Verse 1

And David{H1732} said{H559} in his heart,{H3820} I shall now perish{H5595} one{H259} day{H3117} by the hand{H3027} of Saul:{H7586} there is nothing better{H2896} for me than that{H3588} I should{H4422} escape{H4422} into the land{H776} of the Philistines;{H6430} and Saul{H7586} will despair{H2976} of me, to seek{H1245} me any more in all the borders{H1366} of Israel:{H3478} so shall I escape{H4422} out of his hand.{H3027}

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 14:12 : 12 Is not this the word{H1697} that we spake{H1696} unto thee in Egypt,{H4714} saying,{H559} Let us alone,{H2308} that we may serve{H5647} the Egyptians?{H4714} For it were better{H2896} for us to serve{H5647} the Egyptians,{H4714} than that we should die{H4191} in the wilderness.{H4057}
  • Num 14:3 : 3 And wherefore doth Jehovah{H3068} bring{H935} us unto this land,{H776} to fall{H5307} by the sword?{H2719} Our wives{H802} and our little ones{H2945} will be a prey:{H957} were it not better{H2896} for us to return{H7725} into Egypt?{H4714}
  • 1 Sam 16:1 : 1 And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Samuel,{H8050} How long wilt thou mourn{H56} for Saul,{H7586} seeing I have rejected{H3988} him from being king{H4427} over Israel?{H3478} fill{H4390} thy horn{H7161} with oil,{H8081} and go:{H3212} I will send{H7971} thee to Jesse{H3448} the Beth-lehemite;{H1022} for I have provided{H7200} me a king{H4428} among his sons.{H1121}
  • 1 Sam 16:13 : 13 Then Samuel{H8050} took{H3947} the horn{H7161} of oil,{H8081} and anointed{H4886} him in the midst{H7130} of his brethren:{H251} and the Spirit{H7307} of Jehovah{H3068} came{H6743} mightily upon David{H1732} from that day{H3117} forward.{H4605} So Samuel{H8050} rose up,{H6965} and went{H3212} to Ramah.{H7414}
  • 1 Sam 21:10-15 : 10 And David{H1732} arose,{H6965} and fled{H1272} that day{H3117} for fear{H6440} of Saul,{H7586} and went{H935} to Achish{H397} the king{H4428} of Gath.{H1661} 11 And the servants{H5650} of Achish{H397} said{H559} unto him, Is not this David{H1732} the king{H4428} of the land?{H776} did they not sing{H6030} one to another of him{H2088} in dances,{H4246} saying,{H559} Saul{H7586} hath slain{H5221} his thousands,{H505} And David{H1732} his ten thousands?{H7233} 12 And David{H1732} laid up{H7760} these words{H1697} in his heart,{H3824} and was sore{H3966} afraid{H3372} of{H6440} Achish{H397} the king{H4428} of Gath.{H1661} 13 And he changed{H8138} his behavior{H2940} before{H5869} them, and feigned himself mad{H1984} in their hands,{H3027} and scrabbled{H8427} on the doors{H1817} of the gate,{H8179} and let his spittle{H7388} fall down{H3381} upon his beard.{H2206} 14 Then said{H559} Achish{H397} unto his servants,{H5650} Lo, ye see{H7200} the man{H376} is mad;{H7696} wherefore then have ye brought{H935} him to me? 15 Do I lack{H2638} madmen,{H7696} that ye have brought{H935} this fellow to play the madman{H7696} in my presence? shall this fellow come{H935} into my house?{H1004}
  • 1 Sam 22:5 : 5 And the prophet{H5030} Gad{H1410} said{H559} unto David,{H1732} Abide{H3427} not in the stronghold;{H4686} depart,{H3212} and get{H935} thee into the land{H776} of Judah.{H3063} Then David{H1732} departed,{H3212} and came{H935} into the forest{H3293} of Hereth.{H2802}
  • 1 Sam 23:17 : 17 And he said{H559} unto him, Fear{H3372} not; for the hand{H3027} of Saul{H7586} my father{H1} shall not find{H4672} thee; and thou shalt be king{H4427} over Israel,{H3478} and I shall be next{H4932} unto thee; and that also Saul{H7586} my father{H1} knoweth.{H3045}
  • 1 Sam 25:30 : 30 And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah{H3068} shall have done{H6213} to my lord{H3068} according to all the good{H2896} that he hath spoken{H1696} concerning thee, and shall have appointed{H6680} thee prince{H5057} over Israel,{H3478}
  • 1 Sam 27:10-11 : 10 And Achish{H397} said,{H559} Against whom{H408} have ye made a raid{H6584} to-day?{H3117} And David{H1732} said,{H559} Against the South{H5045} of Judah,{H3063} and against the South{H5045} of the Jerahmeelites,{H3397} and against the South{H5045} of the Kenites.{H7017} 11 And David{H1732} saved{H2421} neither man{H376} nor woman{H802} alive,{H2421} to bring{H935} them to Gath,{H1661} saying,{H559} Lest they should tell{H5046} of us, saying,{H559} So did{H6213} David,{H1732} and so hath been his manner{H4941} all the while{H3117} he hath dwelt{H3427} in the country{H7704} of the Philistines.{H6430}
  • 1 Sam 28:1-2 : 1 And it came to pass in those days,{H3117} that the Philistines{H6430} gathered{H6908} their hosts{H4264} together{H6908} for warfare,{H6635} to fight{H3898} with Israel.{H3478} And Achish{H397} said{H559} unto David,{H1732} Know{H3045} thou assuredly,{H3045} that thou shalt go out{H3318} with me in the host,{H4264} thou and thy men.{H582} 2 And David{H1732} said{H559} to Achish,{H397} Therefore{H3651} thou shalt know{H3045} what thy servant{H5650} will do.{H6213} And Achish{H397} said{H559} to David,{H1732} Therefore will I make{H7760} thee keeper{H8104} of my head{H7218} for ever.{H3117}
  • 1 Sam 29:2-30:3 : 2 And the lords{H5633} of the Philistines{H6430} passed on{H5674} by hundreds,{H3967} and by thousands;{H505} and David{H1732} and his men{H582} passed on{H5674} in the rearward{H314} with Achish.{H397} 3 Then said{H559} the princes{H8269} of the Philistines,{H6430} What [do] these Hebrews{H5680} [here]? And Achish{H397} said{H559} unto the princes{H8269} of the Philistines,{H6430} Is not this David,{H1732} the servant{H5650} of Saul{H7586} the king{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} who hath been with me these days,{H3117} or [rather] these years,{H8141} and I have found{H4672} no fault{H3972} in him since{H3117} he fell{H5307} away [unto me] unto this day?{H3117} 4 But he princes{H8269} of the Philistines{H6430} were wroth{H7107} with him; and the princes{H8269} of the Philistines{H6430} said{H559} unto him, Make{H7725} the man{H376} return,{H7725} that he may go back{H7725} to his place{H4725} where thou hast appointed{H6485} him, and let him not go down{H3381} with us to battle,{H4421} lest in the battle{H4421} he become an adversary{H7854} to us: for wherewith should this [fellow] reconcile{H7521} himself unto his lord?{H113} should it not be with the heads{H7218} of these men?{H582} 5 Is not this David,{H1732} of whom they sang{H6030} one to another in dances,{H4246} saying,{H559} Saul{H7586} hath slain{H5221} his thousands,{H505} And David{H1732} his ten thousands?{H505} 6 Then Achish{H397} called{H7121} David,{H1732} and said{H559} unto him, As Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} thou hast been upright,{H3477} and thy going out{H3318} and thy coming in{H935} with me in the host{H4264} is good{H2896} in my sight;{H5869} for I have not found{H4672} evil{H7451} in thee since the day{H3117} of thy coming{H935} unto me unto this day:{H3117} nevertheless the lords{H5633} favor{H2896} thee not.{H5869} 7 Wherefore now return,{H7725} and go{H3212} in peace,{H7965} that thou displease{H7451} not the lords{H5633} of the Philistines.{H6430} 8 And David{H1732} said{H559} unto Achish,{H397} But what have I done?{H6213} and what hast thou found{H4672} in thy servant{H5650} so long as{H3117} I have been before thee{H6440} unto this day,{H3117} that I may not go{H935} and fight{H3898} against the enemies{H341} of my lord{H113} the king?{H4428} 9 And Achish{H397} answered{H6030} and said{H559} to David,{H1732} I know{H3045} that thou art good{H2896} in my sight,{H5869} as an angel{H4397} of God:{H430} notwithstanding the princes{H8269} of the Philistines{H6430} have said,{H559} He shall not go up{H5927} with us to the battle.{H4421} 10 Wherefore now rise up early{H7925} in the morning{H1242} with the servants{H5650} of thy lord{H113} that are come{H935} with thee; and as soon as ye are up early{H7925} in the morning,{H1242} and have light,{H215} depart.{H3212} 11 So David{H1732} rose up early,{H7925} he and his men,{H582} to depart{H3212} in the morning,{H1242} to return{H7725} into the land{H776} of the Philistines.{H6430} And the Philistines{H6430} went up{H5927} to Jezreel.{H3157} 1 And it came to pass, when David{H1732} and his men{H582} were come{H935} to Ziklag{H6860} on the third{H7992} day,{H3117} that the Amalekites{H6003} had made a raid{H6584} upon the South,{H5045} and upon Ziklag,{H6860} and had smitten{H5221} Ziklag,{H6860} and burned{H8313} it with fire,{H784} 2 and had taken captive{H7617} the women{H802} [and all] that were therein, both small{H6996} and great:{H1419} they slew{H4191} not any,{H376} but carried them off,{H5090} and went{H3212} their way.{H1870} 3 And when David{H1732} and his men{H582} came{H935} to the city,{H5892} behold, it was burned{H8313} with fire;{H784} and their wives,{H802} and their sons,{H1121} and their daughters,{H1323} were taken captive.{H7617}
  • Ps 116:11 : 11 I said{H559} in my haste,{H2648} All men{H120} are liars.{H3576}
  • Prov 3:5-6 : 5 Trust{H982} in Jehovah{H3068} with all thy heart,{H3820} And lean{H8172} not upon thine own understanding:{H998} 6 In all thy ways{H1870} acknowledge{H3045} him, And he will direct{H3474} thy paths.{H734}
  • Prov 13:12 : 12 Hope{H8431} deferred{H4900} maketh the heart{H3820} sick;{H2470} But when the desire{H8378} cometh,{H935} it is a tree{H6086} of life.{H2416}
  • Isa 30:15-16 : 15 For thus said{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H3069} the Holy One{H6918} of Israel,{H3478} In returning{H7729} and rest{H5183} shall ye be saved;{H3467} in quietness{H8252} and in confidence{H985} shall be your strength.{H1369} And ye would{H14} not: 16 but ye said,{H559} No, for we will flee{H5127} upon horses;{H5483} therefore shall ye flee:{H5127} and, We will ride{H7392} upon the swift;{H7031} therefore shall they that pursue{H7291} you be swift.{H7043}
  • Isa 40:27-31 : 27 Why sayest{H559} thou, O Jacob,{H3290} and speakest,{H1696} O Israel,{H3478} My way{H1870} is hid{H5641} from Jehovah,{H3068} and the justice{H4941} [due] to me is passed away{H5674} from my God?{H430} 28 Hast thou not known?{H3045} hast thou not heard?{H8085} The everlasting{H5769} God,{H430} Jehovah,{H3068} the Creator{H1254} of the ends{H7098} of the earth,{H776} fainteth{H3286} not, neither is weary;{H3021} there is no searching{H2714} of his understanding.{H8394} 29 He giveth{H5414} power{H3581} to the faint;{H3287} and to him that hath no might{H202} he increaseth{H7235} strength.{H6109} 30 Even the youths{H5288} shall faint{H3286} and be weary,{H3021} and the young men{H970} shall utterly{H3782} fall:{H3782} 31 but they that wait{H6960} for Jehovah{H3068} shall renew{H2498} their strength;{H3581} they shall mount up{H5927} with wings{H83} as eagles;{H5404} they shall run,{H7323} and not be weary;{H3021} they shall walk,{H3212} and not faint.{H3286}
  • Isa 51:12 : 12 I, even I, am he that comforteth{H5162} you: who art thou, that thou art afraid{H3372} of man{H582} that shall die,{H4191} and of the son{H1121} of man{H120} that shall be made{H5414} as grass;{H2682}
  • Lam 3:26-27 : 26 It is good{H2896} that a man should hope{H3175} and quietly wait{H1748} for the salvation{H8668} of Jehovah.{H3068} 27 It is good{H2896} for a man{H1397} that he bear{H5375} the yoke{H5923} in his youth.{H5271}
  • Matt 14:31 : 31 And{G1161} immediately{G2112} Jesus{G2424} stretched forth{G1614} his hand,{G5495} and took hold{G1949} of him,{G846} and{G2532} saith{G3004} unto him,{G846} O thou of little faith,{G1519} wherefore{G5101} didst thou doubt?{G1365}
  • Mark 4:40 : 40 And{G2532} he said{G2036} unto them,{G846} Why{G5101} are ye{G2075} fearful?{G1169} have{G2192} ye{G4459} not{G3756} yet faith?{G4102}
  • 2 Cor 7:5 : 5 For{G1063} even when{G2532} we were come{G2064} into{G1519} Macedonia{G3109} our{G2257} flesh{G4561} had{G2192} no{G3762} relief,{G425} but{G235} [we]{G2257} [were] afflicted{G2346} on{G1722} every side;{G3956} without{G1855} [were] fightings,{G3163} within{G2081} [were] fears.{G5401}