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1 Samuel 27:2-6

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2 So David arose and went over, he and 1the six hundred men who were with him, 2to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
3 And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, and David with 3his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, Nabal's widow.
4 And when it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, he no longer sought him.
5 Then David said to Achish, "If 4I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be given me in one of the country towns, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?"
6 So that day Achish gave him 5Ziklag. Therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.
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1 Samuel 27:2-6 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

Cross References 5

  • 1. 1 Samuel 23:13; [2 Samuel 15:18]
  • 2. 1 Samuel 21:10; [1 Kings 2:39]
  • 3. See 1 Samuel 25:43
  • 4. See Genesis 33:15
  • 5. Joshua 15:31
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