1 Samuel 21:10-11

David at Gath

10 That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.

11 But the servants of Achish said to him, “Isn’t this David, the king of the land? Isn’t he the one they sing about in their dances: “ ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”

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1 Samuel 21:10-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 21

This chapter relates that David went to Nob, and pretending he was on secret business for the king, got shewbread, and the sword of Goliath, from Ahimelech the priest, 1Sa 21:1-9; and that passing from thence to Gath, where he was known, through fear feigned himself mad, and so escaped from thence, 1Sa 21:10-15.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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1. 1 Samuel 25:13; 1 Samuel 27:2
2. S 1 Samuel 18:7; 1 Samuel 29:5; Psalms 56 Title

1 Samuel 21:10-11

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David at Gath

1 Samuel 21:10-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 21

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