1 Samuel 27:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Gen 46:34 : 34 You are to say, Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our early days up to now, like our fathers; in this way you will be able to have the land of Goshen for yourselves; because keepers of sheep are unclean in the eyes of the Egyptians.
  • 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,

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  • 1 Sam 27:6-7
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    6 So Achish straight away gave him Ziklag: and for that reason Ziklag has been the property of the kings of Judah to this day.

    7 And David was living in the land of the Philistines for the space of a year and four months.

  • 1 Sam 27:1-4
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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.

  • 1 Sam 29:6-9
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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.

    7 So now go back, and go in peace, so that you do not make the lords of the Philistines angry.

    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 29:3-4
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    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 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 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 Chr 11:7
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    7 And David took the strong tower for his living-place, so it was named the town of David.

  • 1 Sam 21:8-12
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    8 And David said to Ahimelech, Have you no sword or spear with you here? for I have come without my sword and other arms, because the king's business had to be done quickly.

    9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you put to death in the valley of Elah, is here folded in a cloth at the back of the ephod: take that, if you will, for there is no other sword here. And David said, there is no other sword like that; give it to me.

    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?

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

  • 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 15:25
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    25 And the king said to Zadok, Take the ark of God back into the town: if I have grace in the eyes of the Lord, he will let me come back and see it and his House again:

  • 1 Sam 16:22
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    22 And Saul sent to Jesse saying, Let David be with me, for he is pleasing to me.

  • 1 Sam 24:9-10
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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.

    10 And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong?

  • 1 Chr 15:1
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    1 And David made houses for himself in the town of David; and he got ready a place for the ark of God, and put up a tent for it.

  • 1 Sam 25:8
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    8 If your young men are questioned they will say the same thing. So now, let my young men have grace in your eyes, for we are come at a good time; please give anything you may have by you to your servants and to your son David.

  • 1 Sam 20:28-29
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    28 And answering Saul, Jonathan said, He made a request to me that he might go to Beth-lehem,

    29 Saying, Our family is making an offering in the town, and my brothers have given me orders to be there: so now, if I have grace in your eyes, let me go away and see my brothers. This is why he has not come to the king's table.

  • 2 Sam 15:19-20
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    19 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why are you coming with us? go back and keep with the king: for you are a man of another country, you are far from the land of your birth.

    20 It was only yesterday you came to us; why then am I to make you go up and down with us? for I have to go where I may; go back then, and take your countrymen with you, and may the Lord's mercy and good faith be with you.

  • 2 Sam 16:4
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    4 Then the king said to Ziba, Truly everything which was Mephibosheth's is yours. And Ziba said, I give honour to my lord, may I have grace in your eyes, my lord, O king!

  • 1 Sam 18:5
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    5 And David went wherever Saul sent him, and did wisely: and Saul put him at the head of his men of war, and this was pleasing to all the people as well as to Saul's servants.

  • 1 Sam 17:29
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    29 And David said, What have I done now? was it not only a word?

  • 1 Sam 23:12
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    12 Then David said, Will the men of Keilah give me and my men up to Saul? and the Lord said, They will give you up.

  • 1 Sam 26:3
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    3 And Saul put up his tents on the hill of Hachilah, which is in front of the waste land on the road. But David was in the waste land, and he saw that Saul was coming after him.

  • 2 Sam 9:1
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    1 And David said, Is there still anyone of Saul's family living, so that I may be a friend to him, because of Jonathan?

  • 1 Sam 30:15
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    15 And David said to him, Will you take me down to this band? And he said, If you give me your oath that you will not put me to death or give me up to my master, I will take you to them.

  • 1 Sam 22:5
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    5 And the prophet Gad said to David, Do not go on living in this place but go into the land of Judah. Then David went away and came to the woodland of Hereth.

  • 2 Sam 5:7
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    7 But David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.

  • 1 Sam 26:18-19
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    18 And he said, Why does my lord go armed against his servant? what have I done? or what evil is there in me?

    19 Let my lord the king give ear now to the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who is moving you against me, let him take an offering: but if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for driving me out today and keeping me from my place in the heritage of the Lord, saying, Go, be the servant of other gods.

  • 1 Sam 19:18
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    18 So David went in flight and got away and came to Ramah, to Samuel, and gave him an account of all Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and were living in Naioth.

  • 1 Sam 23:2
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    2 So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and make an attack on the Philistines so that Keilah may be kept from falling into their hands.

  • 1 Sam 22:23
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    23 Keep here with me and have no fear; for he who has designs on my life has designs on yours: but with me you will be safe.

  • 1 Sam 23:14
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    14 And David kept in the waste land, in safe places, waiting in the hill-country in the waste land of Ziph. And Saul was searching for him every day, but God did not give him up into his hands.