1 Samuel · Geneva Bible (1599)
1 Samuel 27 Geneva Bible (1599)
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1 And Dauid said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: is it not better for me that I saue my selfe in the lande of the Philistims, and that Saul may haue no hope of me to seeke me any more in all the coastes of Israel, and so escape out of his hand?
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.”
2 Dauid therefore arose, and he, and the sixe hundreth men that were with him, went vnto Achish the sonne of Maoch King of Gath.
2 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 And Dauid dwelt with Achish at Gath, he, and his men, euery man with his housholde, Dauid with his two wiues, Ahinoam the Izreelite, and Abigail Nabals wife the Carmelite.
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 And it was tolde Saul that Dauid was fled to Gath: so he sought no more for him.
4 Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped looking for him.
5 And Dauid saide vnto Achish, If I haue nowe founde peace in thine eyes, let them giue me a place in some other citie of the countrey, that I may dwell there: for why should thy seruant dwel in ye head citie of the kingdome with thee?
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?”
6 Then Achish gaue him Ziklag that same day: therefore Ziklag pertaineth vnto the kings of Iudah vnto this day.
6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.
7 And the time that Dauid dwelt in the countrey of the Philistims, was foure moneths and certaine dayes.
7 The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
8 Then Dauid and his men went vp, and inuaded the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites: for they inhabited the lande from the beginning, from the way, as thou goest to Shur, euen vnto the lande of Egypt.
8 David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land who were of old, on the way to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.
9 And Dauid smote the lande, and left neither man nor woman aliue, and tooke sheepe, and oxen, and asses, and camels, and apparell, and returned and came to Achish.
9 David struck the land, and saved no man or woman alive, and took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned, and came to Achish.
10 And Achish said, Where haue ye bene a rouing this day? And Dauid answered, Against the South of Iudah, and against the South of the Ierahmeelites, and against the South of ye Kenites.
10 Achish said, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David said, “Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.”
11 And Dauid saued neither man nor woman aliue, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tel on vs, and say, So did Dauid, and so will be his maner all the while that he dwelleth in the countrey of the Philistims.
11 David saved neither man nor woman alive to bring them to Gath, saying, “Lest they should tell about us, saying, ‘David did this, and this has been his way all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.’”
12 And Achish beleeued Dauid, saying, He hath made his people of Israel vtterly to abhorre him: therefore he shalbe my seruant for euer.
12 Achish believed David, saying, “He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he will be my servant forever.”
People & places in this chapter
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People
Achish
King of Gath to whom David fled twice, first feigning madness and later living in his territory with Ziklag as his town, and who trusted David until the Philistine commanders sent…
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 21:10; 1 Samuel 21:12; 1 Samuel 27:2
Ahinoam
A woman of Jezreel whom David married; she went with him to Gath, was captured by the Amalekites at Ziklag and rescued, and bore his firstborn Amnon in Hebron.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 25:43; 1 Samuel 27:3; 1 Samuel 30:5
Maoch
Named as the father of Achish, the king of Gath.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 27:2
Cross references (12)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 40:27–31; Isaiah 51:12; 1 Samuel 23:17; 1 Samuel 28:1–2; 1 Samuel 16:13
- 2 1 Samuel 25:13; 1 Samuel 21:10; 1 Kings 2:39–40; 1 Samuel 30:8
- 3 1 Samuel 25:42–43; 1 Samuel 30:5; 1 Samuel 25:3; 1 Samuel 25:18–35; 1 Samuel 30:3
- 4 1 Samuel 26:21
- 5 Genesis 46:34; 2 Corinthians 6:17
- 6 Nehemiah 11:28; Joshua 15:31; 1 Samuel 19:5; 2 Samuel 1:1; 1 Samuel 30:1
- 7 1 Samuel 29:3
- 8 1 Samuel 15:7–8; Joshua 13:2; Joshua 13:13; Judges 1:29; Joshua 16:10
- 9 1 Samuel 15:3; 1 Samuel 15:7; Genesis 25:18; Deuteronomy 25:17–19; Joshua 6:21
- 10 Judges 1:16; 1 Chronicles 2:25; 1 Chronicles 2:9; Judges 4:11; 1 Samuel 30:29
- 11 Proverbs 29:25; Proverbs 12:19; 1 Samuel 22:22
- 12 Genesis 34:30; 1 Samuel 13:4
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