1 Samuel 21:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

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  • 1 Sam 27:1-2 : 1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should quickly escape into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will despair of me, to seek me any longer in any territory of Israel. Thus I will escape out of his hand. 2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men who were with him to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
  • 1 Kgs 19:3 : 3 And when he saw that, he arose, and ran for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
  • Ps 34:1-9 : 1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear of it and be glad. 3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. 4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5 They looked to him and were radiant: and their faces were not ashamed. 6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 7 The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. 8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man who trusts in him. 9 O fear the LORD, you his saints: for there is no lack to those who fear him. 10 The young lions lack and suffer hunger: but those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing. 11 Come, you children, listen to me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. 12 Who is the man that desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good? 13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit. 14 Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. 15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. 16 The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them, and delivers them out of all their troubles. 18 The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart; and saves such as have a contrite spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivers him out of them all. 20 He guards all his bones: not one of them is broken. 21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and those who hate the righteous shall be desolate. 22 The LORD redeems the soul of his servants: and none of those who trust in him shall be desolate.
  • Jer 26:21 : 21 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death; but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid and fled and went into Egypt;

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  • 1 Sam 21:11-12
    2 verses
    86%

    11And the servants of Achish said to him, Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing to one another of him in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

    12And David took these words to heart and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 27:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

    1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should quickly escape into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will despair of me, to seek me any longer in any territory of Israel. Thus I will escape out of his hand.

    2And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men who were with him to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 27:4
    81%

    4And it was told to Saul that David had fled to Gath, and he sought no more for him.

  • 1 Sam 18:11-12
    2 verses
    79%

    11And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will strike David even to the wall with it. And David avoided his presence twice.

    12And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and had departed from Saul.

  • 1 Sam 19:10
    79%

    10And Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the javelin, but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he drove the javelin into the wall; and David fled and escaped that night.

  • 1 Sam 17:11
    78%

    11When Saul and all Israel heard the words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

  • 1 Sam 17:23-24
    2 verses
    78%

    23As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath named Goliath came from the ranks of the Philistines and spoke the same words as before, and David heard them.

    24All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were very afraid.

  • 1 Sam 28:1
    78%

    1In those days, the Philistines gathered their armies for war, to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, Be assured, you shall go out with me to battle, you and your men.

  • 1 Sam 23:26
    78%

    26And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men, intending to capture them.

  • 1 Sam 23:13-15
    3 verses
    78%

    13Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. And it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah; and he refrained from going forth.

    14And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

    15And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a forest.

  • 1 Sam 19:18
    77%

    18So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.

  • 1 Sam 17:31-33
    3 verses
    76%

    31When the words that David spoke were heard, they repeated them before Saul, and he sent for him.

    32David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

    33Saul said to David, You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are just a youth, and he has been a man of war from his youth.

  • 1 Sam 24:7-9
    3 verses
    76%

    7So David restrained his servants with these words and did not allow them to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave and went on his way.

    8David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth and showed respect.

    9And David said to Saul, Why do you listen to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks your harm?

  • 1 Sam 23:10
    76%

    10Then David said, O LORD God of Israel, your servant has certainly heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

  • 1 Sam 17:48
    76%

    48When the Philistine arose and came near to meet David, David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

  • 1 Sam 18:15
    76%

    15Therefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.

  • 1 Sam 21:1
    75%

    1Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David and said to him, Why are you alone, and no man with you?

  • 1 Chr 14:8
    75%

    8When the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it and went out against them.

  • 1 Sam 26:3
    75%

    3And Saul camped on the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the road. But David remained in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul had come after him into the wilderness.

  • 1 Sam 18:30
    75%

    30Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, when they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was highly esteemed.

  • 1 Sam 27:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring news to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, Thus did David, and so will be his way all the time he dwells in the country of the Philistines.

    12And Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel utterly detest him; therefore he will be my servant forever.

  • 1 Sam 24:22
    75%

    22And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

  • 1 Sam 23:3
    75%

    3And David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

  • 1 Sam 24:3
    75%

    3And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. And David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.

  • 1 Sam 19:8
    75%

    8And there was war again; and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.

  • 1 Sam 17:51
    75%

    51David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword, drew it out of its sheath, and killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

  • 1 Sam 22:20
    75%

    20And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

  • 2 Sam 5:17
    75%

    17But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.

  • 1 Sam 17:20
    75%

    20David rose early in the morning, left the sheep with a keeper, took the provisions, and went as Jesse had commanded him; he came to the camp as the army was going out to the fight and shouting for battle.

  • 1 Sam 22:1
    74%

    1David therefore departed from there, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.

  • 1 Sam 17:37
    74%

    37David said moreover, The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine. Saul said to David, Go, and the LORD be with you.

  • 1 Sam 21:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8And David said to Ahimelech, Is there not here on hand a spear or sword? For I have not brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.

    9And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if you will take that, take it, for there is no other but that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it to me.

  • 2 Sam 1:3
    74%

    3And David said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I have escaped from the camp of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 6:9
    74%

    9And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?

  • 1 Chr 10:1
    74%

    1Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell down slain in Mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 29:3
    74%

    3Then the princes of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews doing here? And Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, Is this not David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he defected to me until this day?

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    74%

    57When David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 1 Sam 19:2
    74%

    2But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted greatly in David; and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you; now therefore, I pray you, be on guard until the morning, and stay in a secret place, and hide yourself: