1Sam 27
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And David said in his heart, Now shall I be one day delivered for death into the hands
of Saul; and there is no good thing for me unless I should escape into the land of
the Philistines, and Saul should cease from seeking me Gr. into through every coast of Israel: so I shall escape out of his
hand.
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So David arose, and the six hundred men that were with him, and he went to Anchus,
son Ammach, king of Geth.
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And David dwelt with Anchus, he and his men, each with his family; and David and both
his wives, Achinaam, the Jezraelitess, and Abigaia the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
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And it was told Saul that David had fled to Geth; and he no longer sought after him.
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And David said to Anchus, If now your servant has found grace in your eyes, let them
give me, I pray you, a place in one of the cities in the country, and I will dwell
there: for why does your servant dwell with you in a Gr. city reigned over royal city?
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And he gave him Sekelac in that day: therefore Sekelac came into possession of the
king of Judea to this day.
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And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was
four months.
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And David and his men went up, and made an attack on all the Gesirites and on the
Amalekites: and behold, the land was inhabited, (even the land The LXX have rendered hrwv …Mlwem of old to Shur, by apo gelamqour
from Gelampsur) by those who come from the fortified cities even to the land of Egypt.
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And he smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive; and they took flocks,
and herds, and asses, and camels, and raiment; and they returned and came to Anchus.
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And Anchus said to David, On whom have you made an attack to-day? And David said to
Anchus, On the south of Judea, and on the south of Jesmega, and on the south of the
Kenezite.
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And I have not saved man or woman alive to bring them to Geth, saying, Lest they carry
a report to Geth against us, saying, These things David does. And this was his manner
all the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines.
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So David had the full confidence of Anchus, Gr. saying who said, He is thoroughly disgraced among his people in Israel and
he shall be my
servant for ever.