1 Samuel 27:1 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 27:1

David Allied with the Philistines

1 And David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish someday by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape to the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me anymore in any part of Israel. So I shall escape out of his hand.”

2 Then David arose ^aand went over with the six hundred men who were with him ^bto Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

3 So David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each man with his household, and David ^awith his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s widow.

4 And it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath; so he sought him no more.

5 Then David said to Achish, “If I have now found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”

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Hand {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
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Heart {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
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Israel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
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Philistines {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
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