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Then David said to himself, "Now I will perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape into the land of the Philistines. Saul then will despair of searching for me anymore in all the territory of Israel, and I will escape from his hand."
d'x,at0259 -mw{y h,p'S,at05595 h'T;[ w{Bilt03820 -l,a diw'Dt01732 r,ma{Y;wt0559 ? jel'Miat04422 jel'Miht04422 yiKt03588 bw{j yil -nyea l.Wa'vt07586 -d;y.Bt03027 ? l.Wa'vt07586 yiN,Mim v;aw{n.w ~yiT.vil.Pt06430 #,r,at0776 -l,a ? yiT.j;l.min.wt04422 lea'r.fIyt03478 l.Wb.Gt01366 -l'k.B dw{[ yinev.q;b.lt01245 ? w{d'Yimt03027
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So David arose and crossed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
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And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's widow.
wy'v'n]a;wt0582 a.Wh t;g.Bt01661 vyik'at0397 -mi[ diw'Dt01732 b,veY;wt03427 ? ~;[{nyix]at0293 wy'v'nt08147 yeT.v.W diw'Dt01732 w{tyeb.Wt01004 vyiat0376 ? tyil.m.r;K;ht03762 l'b'nt05037 -t,vea lIy;gyib]a;wt026 tyilae[.r.ziY;ht03159
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Now it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he no longer * searched for him.
@;sw{y -a{l.w t;Gt01661 diw'Dt01732 x;r'bt01272 -yiK l.Wa'v.l d;GUY;w ? w{v.q;b.lt01245 dw{[
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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?"
yita'c'mt04672 a'n -mia vyik'at0397 -l,a diw'Dt01732 r,ma{Y;wt0559 ? yer'[t05892 t;x;a.B ~w{q'mt04725 yil -.Wn.TIy '$y,nye[.B !ex ? ryi[.Bt05892 '$.D.b;[t05650 beveyt03427 h'M'l.wt04467 ~'V h'b.vea.w h,d'F;h ? .$'Mi[ h'k'l.m;M;h
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So Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.
g'l.qict06860 -t,a a.Wh;h ~w{Y;Bt03117 vyik'at0397 w{l -n,TiY;wt05414 ? ~w{Y;ht03117 d;[ h'd.Wh.y yek.l;m.l g;l.qict06860 h't.y'h !ek'l ? h,Z;h
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The number of days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.
hed.fiBt03427 diw'Dt01732 b;v'y -r,v]a ~yim'Y;h r;P.simt04557 yih.y;w ? ~yiv'd\xt02320 h'['B.r;a.wt0702 ~yim'y ~yiT.vil.pt06430
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Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for they were the inhabitants of the land from ancient times, as you come to Shur even as far as the land of Egypt.
yir.Wv.G;ht01651 -l,a .Wj.v.piY;wt06584 wy'v'n]a;wt0582 diw'Dt01732 l;[;Y;wt06003 ? #,r'a'ht0776 tw{b.v{yt03427 h'Neht02007 yiK yiqel'm]['h.w yiz.riG;h.w ? ~Iy'r.cimt04714 #,r,at0776 -d;[.w h'r.Wvt07793 '$]aw{Bt0935 ~'lw{[emt05769 r,v]a
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David attacked the land and did not leave a man or a woman alive, and he took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned and came to Achish.
vyiat0376 h,Y;x.yt02421 a{l.w #,r'a'ht0776 -t,a diw'dt01732 h'Kih.w ? ~yiL;m.g.Wt01581 ~yir{m]x;wt02543 r'q'b.Wt01241 !a{c x;q'l.w h'Via.wt0802 ? vyik'at0397 -l,a a{b'Y;w b'v'Y;w ~yid'g.b.Wt0899
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Now Achish said, "Where have you made a raid today?" And David said, "Against the Negev of Judah and against the Negev of the Jerahmeelites and against the Negev of the Kenites."
r,ma{Y;wt0559 ~w{Y;ht03117 ~,T.j;v.Pt06584 -l;at0408 vyik'at0397 r,ma{Y;wt0559 ? yilea.m.x.r;Y;ht03397 b,g,nt05045 -l;[.w h'd.Wh.yt03063 b,g,nt05045 -l;[ diw'Dt01732 ? yinyeQ;ht07017 b,g,nt05045 -l,a.w
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David did not leave a man or a woman alive to bring to Gath, saying, "Otherwise they will tell about us, saying, 'So has David done and so has been his practice all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.' "
t;gt01661 ayib'h.l diw'dt01732 h,Y;x.yt02421 -a{l h'Via.wt0802 vyia.wt0376 ? h'f'[t06213 -h{K r{maelt0559 .Wnyel'[ .WdiG;y -n,P r{maelt0559 ? b;v'yt03427 r,v]a ~yim'Y;h -l'K w{j'P.vimt04941 h{k.w diw'dt01732 ? ~yiT.vil.pt06430 hed.fiB
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So Achish believed David, saying, "He has surely made himself odious among his people Israel; therefore he will become my servant forever."
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