1 Samuel 21:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And David took these words to heart, fearing Achish, the king of Gath.

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  • Luke 2:19 : 19 But Mary kept all these words in her heart, and gave much thought to them.
  • Luke 2:51 : 51 And he went down with them and came to Nazareth; and did as he was ordered: and his mother kept all these words in her heart.
  • Gen 12:11-13 : 11 Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye; 12 And I am certain that when the men of Egypt see you, they will say, This is his wife: and they will put me to death and keep you. 13 Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.
  • Gen 26:7 : 7 And when he was questioned by the men of the place about his wife, he said, She is my sister; fearing to say, She is my wife; for, he said, the men of the place may put me to death on account of Rebekah; because she is very beautiful.
  • 1 Sam 21:10 : 10 Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.
  • Ps 34:4 : 4 I was searching for the Lord, and he gave ear to my voice, and made me free from all my fears.
  • Ps 56:3 : 3 In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.
  • Ps 119:11 : 11 I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.

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  • 1 Sam 21:10-11
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    10 Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.

    11 And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David, the king of the land? did they not make songs about him in their dances, saying, Saul has put to death thousands, and David tens of thousands?

  • 1 Sam 21:13-14
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    13 So changing his behaviour before them, he made it seem as if he was off his head, hammering on the doors of the town, and letting the water from his mouth go down his chin.

    14 Then Achish said to his servants, Look! the man is clearly off his head; why have you let him come before me?

  • 1 Sam 27:9-12
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    9 And David again and again made attacks on the land till not a man or a woman was still living; and he took away the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the camels and the clothing; and he came back to Achish.

    10 And every time Achish said, Where have you been fighting today? David said, Against the South of Judah and the South of the Jerahmeelites and the South of the Kenites.

    11 Not one living man or woman did David ever take back with him to Gath, fearing that they might give an account of what had taken place, and say, This is what David did, and so has he been doing all the time while he has been living in the land of the Philistines.

    12 And Achish had belief in what David said, saying, He has made himself hated by all his people Israel, and so he will be my servant for ever.

  • 1 Sam 27:1-5
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    1 And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.

    2 So David and the six hundred men who were with him went over to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

    3 And David and his men were living with Achish at Gath; every man had his family with him, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, who had been the wife of Nabal.

    4 And Saul, hearing that David had gone to Gath, went after him no longer.

    5 Then David said to Achish, If now I have grace in your eyes, let me have a place in one of the smaller towns of your land, to be my living-place; for it is not right for your servant to be living with you in the king's town.

  • 1 Sam 17:11
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    11 And Saul and all Israel, hearing those words of the Philistine, were troubled and full of fear.

  • 1 Sam 18:15
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    15 And when Saul saw how wisely he did, he was in fear of him.

  • 1 Chr 13:12
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    12 And so great was David's fear of God that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?

  • 1 Sam 28:1-2
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    1 Now in those days the Philistines got their forces together to make war on Israel. And Achish said to David, Certainly you and your men are to go out with me to the fight.

    2 And David said to Achish, You will see now what your servant will do. And Achish said to David, Then I will make you keeper of my head for ever.

  • 1 Sam 18:11-12
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    11 And Saul, balancing the spear in his hand, said, I will give David a blow, pinning him to the wall. And David got away from him twice.

    12 And Saul went in fear of David, because the Lord was with David and had gone away from Saul.

  • 2 Sam 6:9
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    9 And such was David's fear of the Lord that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?

  • 1 Sam 29:2-4
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    2 And the lords of the Philistines went on with their hundreds and their thousands, and David and his men came after with Achish.

    3 Then the rulers of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews doing here? And Achish said to the rulers of the Philistines, Is this not David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me for a year or two, and I have never seen any wrong in him from the time when he came to me till now?

    4 But the rulers of the Philistines were angry with him, and said to him, Make the man go back to the place you have given him; do not let him go down with us to the fight, or he may be turned against us and be false to us: for how will this man make peace with his lord? will it not be with the heads of these men?

  • 1 Sam 24:9
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    9 And after that David came out of the hollow rock, and crying after Saul said, My lord the king. And when Saul gave a look back, David went down on his face and gave him honour.

  • 1 Sam 17:23-24
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    23 And while he was talking to them, the fighter, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came out from the Philistines' lines and said the same words, in David's hearing.

    24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw him, went in flight, overcome with fear.

  • 1 Sam 23:3
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    3 And David's men said to him, Even here in Judah we are full of fear: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

  • 1 Sam 17:31-32
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    31 And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.

    32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart become feeble because of him; I, your servant, will go out and have a fight with this Philistine.

  • 1 Sam 18:29-30
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    29 And Saul's fear of David became all the greater, and he went on hating him, day by day.

    30 Then the rulers of the Philistines went out to war: and whenever they went out, David did more wisely than all the other servants of Saul, so that his name became greatly honoured.

  • 1 Sam 29:8-9
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    8 And David said to Achish, But what have I done? what have you seen in your servant while I have been with you till this day, that I may not go and take up arms against those who are now making war on my lord the king?

    9 And Achish in answer said, It is true that in my eyes you are good, like an angel of God: but still, the rulers of the Philistines have said, He is not to go up with us to the fight.

  • 1 Sam 28:5
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    5 And when Saul saw the Philistine army he was troubled, and his heart was moved with fear.

  • 1 Sam 21:1
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    1 Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was full of fear at meeting David, and said to him, Why are you by yourself, having no man with you?

  • 1 Chr 14:17
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    17 And David's name was honoured in all lands; and the Lord put the fear of him on all nations.

  • 1 Sam 23:10
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    10 Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.

  • 2 Sam 1:14
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    14 And David said to him, Had you no fear of stretching out your hand to put to death the one marked with the holy oil?

  • 1 Sam 29:6
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    6 Then Achish sent for David and said to him, By the living Lord, you are upright, and everything you have done with me in the army has been pleasing to me: I have seen no evil in you from the day when you came to me till now: but still, the lords are not pleased with you.

  • 1 Sam 24:22
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    22 So give me your oath by the Lord, that you will not put an end to my seed after me or let my name be cut off from my father's family.

  • 1 Sam 19:2
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    2 And Jonathan said to David, Saul, my father, is purposing your death: so now, take care in the morning, and keep yourself safe in a secret place:

  • 2 Sam 21:15
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    15 And the Philistines went to war again with Israel; and David went down with his people, and while they were at Gob they had a fight with the Philistines:

  • 2 Sam 5:17
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    17 And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over Israel, they all went up in search of David; and David, hearing of it, went down to the strong place.

  • 1 Chr 18:1
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    1 And it came about after this that David made an attack on the Philistines and overcame them, and took Gath with its daughter-towns out of the hands of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 18:24
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    24 And the servants of Saul gave him an account of what David had said.

  • 1 Chr 20:8
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    8 These were of the offspring of the Rephaim in Gath; they came to their death by the hands of David and his servants.

  • 1 Sam 26:17
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    17 And Saul, conscious that the voice was David's, said, Is that your voice, David, my son? And David said, It is my voice, O my lord king.

  • 1 Sam 24:3
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    3 Then Saul took three thousand of the best men out of all Israel, and went in search of David and his men on the rocks of the mountain goats.

  • 1 Chr 21:30
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    30 But David was not able to go before it to get directions from the Lord, so great was his fear of the sword of the angel of the Lord.