1 Samuel 27:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Gen 34:30 : 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have troubled me by making me despised among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I, being few in number, they will gather together against me and slay me, and I shall be destroyed, I and my household.
  • 1 Sam 13:4 : 4 And all Israel heard that Saul had struck a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel was in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together to Saul at Gilgal.

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  • 1 Sam 28:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

    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.

    2And David said to Achish, Surely, you shall see what your servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore, I will make you keeper of my head forever.

  • 1 Sam 21:10-14
    5 verses
    79%

    10And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

    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.

    13And he changed his behavior before them, and pretended to be mad in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.

    14Then Achish said to his servants, Look, you see the man is mad: why have you brought him to me?

  • 1 Sam 29:2-4
    3 verses
    78%

    2And the lords of the Philistines passed by hundreds and thousands, but David and his men passed in the rear with Achish.

    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?

    4But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him, and the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make this fellow return, that he may go back to the place you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For how could he reconcile himself to his master, if not with the heads of these men?

  • 1 Sam 29:6-9
    4 verses
    77%

    6Then Achish called David and said to him, Surely, as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and your going out and coming in with me in the army is good in my sight, for I have found no evil in you since the day of your coming to me until this day; nevertheless the lords do not favor you.

    7Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you do not displease the lords of the Philistines.

    8And David said to Achish, But what have I done? and what have you found in your servant since I have been with you until this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

    9And Achish answered and said to David, I know that you are good in my sight, like an angel of God; notwithstanding, the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

  • 1 Sam 27:9-11
    3 verses
    77%

    9And David struck the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, the oxen, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothes, and returned and came to Achish.

    10And Achish said, Where have you made a raid today? And David said, Against the south of Judah, against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

    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.

  • 1 Sam 27:1-7
    7 verses
    75%

    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.

    3And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite, and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal's wife.

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

    5And David said to Achish, If I have now found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?

    6Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day. Therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.

    7And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

  • 2 Sam 3:18
    72%

    18Now then do it, for the LORD has spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.

  • 1 Sam 18:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29And Saul was yet more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.

    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 23:10
    72%

    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 22:14
    71%

    14Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all your servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your house?

  • 1 Sam 24:9
    71%

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

  • 1 Sam 30:15
    71%

    15And David said to him, Can you bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear to me by God, that you will neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this company.

  • 1 Sam 23:12
    71%

    12Then David said, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver you up.

  • 1 Sam 18:5
    71%

    5And David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

  • 1 Sam 18:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24And the servants of Saul told him, saying, This is what David spoke.

    25And Saul said, Thus shall you say to David, The king desires no dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 17:9
    70%

    9If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you will be our servants and serve us.

  • 1 Sam 18:22
    70%

    22And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Speak with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.

  • 2 Sam 5:12
    70%

    12And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    70%

    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 17:32
    70%

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

  • 1 Sam 25:21
    70%

    21Now David had said, Surely in vain have I protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missing of all that belonged to him, and he has repaid me evil for good.

  • 2 Sam 15:8
    69%

    8For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall truly bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 18:13
    69%

    13And he put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David wherever he went.

  • 2 Sam 19:27
    69%

    27And he has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God; do therefore what is good in your eyes.

  • 1 Sam 24:22
    69%

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

  • 1 Sam 18:15
    69%

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

  • 1 Sam 18:12
    69%

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

  • 1 Sam 17:37
    69%

    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 26:10
    69%

    10David said furthermore, "As the LORD lives, the LORD will strike him, or his day will come to die, or he shall go down into battle and perish."

  • 1 Sam 22:23
    69%

    23Stay with me, fear not: for he that seeks my life seeks your life: but with me you shall be safe.