1 Samuel 27 (NET)

1 Samuel 27:1¹David thought to himself, “One of these days I’m going to be swept away by the hand of Saul! There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of searching for me through all the territory of Israel and I will escape from his hand.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

1 Samuel 27:2²So David left and crossed over to King Achish son of Maoch of Gath accompanied by his 600 men.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 21:101 Sam 25:131 Kgs 2:39-401 Sam 30:8

1 Samuel 27:3³David settled with Achish in Gath, along with his men and their families. David had with him his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal’s widow.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 25:42-431 Sam 25:18-351 Sam 25:31 Sam 30:31 Sam 30:5

1 Samuel 27:4⁴When Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he did not mount a new search for him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 26:21

1 Samuel 27:5⁵David said to Achish, “If I have found favor with you, let me be given a place in one of the country towns so that I can live there. Why should your servant settle in the royal city with you?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 46:342 Cor 6:17

1 Samuel 27:6⁶So Achish gave him Ziklag on that day. (For that reason Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah until this very day.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

1 Samuel 27:7⁷The length of time that David lived in the Philistine countryside was a year and four months.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 29:3

1 Samuel 27:8⁸Then David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (They had been living in that land for a long time, from the approach to Shur as far as the land of Egypt.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

1 Samuel 27:9⁹When David would attack a district, he would leave neither man nor woman alive. He would take sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing and would then go back to Achish.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 15:31 Sam 15:7Deut 25:17-19Exod 15:22Gen 16:7Gen 25:18Josh 6:21

1 Samuel 27:10¹⁰When Achish would ask, “Where did you raid today?” David would say, “The Negev of Judah” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

1 Samuel 27:11¹¹Neither man nor woman would David leave alive so as to bring them back to Gath. He was thinking, “This way they can’t tell on us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” Such was his practice the entire time that he lived in the country of the Philistines.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 22:22Prov 12:19Prov 29:25

1 Samuel 27:12¹²So Achish trusted David, thinking to himself, “He is really hated among his own people in Israel! From now on he will be my servant.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 13:4Gen 34:30