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1 Samuel 27:2
“David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 27
1
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 escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So shall I escape out of his hand.
2
David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
3
David lived 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.
4
It was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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