1 Samuel 27:7

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David lived in Philistine territory for a year and four months.

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  • 1 Sam 29:3 : 3 The Philistine commanders asked, "What are these Hebrews doing here?" Achish replied to the Philistine commanders, "Isn't this David, the servant of Saul, king of Israel, who has been with me for days or years? I have found no fault in him from the day he defected to me until now."

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  • 2 Sam 2:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10Ish-bosheth, son of Saul, was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he reigned for two years. However, the house of Judah was loyal to David.

    11The length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

  • 1 Sam 27:1-6
    6 verses
    75%

    1David said to himself, "One day I will perish at the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up looking for me throughout the territory of Israel, and I will be safe from him."

    2So David arose and went over with his six hundred men to Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath.

    3David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each with their households, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel.

    4When Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, he no longer pursued him.

    5Then David said to Achish, "If I have found favor in your eyes, let me have a place in one of the country towns, so that I may live there. Why should your servant remain living in the royal city with you?"

    6So that day, Achish gave him Ziklag, and it has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since.

  • 1 Sam 29:2-4
    3 verses
    74%

    2The Philistine rulers marched with their units of hundreds and thousands, and David and his men were marching at the rear with Achish.

    3The Philistine commanders asked, "What are these Hebrews doing here?" Achish replied to the Philistine commanders, "Isn't this David, the servant of Saul, king of Israel, who has been with me for days or years? I have found no fault in him from the day he defected to me until now."

    4But the Philistine commanders were angry with him and said to him, "Send the man back! Let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go with us into battle, or he might become our adversary during the fighting. How better to regain his master's favor than with the heads of our men?

  • 1 Sam 27:8-12
    5 verses
    73%

    8Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites, for they had been living in the land from ancient times, from the route to Shur as far as the land of Egypt.

    9David attacked the land and did not leave alive a man or woman. He took sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing, and then he returned and went to Achish.

    10When Achish asked, "Where did you raid today?" David replied, "Against the Negev of Judah, against the Negev of the Jerahmeelites, and against the Negev of the Kenites."

    11David did not leave alive a man or woman to bring to Gath, for he thought, "They might inform against us, saying, 'This is what David did.'" This was his practice the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.

    12Achish trusted David and thought, "He has made himself utterly detestable to his own people Israel, and he will be my servant forever."

  • 1 Sam 28:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1In those days, the Philistines gathered their armies to wage war against Israel, and Achish said to David, "You surely know that you and your men will go out with me in the army."

    2David replied to Achish, "Then you will know what your servant can accomplish." Achish said to David, "Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life."

  • 2 Sam 5:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned for forty years.

    5In Hebron, he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem, he reigned over all Israel and Judah for thirty-three years.

  • 1 Sam 17:16
    73%

    16The Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand for forty days.

  • 1 Sam 6:1
    72%

    1The ark of the LORD remained in the territory of the Philistines for seven months.

  • 1 Kgs 2:11
    71%

    11David reigned over Israel for forty years: seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 1:1
    70%

    1After the death of Saul, David returned from defeating the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag for two days.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
    69%

    10The priest replied, 'The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want it, take it. There is no other here.' David said, 'There is none like it; give it to me.'

  • 2 Sam 23:14
    69%

    14At that time, David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.

  • 1 Chr 29:27
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    27He ruled over Israel for forty years: seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Sam 29:6-8
    3 verses
    69%

    6So Achish called David and said to him, "As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and your conduct with me in the camp has been good in my eyes. I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until today. But the rulers don’t approve of you.

    7Now turn back and go in peace, so you don’t displease the Philistine rulers.

    8David said to Achish, "But what have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day I first came to you until now, that I may not go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?"

  • 1 Chr 18:1
    69%

    1After this, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its surrounding villages from the control of the Philistines.

  • 1 Chr 14:8
    69%

    8When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, they went up in full force to search for him, but David heard about it and went out to face them.

  • 2 Sam 5:17
    69%

    17When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed as king over Israel, they went up in full force to search for him. But David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.

  • 1 Sam 22:4
    69%

    4So he brought them before the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was in the stronghold.

  • 1 Kgs 2:39
    69%

    39But after three years, two of Shimei's servants ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. When Shimei was told, 'Your servants are in Gath,'

  • 1 Chr 11:7
    68%

    7David then took up residence in the stronghold, and it was called the city of David.

  • 1 Chr 11:16
    68%

    16At that time, David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.

  • 1 Sam 18:30
    68%

    30The Philistine commanders continued to go out to battle, but every time they went out, David had more success than all of Saul’s servants, and he became highly esteemed.

  • 1 Sam 7:2
    68%

    2From the day the Ark came to rest in Kiriath-jearim, a long time passed—twenty years in all. During that time, the entire house of Israel lamented and sought after the LORD.

  • 2 Sam 5:25
    68%

    25So David did as the LORD commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Geba to Gezer.

  • 1 Sam 23:14
    68%

    14David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul searched for him every day, but God did not hand David over to him.

  • 1 Sam 19:8
    67%

    8War broke out again. David went out to fight the Philistines and struck them with a great slaughter, causing them to flee before him.

  • 1 Sam 24:1
    67%

    1David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of En-gedi.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    67%

    57As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the Philistine's head still in his hand.

  • 1 Sam 17:23
    67%

    23As he was speaking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, stepped out from his lines and shouted his usual words, and David heard them.

  • 1 Sam 17:54
    67%

    54David took the Philistine's head and brought it to Jerusalem, but he kept the Philistine's weapons in his tent.

  • 1 Chr 14:16
    67%

    16David did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.

  • 1 Sam 17:12
    67%

    12Now David was the son of an Ephrathite man named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and in Saul's time, he was old and advanced in years.

  • 2 Sam 8:1
    67%

    1After this, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them; he took control of the bridle of the mother-city from the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 17:4
    67%

    4Then a champion emerged from the Philistine camp, named Goliath, from Gath. His height was six cubits and a span.