1 Samuel 27:1 Topical Bible

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David, however, said to himself, "One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand."

People

Abigail, Achish, Ahinoam, Amalekites, Carmelitess, David, Gerzites, Geshurites, Gezrites, Girzites, Gizrites, Israelites, Jerahmeel, Jerahmeelites, Jezreel, Jezreelitess, Jizreelitess, Kenites, Maoch, Nabal, Saul

Places

Carmel, Egypt, Gath, Hebron, Negeb, Shur Desert, Ziklag, Ziph

Topics

Able, Anymore, Anywhere, Best, Better, Border, Borders, Coast, Consumed, David, Death, Despair, Despairing, Destroyed, Diligently, Escape, Escaped, Heart, Hope, Limits, Longer, Nothing, Perish, Philistines, Saul, Searching, Seek, Seeking, Slip, Speedily, Swept, Taking, Territory, Within

Outline

1. Saul, hearing David to be in Gath, seeks no more for him
5. David begs Ziklag of Achish
8. He, invading other countries, persuades Achish he fought against Judah.

Dictionary of Bible Themes

1 Samuel 27:1-6

5086 David, rise of

1 Samuel 27:1-12

8830 suspicion

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Library

Early Days
The life of David is naturally divided into epochs, of which we may avail ourselves for the more ready arrangement of our material. These are--his early years up to his escape from the court of Saul, his exile, the prosperous beginning of his reign, his sin and penitence, his flight before Absalom's rebellion, and the darkened end. We have but faint incidental traces of his life up to his anointing by Samuel, with which the narrative in the historical books opens. But perhaps the fact that the story …
Alexander Maclaren—The Life of David

The Exile --Continued.
As our purpose in this volume is not a complete biography, it will not be necessary to dwell on the subsequent portions of the exile, inasmuch as there is little reference to these in the psalms. We must pass over even that exquisite episode of Abigail, whose graceful presence and "most subtle flow of silver-paced counsel" soothed David's ruffled spirit, and led him captive at once as in a silken leash. The glimpse of old-world ways in the story, the rough mirth of the shearers, the hint of the kind …
Alexander Maclaren—The Life of David

Samuel
Alike from the literary and the historical point of view, the book[1] of Samuel stands midway between the book of Judges and the book of Kings. As we have already seen, the Deuteronomic book of Judges in all probability ran into Samuel and ended in ch. xii.; while the story of David, begun in Samuel, embraces the first two chapters of the first book of Kings. The book of Samuel is not very happily named, as much of it is devoted to Saul and the greater part to David; yet it is not altogether inappropriate, …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

Parallel Verses

NASB: Then David said to himself, "Now I will perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape into the land of the Philistines. Saul then will despair of searching for me anymore in all the territory of Israel, and I will escape from his hand."

KJV: 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.

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