1 Samuel 27:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So Achish straight away gave him Ziklag: and for that reason Ziklag has been the property of the kings of Judah to this day.

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  • Neh 11:28 : 28 And in Ziklag, and in Meconah and its daughter-towns,
  • Josh 15:31 : 31 And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah;
  • Josh 19:5 : 5 And Ziklag and Beth-marcaboth and Hazar-susah
  • 1 Sam 19:5 : 5 For he put his life in danger and overcame the Philistine, and the Lord gave all Israel salvation: you saw it and were glad: why then are you sinning against him who has done no wrong, desiring the death of David without cause?
  • 1 Sam 30:1 : 1 Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made an attack on the South and on Ziklag, and had overcome Ziklag and put it on fire;
  • 1 Sam 30:14 : 14 We made an attack on the south part of the country of the Cherethites, and on the land which is Judah's, and on the south of Caleb; and we put Ziklag on fire.
  • 2 Sam 1:1 : 1 Now after the death of Saul, when David, having come back from the destruction of the Amalekites, had been in Ziklag for two days;
  • 1 Chr 4:30 : 30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
  • 1 Chr 12:1 : 1 Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still shut up, because of Saul, the son of Kish; they were among the strong men, his helpers in war.
  • 1 Chr 12:20 : 20 Then when he went back to Ziklag, there came over to him, of the men of Manasseh, Adnah and Jozabad and Jediael and Michael and Jozabad and Elihu and Zillethai, captains of thousands from the armies of Manasseh.

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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 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.

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    25 And so he made it a rule and an order for Israel from that day till now.

    26 And when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the goods to the responsible men of Judah, and to his friends, saying, Here is an offering for you from the goods of those who were fighting against the Lord;

    27 He sent to those who were in Beth-el, and in Ramah of the South, and in Jattir;

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    1 Now after the death of Saul, when David, having come back from the destruction of the Amalekites, had been in Ziklag for two days;

  • 1 Sam 27:7
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    7 And David was living in the land of the Philistines for the space of a year and four months.

  • Neh 11:28
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    28 And in Ziklag, and in Meconah and its daughter-towns,

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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?

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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?

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