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1 Samuel 27:1 (NET) New English Translation

1 David 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."
2 So David left and crossed over to King Achish son of Maoch of Gath accompanied by his six hundred men.
3 David 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.
4 When Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he did not mount a new search for him.
5 David 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?"
6 So Achish gave him Ziklag on that day. (For that reason Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah until this very day.)
7 The length of time that David lived in the Philistine countryside was a year and four months.
8 Then 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.)
9 When 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.
10 When Achish would ask, "Where did you raid today?" David would say, "The Negev of Judah" or "The Negev of Jeharmeel" or "The Negev of the Kenites."
11 Neither 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.
12 So Achish trusted David, thinking to himself, "He is really hated among his own people in Israel! From now on he will be my servant."
1 And David H1732 MMS said H559 W-VQY3MS in H413 PREP his heart H3820 CMS-3MS , I shall now H6258 ADV perish H5595 one H259 MMS day H3117 NMS by the hand H3027 B-CFS of Saul H7586 : there is nothing H369 ADV better H2896 AMS for me than H3588 CONJ that I should speedily escape H4422 into H413 PREP the land H776 GFS of the Philistines H6430 TMS ; and Saul H7586 shall despair H2976 of H4480 M-PREP-1MS me , to seek H1245 me any more H5750 ADV in any H3605 B-CMS coast H1366 CMS of Israel H3478 : so shall I escape H4422 out of his hand H3027 .
2 And David H1732 MMS arose H6965 W-VQY3MS , and he H1931 PPRO-3MS passed over H5674 W-VQY3MS with the six H8337 W-RFS hundred H3967 BFP men H376 NMS that H834 RPRO were with H5973 PREP-3MS him unto H413 PREP Achish H397 , the son H1121 of Maoch H4582 , king H4428 NMS of Gath H1661 .
3 And David H1732 MMS dwelt H3427 W-VQY3MS with H5973 PREP Achish H397 at Gath H1661 , he H1931 PPRO-3MS and his men H376 NMS , every man H376 NMS with his household H1004 , even David H1732 MMS with his two H8147 wives H802 , Ahinoam H293 the Jezreelitess H3159 , and Abigail H26 the Carmelitess H3761 , Nabal H5037 \'s wife H802 CFS .
4 And it was told H5046 Saul H7586 that H3588 CONJ David H1732 MMS was fled H1272 to Gath H1661 : and he sought H1245 no H3808 W-NPAR more H5750 ADV again H3254 for him .
5 And David H1732 MMS said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP Achish H397 , If H518 PART I have now H4994 IJEC found H4672 VQQ1MS grace H2580 NMS in thine eyes H5869 , let them give H5414 me a place H4725 NUM-MS in some H259 B-RFS town H5892 in the country H7704 D-NMS , that I may dwell H3427 there H8033 : for why H4100 WL-IGAT should thy servant H5650 dwell H3427 in the royal H4467 city H5892 with H5973 PREP-2FS thee ?
6 Then Achish H397 gave H5414 W-VQY3MS him Ziklag H6860 that H1931 D-PPRO-3MS day H3117 B-AMS : wherefore H3651 L-ADV Ziklag H6860 pertaineth H1961 VQQ3FS unto the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 unto H5704 PREP this H2088 D-PMS day H3117 D-AMS .
7 And the time H3117 D-NMP that H834 RPRO David H1732 MMS dwelt H3427 VQQ3MS in the country H7704 of the Philistines H6430 was H1961 W-VPY3MS a full H4557 CMS year H3117 NMP and four H702 months H2320 .
8 And David H1732 MMS and his men H376 went up H5927 W-VHY3MS , and invaded H6584 W-VQY3MP the Geshurites H1651 , and the Gezrites H1511 , and the Amalekites H6003 : for H3588 CONJ those H2007 PPRO-3FP nations were of old H834 RPRO the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 D-GFS , as thou goest H935 to Shur H7793 , even unto H5704 W-PREP the land H776 GFS of Egypt H4714 .
9 And David H1732 smote H5221 the land H776 D-GFS , and left H2421 VPY3MS neither H3808 W-NPAR man H376 NMS nor woman H802 alive , and took away H3947 W-VQQ3MS the sheep H6629 NMS , and the oxen H1241 W-NMS , and the asses H2543 W-NMP , and the camels H1581 , and the apparel H899 , and returned H7725 , and came H935 W-VQY3MS to H413 PREP Achish H397 .
10 And Achish H397 said H559 W-VQY3MS , Whither H408 NPAR have ye made a road H6584 today H3117 D-AMS ? And David H1732 MMS said H559 W-VQY3MS , Against H5921 PREP the south H5045 of Judah H3063 , and against H5921 PREP the south H5045 of the Jerahmeelites H3397 , and against H413 W-PREP the south H5045 of the Kenites H7017 .
11 And David H1732 saved H2421 VPY3MS neither H3808 ADV man H376 W-NMS nor woman H802 alive , to bring H935 L-VHFC tidings to Gath H1661 , saying H559 L-VQFC , Lest H6435 CONJ they should tell H5046 on H5921 PREP-1MP us , saying H559 L-VQFC , So H3541 did H6213 VQQ3MS David H1732 , and so H3541 will be his manner H4941 all H3605 NMS the while H3117 D-NMP he dwelleth H3427 VQQ3MS in the country H7704 of the Philistines H6430 .
12 And Achish H397 believed H539 David H1732 , saying H559 L-VQFC , He hath made his people H5971 B-CMS-3MS Israel H3478 utterly to abhor H887 him ; therefore he shall be H1961 W-VQQ3MS my servant H5650 L-CMS forever H5769 NMS .