1And 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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Isaiah 40:27, Isaiah 40:31, Isaiah 40:27, Isaiah 40:31, 1 Samuel 28:1

2And 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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1 Samuel 25:13, 1 Samuel 21:10, 1 Samuel 25:13, 1 Samuel 21:10, 1 Kings 2:39

3And 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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1 Samuel 25:42, 1 Samuel 25:43, 1 Samuel 25:42, 1 Samuel 25:43, 1 Samuel 30:3

4And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

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1 Samuel 26:21, 1 Samuel 26:21

5And 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 46:34, Genesis 46:34, 2 Corinthians 6:17, 2 Corinthians 6:17

6Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.

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Nehemiah 11:28, Nehemiah 11:28, Joshua 15:31, Joshua 15:31, 1 Chronicles 12:1

7And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

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1 Samuel 29:3, 1 Samuel 29:3

8And 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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1 Samuel 15:7, 1 Samuel 15:8, Joshua 13:2, 1 Samuel 15:7, 1 Samuel 15:8

9And 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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1 Samuel 15:3, 1 Samuel 15:3, 1 Samuel 15:7, Genesis 25:18, Genesis 16:7

10And 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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Judges 1:16, Judges 1:16, 1 Chronicles 2:25, 1 Chronicles 2:9, 1 Chronicles 2:25

11And 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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1 Samuel 22:22, Proverbs 12:19, Proverbs 29:25, 1 Samuel 22:22, Proverbs 12:19

12And 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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1 Samuel 13:4, Genesis 34:30, 1 Samuel 13:4, Genesis 34:30