1 Samuel 27:11

But, neither man nor woman, used David to save alive, to bring into Gath, for he said, Lest they tell of us, saying,—So, hath David done, and, such, his manner, all the days that he hath dwelt in the country of the Philistines.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

10Then said Achish, Whither have ye made a raid, to-day? And David said—Against the South of Judah, or against the South of the Jerahmeelites, or as far as the South of the Kenites.

12And Achish believed in David, saying,—He hath made himself, odious, unto his own people, unto Israel, therefore shall he be my servant all his life long.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 22:22Then said David to Abiathar—I knew, that day, when Doeg the Edomite was, there, that he would, surely tell, Saul. I, am chargeable with all the lives of the house of thy father.

Proverbs 29:25The fear of man, setteth a snare, but, he that trusteth in Yahweh, shall be placed on high.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 27:9-12

David Smites the Amalekites. ( b. c. 1055.) 8 And 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. 9 And 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. 10 And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said,… Read the whole commentary →

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