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1 Samuel 27 📜 📕 ↷
David and the Philistines
1 AND David said in his heart: at length I shall fall one day into the hands of Saul: is it not better that I fly, and be saved in the Land of the Philistians, that Saul may despair, and cease to seek me in all the coasts of Israel? I will fly therefore his hands.📜💬📚
2 And David arose, and went himself, and the six hundred men with him, to Achis the son of Maoch, the king of Geth.📜💬📚
3 And David dwelt with Achis in Geth, he & his men; every man & his house: & David & his two wives, Achinoam the Jezrahelite, & Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel.📜💬📚
4 And it was told Saul that David was fled into Geth, and he added no more to seek him.📜💬📚
5 And David said to Achis: If I have grace in thy sight, let there a place be given me in one of thy cities of this country, that I may dwell there: for why abideth thy servant in the city of the king with thee?📜💬📚
6 Achis therefore gave him in that day Siceleg: for which cause Siceleg became the king's of Juda until this day.📜💬📚
7 And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistians, was four months.📜💬📚
8 And David went up, and his men, and drave preys out of Gessuri, and Gerzi, and from the Amalecites: for these villages were inhabited in the land in old time, as men go to Sur, as far as the Land of AEgypt.📜💬📚
9 And David struck all the land, neither left he any man or woman: and taking the sheep, & oxen, and asses, & camels, and garments, he returned & came to Achis.📜💬📚
10 And Achis said to him: Whom hast thou set upon to day? David answered: Against the south of Juda, and against the south of Jeramiel, and against the south of Ceni.📜💬📚
11 David gave life neither to man nor woman, neither brought them into Geth, saying: Lest perhaps they speak against us. These things did David, and this was decreed of him all the days that he dwelt in the country of the Philistians.📜💬📚
12 Achis therefore did credit David, saying: Many evils hath he wrought against his people Israel: Therefore he shall be my servant for ever.📜💬📚
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