1 Samuel 27:2-7

2 So David and the six hundred men with him left and went over to Achish son of Maok king of Gath.

3 David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.

4 When Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.

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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1 Samuel 27:2-7 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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1. 1 Samuel 30:9; 2 Samuel 2:3; 1 Samuel 25:13
2. S 1 Samuel 21:10
3. 1 Kings 2:39
4. S 1 Samuel 25:43; 1 Samuel 30:3
5. Joshua 15:31; Joshua 19:5; 1 Samuel 30:1; 1 Chronicles 12:20; Nehemiah 11:28
6. 1 Samuel 29:3

1 Samuel 27:2-7

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1 Samuel 27:2-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 27

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