1 Samuel 21:10
Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.
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1 Samuel 21:10
Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.
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1 Samuel 27:1
And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.
1 Samuel 27:2
So David and the six hundred men who were with him went over to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
1 Samuel 27:3
And David and his men were living with Achish at Gath; every man had his family with him, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, who had been the wife of Nabal.
1 Samuel 27:4
And Saul, hearing that David had gone to Gath, went after him no longer.
2 Samuel 1:20
Give no news of it in Gath, let it not be said in the streets of Ashkelon; or the daughters of the Philistines will be glad, the daughters of men without circumcision will be uplifted in joy.
1 Kings 2:39
But after three years, two of the servants of Shimei went in flight to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And word was given to Shimei that his servants had gone to Gath.
1 Samuel 5:8
So they sent for all the lords of the Philistines to come together there, and said, What are we to do with the ark of the God of Israel? And their answer was, Let the ark of the God of Israel be taken away to Gath. So they took the ark of the God of Israel away.
2 Kings 12:17
Then Hazael, king of Aram, went up against Gath and took it; and his purpose was to go up to Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 18:1
And it came about after this that David made an attack on the Philistines and overcame them, and took Gath with its daughter-towns out of the hands of the Philistines.
2 Chronicles 26:6
He went out and made war against the Philistines, pulling down the walls of Gath and Jabneh and Ashdod, and building towns in the country round Ashdod and among the Philistines.
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1 Samuel 21:11
And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David, the king of the land? did they not make songs about him in their dances, saying, Saul has put to death thousands, and David tens of thousands?
1 Samuel 21:12
And David took these words to heart, fearing Achish, the king of Gath.
1 Samuel 21:13
So changing his behaviour before them, he made it seem as if he was off his head, hammering on the doors of the town, and letting the water from his mouth go down his chin.
1 Samuel 21:14
Then Achish said to his servants, Look! the man is clearly off his head; why have you let him come before me?
1 Samuel 21:15
Are there not enough unbalanced men about me, that you have let this person come and do such tricks before me? is such a man to come into my house?
Psalms 34:1
Of David. When he made a change in his behaviour before Abimelech, who sent him away, and he went. I will be blessing the Lord at all times; his praise will be ever in my mouth.
1 Samuel 29:3
Then the rulers of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews doing here? And Achish said to the rulers of the Philistines, Is this not David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me for a year or two, and I have never seen any wrong in him from the time when he came to me till now?
1 Samuel 28:1
Now in those days the Philistines got their forces together to make war on Israel. And Achish said to David, Certainly you and your men are to go out with me to the fight.
1 Samuel 29:6
Then Achish sent for David and said to him, By the living Lord, you are upright, and everything you have done with me in the army has been pleasing to me: I have seen no evil in you from the day when you came to me till now: but still, the lords are not pleased with you.
Psalms 34:4
I was searching for the Lord, and he gave ear to my voice, and made me free from all my fears.
Psalms 56:3
In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.
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1 Samuel 21:1
Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was full of fear at meeting David, and said to him, Why are you by yourself, having no man with you?
1 Samuel 21:2
And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has given me orders and has said to me, Say nothing to anyone about the business on which I am sending you and the orders I have given you: and a certain place has been fixed to which the young men are to go.
1 Samuel 21:7
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, kept back before the Lord; his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the strongest of Saul's runners.
1 Samuel 21:8
And David said to Ahimelech, Have you no sword or spear with you here? for I have come without my sword and other arms, because the king's business had to be done quickly.
1 Samuel 21:9
And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you put to death in the valley of Elah, is here folded in a cloth at the back of the ephod: take that, if you will, for there is no other sword here. And David said, there is no other sword like that; give it to me.
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Judges 8:27
And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it there and were false to the Lord; and it became a cause of sin to Gideon and his house.
1 Samuel 23:6
Now when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, went in flight to David, he came down to Keilah with the ephod in his hand.
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