1 Samuel 27:10-11

10 Now Achish said, "Where have you ¹made a raid today?" And David said, "Against the Negev of Judah and against the Negev of ²the Jerahmeelites and against the Negev of ³the Kenites."

11 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.' "

1 Samuel 27:10-11 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.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Samuel 23:27
• 2. 1 Samuel 30:29; 1 Chronicles 2:9, 25
• 3. Judges 1:16; Judges 4:11

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e. South country
• [b]. I.e. South country
• [c]. I.e. South country