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| 27:1 | And 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. |
| 27:2 | And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. |
| 27:3 | And 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. |
| 27:4 | And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him. |
| 27:5 | And 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? |
| 27:6 | Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. |
| 27:7 | And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months. |
| 27:8 | And 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. |
| 27:9 | And 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. |
| 27:10 | And 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. |
| 27:11 | And 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. |
| 27:12 | And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever. |
| 27:1 | ויאמר דוד אל לבו עתה אספה יום אחד ביד שׁאול אין לי טוב כי המלט אמלט אל ארץ פלשׁתים ונואשׁ ממני שׁאול לבקשׁני עוד בכל גבול ישׂראל ונמלטתי מידו׃ |
| 27:2 | ויקם דוד ויעבר הוא ושׁשׁ מאות אישׁ אשׁר עמו אל אכישׁ בן מעוך מלך גת׃ |
| 27:3 | וישׁב דוד עם אכישׁ בגת הוא ואנשׁיו אישׁ וביתו דוד ושׁתי נשׁיו אחינעם היזרעאלית ואביגיל אשׁת נבל הכרמלית׃ |
| 27:4 | ויגד לשׁאול כי ברח דוד גת ולא יוסף עוד לבקשׁו׃ |
| 27:5 | ויאמר דוד אל אכישׁ אם נא מצאתי חן בעיניך יתנו לי מקום באחת ערי השׂדה ואשׁבה שׁם ולמה ישׁב עבדך בעיר הממלכה עמך׃ |
| 27:6 | ויתן לו אכישׁ ביום ההוא את צקלג לכן היתה צקלג למלכי יהודה עד היום הזה׃ |
| 27:7 | ויהי מספר הימים אשׁר ישׁב דוד בשׂדה פלשׁתים ימים וארבעה חדשׁים׃ |
| 27:8 | ויעל דוד ואנשׁיו ויפשׁטו אל הגשׁורי והגרזי והעמלקי כי הנה ישׁבות הארץ אשׁר מעולם בואך שׁורה ועד ארץ מצרים׃ |
| 27:9 | והכה דוד את הארץ ולא יחיה אישׁ ואשׁה ולקח צאן ובקר וחמרים וגמלים ובגדים וישׁב ויבא אל אכישׁ׃ |
| 27:10 | ויאמר אכישׁ אל פשׁטתם היום ויאמר דוד על נגב יהודה ועל נגב הירחמאלי ואל נגב הקיני׃ |
| 27:11 | ואישׁ ואשׁה לא יחיה דוד להביא גת לאמר פן יגדו עלינו לאמר כה עשׂה דוד וכה משׁפטו כל הימים אשׁר ישׁב בשׂדה פלשׁתים׃ |
| 27:12 | ויאמן אכישׁ בדוד לאמר הבאשׁ הבאישׁ בעמו בישׂראל והיה לי לעבד עולם׃ |
| 27:1 | And David saith unto his heart, `Now am I consumed one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing for me better than that I diligently escape unto the land of the Philistines, and Saul hath been despairing of me -- of seeking me any more in all the border of Israel, and I have escaped out of his hand.' |
| 27:2 | And David riseth, and passeth over, he and six hundred men who `are' with him, unto Achish son of Maoch king of Gath; |
| 27:3 | and David dwelleth with Achish in Gath, he and his men, each one with his household, `even' David and his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelitess. |
| 27:4 | And it is declared to Saul that David hath fled to Gath, and he hath not added any more to seek him. |
| 27:5 | And David saith unto Achish, `If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, they give to me a place in one of the cities of the field, and I dwell there, yea, why doth thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?' |
| 27:6 | And Achish giveth to him in that day Ziklag, therefore hath Ziklag been to the kings of Judah till this day. |
| 27:7 | And the number of the days which David hath dwelt in the field of the Philistines `is' days and four months; |
| 27:8 | and David goeth up and his men, and they push unto the Geshurite, and the Gerizite, and the Amalekite, (for they are inhabitants of the land from of old), as thou comest in to Shur and unto the land of Egypt, |
| 27:9 | and David hath smitten the land, and doth not keep alive man and woman, and hath taken sheep, and oxen, and asses, and camels, and garments, and turneth back, and cometh in unto Achish. |
| 27:10 | And Achish saith, `Whither have ye pushed to-day?' and David saith, `Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelite, and unto the south of the Kenite.' |
| 27:11 | Neither man nor woman doth David keep alive, to bring in `word' to Gath, saying, `Lest they declare `it' against us, saying, Thus hath David done, and thus `is' his custom all the days that he hath dwelt in the fields of the Philistines.' |
| 27:12 | And Achish believeth in David, saying, `He hath made himself utterly abhorred among his people, in Israel, and hath been to me for a servant age-during.' |
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