The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 26:25 (KJV)
Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 27:1 (KJV)
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 27:2 (KJV)
And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

 

[Grace777x70]

1 Samuel 27:3 (NASB)
[SUP]3 [/SUP] 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.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 27:4 (ESV)
And when it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, he no longer sought him.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 27:25 (ESV)
Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be given me in one of the country towns, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 27:25 (ESV)
Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be given me in one of the country towns, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”

Typo: The above verse is 1 Samuel 27:5

1 Samuel 27:6 (KJV)
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.

 

[Grace777x70]

1 Samuel 27:6 (NASB)
[SUP]6 [/SUP] So Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.

 

[AndTheWordWasGOD]

1 Samuel 27:7 (KJV)
And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 27:8 (KJV)
And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.

 

[AndTheWordWasGOD]

1 Samuel 27:9 (KJV)
And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 27:10 (KJV)
And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

 

[AndTheWordWasGOD]

1 Samuel 27:11 (KJV)
And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwells in the country of the Philistines.

 

[AndTheWordWasGOD]

1 Samuel 27:12 (KJV)
And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

 

[AndTheWordWasGOD]

**SHORT RECAP**

1Sa 27:9-12
(9) And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
(10) And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
(11) And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwells in the country of the Philistines.
(12) And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

 

[AndTheWordWasGOD]

1 Samuel 28:1 (KJV)
And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know you assuredly, that you shalt go out with me to battle, you and your men.

 

[willfollowsGod]

1 Samuel 28:2
New International Version (NIV)

David said, “Then you will see for yourself what your servant can do.”


Achish replied, “Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life.”

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 28:3 (ESV)
Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had put the mediums and the necromancers out of the land.

 

[Grace777x70]

1 Samuel 28:4 (NASB)
[SUP]4 [/SUP] So the Philistines gathered together and came and camped in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together and they camped in Gilboa.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 28:5 (KJV)
And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.