכִישׁ אַל־פְּשַׁטְתֶּם הַיֹּום וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד עַל־נֶגֶב יְהוּדָה וְעַל־נֶגֶב הַיַּרְחְמְאֵלִי וְאֶל־נֶגֶב הַקֵּינִי׃ (2697)
See also: Judges 1:16, 1 Samuel 30:29, 1 Chronicles 2:9, 1 Chronicles 2:25, Genesis 27:24, Judges 4:11, 1 Samuel 15:6, 1 Samuel 27:1, Galatians 2:11-13, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 27:19-20, Numbers 24:21, Joshua 2:4-6, Judges 5:24, Judges 16:7, 1 Samuel 21:2, 1 Samuel 23:27, 1 Samuel 28:2, 2 Samuel 17:20, Psalms 119:29
11And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
וְאִישׁ וְאִשָּׁה לֹא־יְחַיֶּה דָוִד לְהָבִיא גַת לֵאמֹר פֶּן־יַגִּדוּ עָלֵינוּ לֵאמֹר כֹּה־עָשָׂה דָוִד וְכֹה מִשְׁפָּטֹו כָּל־הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר יָשַׁב בִּשְׂדֵה פְלִשְׁתִּים׃ (5038)
See also: Proverbs 29:25, 1 Samuel 30:2, 1 Samuel 22:22, 2 Samuel 17:20, Proverbs 12:19, Jeremiah 41:4
12And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
וַיַּאֲמֵן אָכִישׁ בְּדָוִד לֵאמֹר הַבְאֵשׁ הִבְאִישׁ בְּעַמֹּו בְיִשְׂרָאֵל וְהָיָה לִי לְעֶבֶד עֹולָם׃ (2330)
See also: Exodus 5:21, 2 Samuel 10:6, Genesis 34:30, Exodus 21:6, 1 Samuel 13:4, 2 Samuel 16:21, 1 Chronicles 19:6, 1 Samuel 28:1