1 Samuel 23:27
Good News Translation
Just then a messenger arrived and said to Saul, "Come back at once! The Philistines are invading the country!"

New Revised Standard Version
Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on the land.”

Contemporary English Version
when a messenger came to Saul and said, "Come quickly! The Philistines are attacking Israel and taking everything."

New American Bible
Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly, because the Philistines have invaded the land.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And a messenger came to Saul, saying: Make haste to come, for the Philistines have poured in themselves upon the land.

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And a messenger came to Saul, saying: Make haste to come, for the Philistines have poured in themselves upon the land.

there came

Genesis 22:14 And he called the name of that place, The Lord seeth. Whereupon, even to this day, it is said: In the mountain the Lord will see.

Deuteronomy 32:36 The Lord will judge his people, and will have mercy on his servants: he shall see that their hand is weakened, and that they who were shut up have also failed, and they that remained are consumed.

2 Kings 19:9 And when he heard of Tharaca, king of Ethiopia: Behold, he is come out to fight with thee: and was going against him, he sent messengers to Ezechias, saying:

Psalm 116:3 The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:

the Philistines

2 Kings 19:9 And when he heard of Tharaca, king of Ethiopia: Behold, he is come out to fight with thee: and was going against him, he sent messengers to Ezechias, saying:

Revelation 12:16 And the earth helped the woman: and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

invaded [heb] spread themselves upon

1 Chronicles 14:13 Another time also the Philistines made an irruption, and spread themselves abroad in the valley.

Context
Saul Pursues David
26And Saul went on this side of the mountain: and David and his men were on the other side of the mountain: and David despaired of being able to escape from the face of Saul: and Saul and his men encompassed David and his men round about, to take them. 27And a messenger came to Saul, saying: Make haste to come, for the Philistines have poured in themselves upon the land.28Wherefore Saul returned, leaving the pursuit of David, and went to meet the Philistines. For this cause they called that place the rock of division.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:26
And Saul went on this side of the mountain: and David and his men were on the other side of the mountain: and David despaired of being able to escape from the face of Saul: and Saul and his men encompassed David and his men round about, to take them.

1 Samuel 23:28
Wherefore Saul returned, leaving the pursuit of David, and went to meet the Philistines. For this cause they called that place the rock of division.

1 Samuel 27:10
And Achis said to him: Whom hast thou gone against to day? David answered: Against the south of Juda, and against the south of Jerameel, and against the south of Ceni.

1 Samuel 23:26
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