1 Samuel 29:3 References
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Then the commanders of the Philistines said, "What are these Hebrews doing here?" And Achish said to the commanders of the Philistines, "Is this not David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, awho has been with me these days, or rather these years, and bI have found no fault in him from the day he deserted to me to this day?"
b 1 Samuel 27:1-6, 1 Chronicles 12:19, 1 Chronicles 12:20, Daniel 6:5
1 Samuel 27
1
Then David said to himself, "Now I will perish one day by the hand of Saul. aThere 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."
2
So David arose and crossed over, he and athe six hundred men who were with him, to bAchish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
3
And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, aeach with his household, even David with bhis two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's widow.
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Now it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he no longer searched for him.
5
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?"
6
So Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore aZiklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.
1 Chronicles 12
19
aFrom Manasseh also some defected to David when he was about to go to battle with the Philistines against Saul. But they did not help them, for the lords of the Philistines after consultation sent him away, saying, "At the cost of our heads he may defect to his master Saul."
1 Chronicles 12
20
As he went to Ziklag there defected to him from Manasseh: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai, captains of thousands who belonged to Manasseh.