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1 Samuel 27:1-2
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1 Samuel 27:1-2
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Chapter 27
David’s Flight to the Philistines.[a] 1 David thought to himself, “One of these days I will perish at Saul’s hands. I might as well escape into the land of the Philistines. Saul will give up hope of catching me anywhere in the territory of Israel, and I will escape out of his hand.”
2 David and his six hundred followers went over to Achish, the son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
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- 1 Samuel 27:1 The text from here to the end of the Book is clearly divided into two sections. The first relates David’s difficult situation that forces him into exile among the Philistines. The second contrasts Saul’s situation: he is mastered by fear; God abandons him.
1 Samuel 27:1-2
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1 Samuel 27:1-2
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David Among the Philistines
27 But David thought to himself, “One of these days I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me anywhere in Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
2 So David and the six hundred men(A) with him left and went(B) over to Achish(C) son of Maok king of Gath.
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