bes - 27

bes@1Samuel:27:1 @ And David said in his heart, Now shall I be one day delivered for death into the hands of Saul; and there is no good thing for me unless I should escape into the land of the Philistines, and Saul should cease from seeking me (note:)Gr. into(:note) through every coast of Israel: so I shall escape out of his hand.

bes@1Samuel:27:2 @ So David arose, and the six hundred men that were with him, and he went to Anchus, son Ammach, king of Geth.

bes@1Samuel:27:3 @ And David dwelt with Anchus, he and his men, each with his family; and David and both his wives, Achinaam, the Jezraelitess, and Abigaia the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

bes@1Samuel:27:4 @ And it was told Saul that David had fled to Geth; and he no longer sought after him.

bes@1Samuel:27:5 @ And David said to Anchus, If now thy servant has found grace in thine eyes, let them give me, I pray thee, a place in one of the cities in the country, and I will dwell there: for why does thy servant dwell with thee in a (note:)Gr. city reigned over(:note) royal city?

bes@1Samuel:27:6 @ And he gave him Sekelac in that day: therefore Sekelac came into possession of the king of Judea to this day.

bes@1Samuel:27:7 @ And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was four months.

bes@1Samuel:27:8 @ And David and his men went up, and made an attack on all the Gesirites and on the Amalekites: and behold, the land was inhabited, (even the land (note:)The LXX have rendered hrwv …Mlwem of old to Shur, by apo gelamqour(:note) from Gelampsur) by those who come from the fortified cities even to the land of Egypt.

bes@1Samuel:27:9 @ And he smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive; and they took flocks, and herds, and asses, and camels, and raiment; and they returned and came to Anchus.

bes@1Samuel:27:10 @ And Anchus said to David, On whom have ye made an attack to-day? And David said to Anchus, On the south of Judea, and on the south of Jesmega, and on the south of the Kenezite.

bes@1Samuel:27:11 @ And I have not saved man or woman alive to bring them to Geth, saying, Lest they carry a report to Geth against us, saying, These things David does. And this was his manner all the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines.

bes@1Samuel:27:12 @ So David had the full confidence of Anchus, (note:)Gr. saying(:note) who said, He is thoroughly disgraced among his people in Israel and he shall be my servant for ever.

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