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So Achish immediately gave him Ziklag. (This is why Ziklag still belongs to the kings of Judah today.)

David stayed in Philistine territory for one year and four months. Then David and his men went to raid the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (They lived in the territory which extends from Telaim[a] to Shur and Egypt.)

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  1. 1 Samuel 27:8 Greek; Masoretic Text “lived in the country for a long time.”

So on that day Achish gave him Ziklag,(A) and it has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since. David lived(B) in Philistine territory a year and four months.

Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites,(C) the Girzites and the Amalekites.(D) (From ancient times these peoples had lived in the land extending to Shur(E) and Egypt.)

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