1 Samuel 27:2-6

2 So David arose and crossed over, he and ¹the six hundred men who were with him, to ²Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

3 And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, ³each with his household, even David with ⁴his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's widow.

4 Now it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he no longer * searched for him.

5 Then David said to Achish, "If now I have found favor in your sight, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may live there; for why should your servant live in the royal city with you?"

6 So Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore ⁵Ziklag 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

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1. 1 Samuel 25:13
2. 1 Samuel 21:10; 1 Kings 2:39
3. 1 Samuel 30:3; 2 Samuel 2:3
4. 1 Samuel 25:42, 43
5. Joshua 15:31; Joshua 19:5; Nehemiah 11:28

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[a]. Lit "wife"

1 Samuel 27:2-6

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1 Samuel 27:2-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 27

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