1 Samuel 27:1-3
1599 Geneva Bible
27 2 David fleeth to Achish King of Gath, who giveth him Ziklag. 8 David destroyeth certain of the Philistines. 10 Achish is deceived by David.
1 And David said in his heart, I shall now [a]perish one day by the hand of Saul: is it not better for me that I save myself in the land of the Philistines, and that Saul may have no hope of me to seek me anymore in all the coasts of Israel, and so escape out of his hand?
2 David therefore arose, and he, and the six hundred men that were with him, went unto Achish the son of Maoch king of Gath.
3 And David [b]dwelt with Achish at Gath, he, and his men, every man with his household, David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite, and Abigail Nabal’s wife the Carmelite.
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- 1 Samuel 27:1 David distrusteth God’s protection, and therefore fleeth unto the idolaters, who were enemies to God’s people.
- 1 Samuel 27:3 Thus God by his providence changeth the enemy’s hearts, and maketh them to favor his in their necessity.
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