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1 Samuel 27

2 Dauid fleeth to Achiſh King of Gath, who giueth him Ziklag. 8 Dauid deſtroyeth certeine of the Philiſtims. 10 Achiſh is deceyued by Dauid.
1.ANd Dauid ſaid in his heart, I ſhal now a periſh one day by the hand of Saúl: is it not better for me that I ſaue my ſelfe in the land of the Philiſtíms, and that Saúl may haue no hope of me to ſeke me anie more in all the coaſtes of Iſraél, and ſo eſcape out of his hand?
2.Dauid therefore aroſe, and he, and the ſix hundreth men that were with him, wēt vnto Achiſh the ſonne of Maóch King of Gáth.
3.And Dauid b dwelt with Achiſh at Gath, he, and his men, euerie man with his houſholde, Dauid with his two wiues, Ahinóam the Izreelite, and Abigáil Nabals wife the Carmelite.
4.And it was tolde Saúl that Dauid was fled to Gath: ſo he ſoght nomore for him.
5.And Dauid ſaid vnto Achiſh, If I haue now founde grace in thine eyes, c let them giue me a place in ſome other citie of the countrey, that I may dwel there: for why ſhulde thy ſeruant dwel in the head citie of the kingdome with thee?
6.Then Achiſh gaue him Ziklag that ſame day: therefore Ziklag perteineth vnto the Kings of Iudah vnto this day.
7.And " the time that Dauid dwelt in the countrey of the Philiſtims, was foure moneths and certeine dayes.
8.Then Dauid and his men went vp, and inuaded the d Geſhurites, and the Girzites and the Amalekites: for they inhabited the land from the beginning, from the way, as thou goeſt to Shur, euen vnto the land of Egypt.
9.And Dauid ſmote the land, & left nether man nor woman aliue, and toke ſhepe, & oxen, and aſſes, and camels, and apparel, and returned and came to Achiſh.
10.And Achiſh ſaid, Where haue ye bent " a rouing this day? And Dauid anſwered, Againſt the Southe of Iudáh, and againſt ye Southe of the e Ierameelites, & againſt the Southe of the Kenites.
11.And Dauid ſaued nether man nor woman aliue, to bring them to Gath, ſaying, Leſt they ſhulde tel on vs, and ſay, So did Dauid, and ſo wil be his maner all the while that he dwelleth in the countrey of the Philiſtims.
12.And Achiſh beleued Dauid, ſaying, " He hathe made his people of Iſraél vtterly to abhorre him: therefore he ſhalbe my ſeruant for euer.

Notes

1:a.
Dauid diſtruſteth Gods protection, and therfore fleeth vnto the idolaters, who were enemies to Gods people
3:b.
Thus God by his prouidence chāgeth the enemies hearts & maketh them to fauour his, in their neceſſitie
5:c.
Let thine officers appoint me a place.
7:".
Ebr. the nōber of the dayes
8:d.
Theſe were the wicked Canaanites, whome God had appointed to be deſtroyed.
10:".
Or, againſt whome.
10:e.
Which were a familie of ye tribe of Iudáh, 1.Chro 2.9.
12:".
Or, he doeth ſurely abhorre his people,