1 Samuel 27

¹And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Isa 40:27-31Isa 51:121 Sam 16:131 Sam 21:10-151 Sam 23:171 Sam 27:10-111 Sam 28:1-2Isa 30:15-161 Sam 16:11 Sam 22:5

²And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 21:101 Sam 25:131 Kgs 2:39-401 Sam 30:8

³And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 25:42-431 Sam 25:18-351 Sam 25:31 Sam 30:31 Sam 30:5

⁴And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 26:21

⁵And 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? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 46:342 Cor 6:17

⁶Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Neh 11:28Josh 15:311 Chr 12:11 Chr 12:201 Chr 4:301 Sam 19:51 Sam 30:11 Sam 30:142 Sam 1:1Josh 19:5

⁷And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 29:3

⁸And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 15:7-8Josh 13:2Josh 13:13Josh 16:10Judg 1:291 Chr 2:231 Kgs 9:15-171 Sam 30:12 Sam 13:37-382 Sam 14:23

⁹And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 15:31 Sam 15:7Deut 25:17-19Exod 15:22Gen 16:7Gen 25:18Josh 6:21

¹⁰And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Judg 1:161 Chr 2:251 Chr 2:91 Sam 30:29Gal 2:11-13Judg 4:111 Sam 15:61 Sam 21:21 Sam 23:272 Sam 17:20

¹¹And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 22:22Prov 12:19Prov 29:25

¹²And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 13:4Gen 34:30