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1 Samuel 27:1; 1 Samuel 27:5-7
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1 Samuel 27:1
1
But David thought to himself, “One of these days I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me anywhere in Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
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1 Samuel 27:5-7
5
Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be assigned to me in one of the country towns, that I may live there. Why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
6
So on that day Achish gave him Ziklag, and it has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since.
7
David lived in Philistine territory a year and four months.
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