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1. But David thought to himself, "Saul will catch me some day. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up looking for me in Israel. That way I will escape from Saul."
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1. And David H1732 said H559 in H413 his heart H3820 , I shall now H6258 perish H5595 one H259 day H3117 by the hand H3027 of Saul H7586 : there is nothing H369 better H2896 for me than H3588 that I should speedily escape H4422 H4422 into H413 the land H776 of the Philistines H6430 ; and Saul H7586 shall despair H2976 of H4480 me , to seek H1245 me any more H5750 in any H3605 coast H1366 of Israel H3478 : so shall I escape H4422 out of his hand H4480 H3027 .
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2. So David and his 600 men left Israel and went to Achish son of Maoch. Achish was king of Gath.
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2. And David H1732 arose H6965 , and he H1931 passed over H5674 with the six H8337 hundred H3967 men H376 that H834 were with H5973 him unto H413 Achish H397 , the son H1121 of Maoch H4582 , king H4428 of Gath H1661 .
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3. David, his men, and their families lived in Gath with Achish. David had his two wives with him�Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel. Abigail was the widow of Nabal.
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3. And David H1732 dwelt H3427 with H5973 Achish H397 at Gath H1661 , he H1931 and his men H376 , every man H376 with his household H1004 , even David H1732 with his two H8147 wives H802 , Ahinoam H293 the Jezreelitess H3159 , and Abigail H26 the Carmelitess H3761 , Nabal H5037 's wife H802 .
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4. People told Saul that David had run away to Gath, so Saul stopped looking for him.
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4. And it was told H5046 Saul H7586 that H3588 David H1732 was fled H1272 to Gath H1661 : and he sought H1245 no H3808 more H5750 again H3254 for him.
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5. David said to Achish, "If you are pleased with me, give me a place in one of the country towns. I am only your servant. I should live there, not here with you in this royal city."
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5. And David H1732 said H559 unto H413 Achish H397 , If H518 I have now H4994 found H4672 grace H2580 in thine eyes H5869 , let them give H5414 me a place H4725 in some H259 town H5892 in the country H7704 , that I may dwell H3427 there H8033 : for why H4100 should thy servant H5650 dwell H3427 in the royal H4467 city H5892 with H5973 thee?
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6. That day Achish gave David the town of Ziklag. And Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since.
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6. Then Achish H397 gave H5414 him H853 Ziklag H6860 that H1931 day H3117 : wherefore H3651 Ziklag H6860 pertaineth H1961 unto the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 .
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7. David lived with the Philistines one year and four months.
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7. And the time H3117 that H834 David H1732 dwelt H3427 in the country H7704 of the Philistines H6430 was H1961 a full H4557 year H3117 and four H702 months H2320 .
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8. David and his men went to fight the Amalekites and Geshurites who lived in the area from Telem near Shur all the way to Egypt. David's men defeated them and took their wealth.
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8. And David H1732 and his men H376 went up H5927 , and invaded H6584 H413 the Geshurites H1651 , and the Gezrites H1511 , and the Amalekites H6003 : for H3588 those H2007 nations were of old H834 H4480 H5769 the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 , as thou goest H935 to Shur H7793 , even unto H5704 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 .
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9. David defeated the people in that area. He took all their sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothes and brought them back to Achish. But David didn't let any of those people live.
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9. And David H1732 smote H5221 H853 the land H776 , and left H2421 neither H3808 man H376 nor woman H802 alive , and took away H3947 the sheep H6629 , and the oxen H1241 , and the asses H2543 , and the camels H1581 , and the apparel H899 , and returned H7725 , and came H935 to H413 Achish H397 .
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10. David did this many times. Each time Achish asked David where he fought and took those things. David said, "I fought against the southern part of Judah," or "I fought against the southern part of Jerahmeel," or "I fought against the southern part of the Kenizzites."
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10. And Achish H397 said H559 , Whither H408 have ye made a road H6584 today H3117 ? And David H1732 said H559 , Against H5921 the south H5045 of Judah H3063 , and against H5921 the south H5045 of the Jerahmeelites H3397 , and against H413 the south H5045 of the Kenites H7017 .
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11. David never brought a man or woman alive to Gath. He thought, "If we let anyone live, they might tell Achish what I really did." David did this all the time he lived in the Philistine land.
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11. And David H1732 saved H2421 neither H3808 man H376 nor woman H802 alive , to bring H935 tidings to Gath H1661 , saying H559 , Lest H6435 they should tell H5046 on H5921 us, saying H559 , So H3541 did H6213 David H1732 , and so H3541 will be his manner H4941 all H3605 the while H3117 he dwelleth H3427 in the country H7704 of the Philistines H6430 .
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12. Achish began to trust David and said to himself, "Now David's own people hate him. The Israelites hate him very much. Now he will serve me forever."
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12. And Achish H397 believed H539 David H1732 , saying H559 , He hath made his people H5971 Israel H3478 utterly to abhor H887 H887 him ; therefore he shall be H1961 my servant H5650 forever H5769 .
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