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Hebrew Modern Translation

שמואל א 27:3

וישב דוד עם אכיש בגת הוא ואנשיו איש וביתו דוד ושתי נשיו אחינעם היזרעאלית ואביגיל אשת נבל הכרמלית׃

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abigail;   Ahinoam;   Gath;   Jezreel;   Philistines;   Thompson Chain Reference - Abigail;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Philistines, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Achish;   Gath;   Gittith;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Carmel;   Gath;   Jezreel;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ahinoam;   Carmel;   David;   Ittai;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ahinoam;   Gath;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ahinoam;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahinoam ;   Carmelite, Carmelitess ;   Gath;   Jezreelite, Jezreelitess ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Achish;   Jezreel;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ahin'o-Am;   Jez're-El;   Jez're-Elitess,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abigail;   Abimelech;   Ahinoam;   Alliance;   Carmelite;   Carmelitess;   David;   Gath;   Jezreel;   Jezreelitess;   Zebah and Zalmunna;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Achish;   Ahinoam;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abigail;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
וישב דוד עם אכיש בגת הוא ואנשיו איש וביתו דוד ושתי נשיו אחינעם היזרעאלת ואביגיל אשת נבל הכרמלית
Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
וַיֵּשֶׁב֩ דָּוִ֨ד עִם־אָכִ֥ישׁ בְּגַ֛ת ה֥וּא וַאֲנָשָׁ֖יו אִ֣ישׁ וּבֵיתֹ֑ו דָּוִד֙ וּשְׁתֵּ֣י נָשָׁ֔יו אֲחִינֹ֨עַם֙ הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִ֔ית וַאֲבִיגַ֥יִל אֵֽשֶׁת־נָבָ֖ל הַֽכַּרְמְלִֽית ׃
Westminster Leningrad Codex
וַיֵּשֶׁב דָּוִד עִם־אָכִישׁ בְּגַת הוּא וַאֲנָשָׁיו אִישׁ וּבֵיתוֹ דָּוִד וּשְׁתֵּי נָשָׁיו אֲחִינֹעַם הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִית וַאֲבִיגַיִל אֵֽשֶׁת־נָבָל הַֽכַּרְמְלִֽית ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

with his two: 1 Samuel 25:3, 1 Samuel 25:18-35, 1 Samuel 25:42, 1 Samuel 25:43, 1 Samuel 30:5

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 2:3 - his men 2 Samuel 15:18 - Gittites 1 Kings 2:39 - Achish 1 Chronicles 3:1 - Ahinoam

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David dwelt with Achish at Gath,.... The metropolis of his kingdom, called, 1 Samuel 27:5, the royal city:

he and his men, every man with his household; or family; which they brought with them, to secure them from the malice of Saul; who in their absence might have destroyed them, as being the families of traitors and fugitives, and might be the more readily received by Achish, as he might hope for some advantage front them; and besides were pledges of their fidelity to him, and of their design to continue with him:

[even] David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife; who had been the wife of Nabal; of these

1 Samuel 27:5- :.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 27:3. Every man with his household — So it appears that the men who consorted with David had wives and families. David and his company resembled a tribe of the wandering Arabs.


 
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