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THE MESSAGE
1 Samuel 21:10
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David fled that day from Saul’s presence and went to King Achish of Gath.
David arose, and fled that day for fear of Sha'ul, and went to Akhish the king of Gat.
And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
So David got up and fled on that day from the presence of Saul, and he came to Achish the king of Gath.
And David rose and fled that day from Saul and went to Achish the king of Gath.
That day David ran away from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.
So on that day David arose and fled from Saul. He went to King Achish of Gath.
Then David arose and fled from Saul that day, and went to Achish king of Gath.
Then David set out and fled that day from Saul, and went to Achish king of Gath.
And Dauid arose and fled the same day from the presence of Saul, and went to Achish the King of Gath.
Then David arose and fled that day from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.
David kept on running from Saul that day until he came to Gath, where he met with King Achish.
The cohen said, "The sword of Golyat the P'lishti you killed in the Elah Valley, is over there behind the ritual vest, wrapped in a cloth. If you want it, take it; it's the only one here." David said, "There's nothing like it; give it to me."
And David arose, and fled that day from before Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
That day David ran away from Saul and went to King Achish of Gath.
And David arose and fled that day from fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
So David left, fleeing from Saul, and went to King Achish of Gath.
And David rose up and fled from the face of Saul on that day, and he came to Achish the king of Gath.
And Dauid gat him vp, and fled from Saul, and came to Achis ye kynge of Gath.
And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.
And Dauid arose, & fled the same day from the presence of Saul, and went to Achis the king of Gath.
And the priest said: 'The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the vale of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if thou wilt take that, take it; for there is no other save that here.' And David said: 'There is none like that; give it me.'
And Dauid arose, and fled that day, for feare of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.
And he gave it him; and David arose, and fled in that day from he presence of Saul: and David came to Anchus king of Geth.
And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.
Therfor Dauid roos, `and fledde in that dai fro the face of Saul, and cam to Achis, the kyng of Geth.
And David riseth and fleeth on that day from the face of Saul, and cometh in unto Achish king of Gath;
And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
Then David arose and fled that day from before Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
So David escaped from Saul and went to King Achish of Gath.
Then David got up and ran that day from Saul. He went to Achish king of Gath.
David rose and fled that day from Saul; he went to King Achish of Gath.
Then arose David, and fled, that day, from the face of Saul, - and came in unto Achish, king of Gath.
And David arose and fled that day from the face of Saul: and came to Achis, the king of Geth:
And David rose and fled that day from Saul, and went to A'chish the king of Gath.
Then David arose and fled that day from Saul, and went to Achish king of Gath.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
fled: 1 Samuel 27:1, 1 Kings 19:3, Jeremiah 26:21
Achish: or, Abimelech, 1 Samuel 27:2, Psalms 34:1, *title
Gath: Jerome says there was a large town called Gath, in the way from Eleutheropolis to Gaza; and Eusebius speaks of another Gath, five miles from Eleutheropolis, towards Lydda - and consequently different from that mentioned by Jerome and also of another Gath, between Jamnia and Antipatris. It appears to have been the extreme boundary of the Philistine territory in one direction, as Ekron was on the other - 1 Samuel 7:14, 1 Samuel 17:52, and lay near Mareshah - 2 Chronicles 11:8. Micah 1:14, which agrees pretty well with the position assigned it by Jerome. But Reland and Dr. Wells agree with Eusebius; and the authors of the Universal History - b. i. c. 7 place it about six miles form Jamnia, fourteen south of Joppa, and thirty-two west of Jerusalem.
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 17:4 - Goliath 1 Samuel 21:12 - sore 1 Samuel 22:1 - David 1 Kings 2:39 - Achish Psalms 11:1 - how Psalms 56:3 - General
Cross-References
But God said, "That's not what I mean. Your wife, Sarah, will have a baby, a son. Name him Isaac (Laughter). I'll establish my covenant with him and his descendants, a covenant that lasts forever.
Abraham said, "I just assumed that there was no fear of God in this place and that they'd kill me to get my wife. Besides, the truth is that she is my half sister; she's my father's daughter but not my mother's. When God sent me out as a wanderer from my father's home, I told her, ‘Do me a favor; wherever we go, tell people that I'm your brother.'"
She also said, Whoever would have suggested to Abraham that Sarah would one day nurse a baby! Yet here I am! I've given the old man a son!
The matter gave great pain to Abraham—after all, Ishmael was his son. But God spoke to Abraham, "Don't feel badly about the boy and your maid. Do whatever Sarah tells you. Your descendants will come through Isaac. Regarding your maid's son, be assured that I'll also develop a great nation from him—he's your son, too."
At about that same time, Abimelech and the captain of his troops, Phicol, spoke to Abraham: "No matter what you do, God is on your side. So swear to me that you won't do anything underhanded to me or any of my family. For as long as you live here, swear that you'll treat me and my land as well as I've treated you."
That's how the place got named Beersheba (the Oath-Well), because the two of them swore a covenant oath there. After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and his commander, Phicol, left and went back to Philistine territory.
This is the family tree of Isaac son of Abraham: Abraham had Isaac. Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan Aram. She was the sister of Laban the Aramean.
They left us, but they were never really with us. If they had been, they would have stuck it out with us, loyal to the end. In leaving, they showed their true colors, showed they never did belong.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul,.... He had fled before for fear of him both from his own house, and from Naioth, 1 Samuel 19:18; but now he fled out of the land of Israel, for fear of him; or it may be the reason of his fear and flight on this day was because of Doeg the Edomite, lest he should go directly to Saul, and tell him where he was; and therefore through fear of him would not stay any longer, but the same day he came, he fled:
and went to Achish the king of Gath; Gath, according to Bunting p, was twenty four miles from Nob. Achish, the king of it, is called Abimelech in the title of the thirty fourth psalm, see Psalms 34:1, that name being common to the kings of the Philistines, as Pharaoh was to the kings of Egypt. It may seem strange that David should go into an enemy's country, and especially to the country of the Philistines, by whom he was mortally hated for the victories he had obtained over them, and the numbers of them he had slain; and particularly that he should go to Gath, the place of Goliath, their champion, whom he had slain, and whose sword he now had with him: but this is to be said for him, that such was the fury of Saul against him, and his resolution to slay him, that he was as safe in an enemy's country as in the land of Israel; and that if he must die, he might as well die in one place as another; and that he went particularly here, the reason might be, because all other lands were at peace with Saul, and so would have delivered him up to him, had he went elsewhere; but this people were at war with him, and he might hope not to be known by them; and if he was, that they might think it their interest, to detain such a person that was so serviceable to Saul, and so harmful to them; and being Saul's enemy, they might hope to engage him on their side against him; and besides, he might know that Achish was well disposed towards him, as he seems to be, and might like him never the worse for cutting off Goliath's head, who might not be heartily in the interest of Achish. After all, as impolitic as this step of David's may seems to be, it is what great men have taken in their distress, to go over to their enemies, as Themistocles to the Molossians, and Alcibiades to the Lacedemonians.
p Travels, &c. p. 136.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Achish king of Gath - It appears from the title that Psalms 34:0 was composed on this occasion. (See the note there.) Nothing can give a more lively impression of the straits to which David was reduced than the fact of his going to the country of the Philistines.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Samuel 21:10. Went to Achish the king of Gath. — This was the worst place to which he could have gone: it was the very city of Goliath, whom he had slain, and whose sword he now wore; and he soon found, from the conversation of the servants of Achish, that his life was in the most imminent danger in this place.
