Context 4Now it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he no longer searched for him. 5Then David said to Achish, “If now I have found favor in your sight, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may live there; for why should your servant live in the royal city with you?” 6So Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day. 7The number of days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months. 8Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for they were the inhabitants of the land from ancient times, as you come to Shur even as far as the land of Egypt. 9David attacked the land and did not leave a man or a woman alive, and he took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned and came to Achish. 10Now Achish said, “Where have you made a raid today?” And David said, “Against the Negev of Judah and against the Negev of the Jerahmeelites and against the Negev of the Kenites.” 11David did not leave a man or a woman alive to bring to Gath, saying, “Otherwise they will tell about us, saying, ‘So has David done and so has been his practice all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.’” 12So Achish believed David, saying, “He has surely made himself odious among his people Israel; therefore he will become my servant forever.” Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him. Douay-Rheims Bible And it was told Saul that David was fled to Geth, and he sought no more after him. Darby Bible Translation And it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath; and he sought no more for him. English Revised Version And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him. Webster's Bible Translation And it was told to Saul that David had fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him. World English Bible It was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him. Young's Literal Translation And it is declared to Saul that David hath fled to Gath, and he hath not added any more to seek him. Library Early DaysThe life of David is naturally divided into epochs, of which we may avail ourselves for the more ready arrangement of our material. These are--his early years up to his escape from the court of Saul, his exile, the prosperous beginning of his reign, his sin and penitence, his flight before Absalom's rebellion, and the darkened end. We have but faint incidental traces of his life up to his anointing by Samuel, with which the narrative in the historical books opens. But perhaps the fact that the story … Alexander Maclaren—The Life of David The Exile --Continued. Samuel Links 1 Samuel 27:4 NIV • 1 Samuel 27:4 NLT • 1 Samuel 27:4 ESV • 1 Samuel 27:4 NASB • 1 Samuel 27:4 KJV • 1 Samuel 27:4 Bible Apps • 1 Samuel 27:4 Parallel • Bible Hub |
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