27:1 And David said in his heart, Now shall
I be one day delivered [for death] into the hands of Saul; and there is no
good thing for me unless I should escape into the land of the Philistines,
and Saul should cease from seeking me through every coast of Israel: so I
shall escape out of his hand.
27:2 So David arose, and the six hundred men that were with him, and he went
to Anchus, son Ammach, king of Geth.
27:3 And David dwelt with Anchus, he and his men, each with his family; and
David and both his wives, Achinaam, the Jezraelitess, and Abigaia the wife
of Nabal the Carmelite.
27:4 And it was told Saul that David had fled to Geth; and he no longer
sought after him
27:5 And David said to Anchus, If now thy servant has found grace in thine
eyes, let them give me, I pray thee, a place in one of the cities in the
country, and I will dwell there: for why does thy servant dwell with thee in
a royal city?
27:6 And he gave him Sekelac in that day: therefore Sekelac came into
possession of the king of Judea to this day.
27:7 And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the
Philistines was four months.
27:8 And David and his men went up, and made an attack on all the Gesirites
and on the Amalekites: and behold, the land was inhabited, (even the land
from Gelampsur) by those who come from the fortified [cities] even to the
land of Egypt.
27:9 And he smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive; and they
took flocks, and herds, and asses, and camels, and raiment; and they
returned and came to Anchus.
27:10 And Anchus said to David, On whom have ye made an attack to-day? And
David said to Anchus, On the south of Judea, and on the south of Jesmega,
and on the south of the Kenezite.
27:11 And I have not saved man or woman alive to bring them to Geth, saying,
Lest they carry a report to Geth against us, saying, These things David
does. And this was his manner all the days that David dwelt in the country
of the Philistines.
27:12 So David had the full confidence of Anchus, who said, He is thoroughly
disgraced among his people in Israel and he shall be my servant for ever. |
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. |