1 Samuel
1 Samuel 27
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1 Samuel 27 — Scripture text (King James Version)
And said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of : there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the ; and shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of : so shall I escape out of his hand. And arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto , the son of , king of . And dwelt with at , he and his men, every man with his household, even with his two wives, Ahinoam the , and the , Nabal’s wife. And it was told that was fled to : and he sought no more again for him. And said unto , If I have now found in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee? Then gave him that day: wherefore pertaineth unto the kings of unto this day. And the time that dwelt in the country of the was a full year and four months. And and his men went up, and invaded the , and the , and the : for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to , even unto the land of . And smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the , and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to . And said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And said, Against the south of , and against the south of the , and against the south of the . And saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to , saying, Lest they should tell us, saying, So did , and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the . And believed , saying, He hath made his people utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.