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I Samuel Chapter 27

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First Samuel 27 records David's despair that Saul would one day kill him, so he escapes with his six hundred men to the land of the Philistines and dwells with Achish king of Gath, after which Saul stops pursuing him. David and his men settle in Gath and then in Ziklag, and David conducts raids against the Geshurites, Girzites, and Amalekites, leaving no survivors so Achish will not hear what he has done. Achish trusts David, believing he has made himself utterly loathsome among his own people Israel and will therefore be his servant forever.

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(1) 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.
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I Samuel 16:1I Samuel 16:13I Samuel 23:17I Samuel 25:30Psalms 116:11Proverbs 13:12Isaiah 40:27Isaiah 40:28Isaiah 40:29Isaiah 40:30Isaiah 40:31Isaiah 51:12

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Genesis 19:17Jeremiah 44:14Ezekiel 7:16Joel 2:3Jeremiah 48:8I Samuel 7:7

(2) 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.
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I Samuel 25:13I Samuel 30:8I Samuel 21:10I Kings 2:40

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II Samuel 15:18I Samuel 9:4I Kings 2:40II Samuel 21:20I Chronicles 20:6Judges 11:29

(3) And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
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I Samuel 25:3I Samuel 25:18I Samuel 25:19I Samuel 25:20I Samuel 25:21I Samuel 25:22I Samuel 25:23I Samuel 25:24I Samuel 25:25I Samuel 25:26I Samuel 25:27I Samuel 25:28

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II Samuel 2:2I Samuel 30:5I Chronicles 3:1I Kings 2:39I Kings 2:40

(4) And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
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I Samuel 26:21

(5) And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
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Genesis 46:34II Corinthians 6:17

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Romans 11:6Ephesians 4:11I Samuel 1:8I Corinthians 15:10II Samuel 17:9Matthew 13:8

(6) Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
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I Samuel 30:1I Samuel 30:14I Samuel 19:5II Samuel 1:1I Chronicles 4:30I Chronicles 12:1I Chronicles 12:20Nehemiah 11:28

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I Samuel 30:1

(7) And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
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I Samuel 29:3

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Ezekiel 48:16Exodus 25:26Exodus 37:13I Samuel 4:2Ezekiel 1:10Revelation 5:8

(8) 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.
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Joshua 13:2Joshua 13:13II Samuel 13:37II Samuel 13:38II Samuel 14:23II Samuel 14:32II Samuel 15:8I Chronicles 2:23Joshua 16:10Judges 1:29I Kings 9:15I Kings 9:16

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Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Judges 1:33

(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.
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I Samuel 15:7Genesis 16:7Genesis 25:18Exodus 15:22I Samuel 15:3Deuteronomy 25:17Deuteronomy 25:18Deuteronomy 25:19Joshua 6:21

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Genesis 12:16I Chronicles 12:40Exodus 9:3Exodus 22:1I Samuel 22:19II Chronicles 14:15

(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.
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I Samuel 21:2Genesis 27:19Genesis 27:20Genesis 27:24Joshua 2:4Joshua 2:5Joshua 2:6II Samuel 17:20Psalms 119:29Psalms 119:163Proverbs 29:25Galatians 2:11

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Ezekiel 20:46Numbers 34:3Numbers 34:4Joshua 15:3Joshua 18:19I Samuel 30:14

(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 dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
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I Samuel 22:22Proverbs 12:19Proverbs 29:25

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II Samuel 1:20I Samuel 29:4Joshua 6:25Jeremiah 47:4I Samuel 7:7I Samuel 7:14

(12) And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
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I Samuel 13:4Genesis 34:30

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Deuteronomy 7:26

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