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1 Samuel 21:10-12
Contemporary English Version

David Tries To Find Safety in Gath

10 David kept on running from Saul that day until he came to Gath,[a] where he met with King Achish. 11 (A) The officers of King Achish were also there, and they asked Achish, “Isn't David a king back in his own country? Don't the Israelites dance and sing,

‘Saul has killed
    a thousand enemies;
David has killed
    ten thousand’?”

12 (B) David thought about what they were saying, and it made him afraid of Achish.

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Footnotes

  1. 21.10 Gath: One of the five main Philistine towns.
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