1 Samuel 27:1-6

David serves the Philistine Achish

1 David thought, One day I will be destroyed by Saul's power. The best thing for me to do is to escape to Philistine territory. Then Saul will give up looking for me in Israelite territory, and I will escape his power.

2 So David set out with his six hundred soldiers and went to Achish, Maoch's son and Gath's king.

3 David and his soldiers stayed there at Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, Nabal's widow from Carmel.

4 When Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, he didn't pursue him anymore.

5 Then David said to Achish, "If you approve of me, please give me a place in one of the towns in the country so I can live there. Why should I, your servant, live in the capital city with you?"

6 So Achish gave the town of Ziklag to David at that time. That's why Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah until now.

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1 Samuel 27:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 27

David, fearing he should perish by the hand of Saul at one time or another, went into the land of the Philistines, which Saul hearing of, sought no more after him, 1Sa 27:1-4; and finding favour in the eyes of the king of Gath, desired a place in his country might be given him to reside in; and accordingly Ziklag was given him, 1Sa 27:5-7; from whence he made excursions into the land of the Amalekites, and others, and utterly destroyed them; but imposed on the king of Gath, pretending he had made his road into the southern parts of Judah, 1Sa 27:8-12.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Samuel 27:1-6

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David serves the Philistine Achish

1 Samuel 27:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 27