1 Samuel 27:3
And David and his men were living with Achish at Gath; every man had his family with him, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, who had been the wife of Nabal.
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4And Saul, hearing that David had gone to Gath, went after him no longer.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:3Now this man was named Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail: she was a woman of good sense and pleasing looks: but the man was cruel and evil in his ways; he was of the family of Caleb.
1 Samuel 25:42Then Abigail got up quickly and went on her ass, with five of her young women, after the men whom David had sent; and she became David's wife.
1 Samuel 30:3And when David and his men came to the town, they saw that it had been burned down, and their wives and their sons and daughters had been made prisoners.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 27:2-8
David Returns to Gath. ( b. c. 1055.) 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. 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. 3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man… Read the whole commentary →