1 Samuel 27:5

וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל ־ אָכִישׁ אִם ־ נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ יִתְּנוּ ־ לִי מָקוֹם בְּאַחַת עָרֵי הַשָּׂדֶה וְאֵשְׁבָה שָּׁם וְלָמָּה יֵשֵׁב עַבְדְּךָ בְּעִיר הַמַּמְלָכָה עִמָּֽךְ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And 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?

In Context

4וַיֻּגַּד לְשָׁאוּל כִּֽי ־ בָרַח דָּוִד גַּת וְלֹֽא ־ יוסף עוֹד לְבַקְשֽׁוֹ ׃ ס

6וַיִּתֶּן ־ לוֹ אָכִישׁ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא אֶת ־ צִֽקְלָג לָכֵן הָיְתָה צִֽקְלַג לְמַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה ׃ פ

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Cross References

Genesis 46:34וַאֲמַרְתֶּם אַנְשֵׁי מִקְנֶה הָיוּ עֲבָדֶיךָ מִנְּעוּרֵינוּ וְעַד ־ עַתָּה גַּם ־ אֲנַחְנוּ גַּם ־ אֲבֹתֵינוּ בַּעֲבוּר תֵּשְׁבוּ בְּאֶרֶץ גֹּשֶׁן כִּֽי ־ תוֹעֲבַת מִצְרַיִם כָּל ־ רֹעֵה צֹֽאן ׃

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 →

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