Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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
speedily
escape into
the land of the Philistines ;
and Saul shall
despair
of me ,
to
seek
me any more in any
coast
of Israel :
so
shall
I escape
out of his hand.
And David saith
unto
his heart, `
Now am
I
consumed
one day by the hand of Saul ;
there is nothing for me better
than that I diligently
escape unto
the land of the Philistines ,
and Saul hath
been
despairing
of me --
of
seeking
me any more in all
the
border
of Israel ,
and
I have
escaped
out of his hand. '
And David arose
, and he
passed
over with
the
six hundred men that
were
with him unto Achish ,
the
son of Maoch ,
king of Gath .
And David riseth
, and passeth
over ,
he
and
six hundred men who
`are'
with him ,
unto Achish son of Maoch king of Gath ;
And David dwelt
with Achish at
Gath, he and his men, every
man
with his household, even David with
his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess ,
Nabal's
wife
.
and David dwelleth
with Achish in
Gath, he and his men, each
one
with his household, `
even '
David and
his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife
of
Nabal
the Carmelitess.
And it was
told
Saul that David was
fled to Gath :
and he sought
no
more again
for
him.
And it is
declared
to
Saul that David hath
fled to Gath ,
and he hath
not
added
any
more to
seek
him.
And David said
unto Achish, If I have now
found grace 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?
And David saith
unto Achish, `
If ,
I pray
thee,
I
have found grace in thine eyes, they
give to
me a place in one
of
the cities
of
the
field
, and
I dwell there ,
yea,
why doth
thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee? '
Then
Achish gave
him Ziklag
that day :
wherefore
Ziklag pertaineth
unto
the kings of Judah unto
this day.
And
Achish giveth
to
him in
that day Ziklag ,
therefore
hath
Ziklag
been
to
the kings of Judah till
this day.
And the time
that
David dwelt in the country
of the Philistines was
a
full
year
and four months .
And the number
of
the
days
which
David hath
dwelt in the field
of the Philistines `is'
days
and four months ;
And David and his men went
up
, and invaded
the Geshurites
, and the Gezrites
, and the Amalekites:
for those
nations
were
of
old
the
inhabitants of the land, as thou goest
to Shur ,
even
unto the land of Egypt .
and David goeth
up
and his men, and they
push
unto
the Geshurite
, and the Gerizite
, and the Amalekite,
(
for they
are
inhabitants of the land from
of
old)
, as thou comest
in
to Shur and
unto the land of Egypt ,
And David smote
the land, and left
neither
man nor
woman alive
, and took
away
the
sheep, and the
oxen, and the
asses, and the
camels, and the
apparel
, and returned
, and came
to
Achish.
and David hath
smitten
the land, and doth
not
keep
alive
man and
woman, and hath
taken
sheep, and oxen, and asses, and camels, and garments
, and turneth
back
, and cometh
in
unto
Achish.
And Achish said
, Whither have ye made
a
road
to day? And David said
, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites
, and against
the south of the Kenites
.
And Achish saith
, `
Whither have ye pushed
to -
day? '
and David saith
, `
Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelite
, and unto
the south of the Kenite
. '
And
David
saved
neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings
to Gath, saying, Lest they should
tell
on
us, saying, So
did
David, and so
will
be
his manner
all the while
he dwelleth
in the country
of the Philistines.
Neither man nor woman doth
David
keep
alive, to bring in
`word'
to Gath, saying, `
Lest they declare
`it'
against
us, saying, Thus
hath
David done
, and thus
`is'
his custom
all the days
that
he hath
dwelt
in the fields
of the Philistines. '
And Achish believed
David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly
to abhor
him;
therefore
he
shall
be
my
servant
for ever
.
And Achish believeth
in
David, saying, `
He hath made himself
utterly
abhorred
among
his people ,
in
Israel ,
and
hath
been
to me
for a
servant
age-during
. '
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