1 Samuel 27:3
And David abode with Achish in Gath, he and his men, each man with his household,—David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal, the Carmelite.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
4And, when it was told Saul, that David had fled to Gath, he added no more, to seek him.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:3Now, the name of the man, was Nabal, and, the name of his wife, Abigail,—and, the woman, was of good understanding, and of beautiful figure,—but, the man, was unfeeling and of evil practices, and he was a Calebite.
1 Samuel 25:42And Abigail hastened, and mounted, and rode upon her ass, with her five damsels that used to journey at her feet,—and she went her way after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
1 Samuel 30:3So, when David and his men came to the city, lo! it was burnt with fire,—and, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, had been taken captive.
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 →