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1 Samuel 27
Worn down, David concludes in his heart that one day Saul will catch him, and defects to enemy territory: he and his 600 men take refuge with Achish, king of Gath. Saul stops hunting him. Achish grants David the town of Ziklag, which the narrator notes has belonged to Judah's kings "to this day." For sixteen months David plays a double game. Read closely how he raids the desert peoples while reporting to Achish that he struck the south of Judah.
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David said in his heart, “I will 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 I will escape out of his hand.”
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David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
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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.
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Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped looking for him.
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David said to Achish, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”
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Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.
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The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
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David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land who were of old, on the way to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.
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David struck the land, and saved no man or woman alive, and took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned, and came to Achish.
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Achish said, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David said, “Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.”
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David saved neither man nor woman alive to bring them to Gath, saying, “Lest they should tell about us, saying, ‘David did this, and this has been his way all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.’”
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Achish believed David, saying, “He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he will be my servant forever.”
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Davi disse em seu coração: “Agora perecerei um dia pelas mãos de Saul. Não há nada melhor para mim do que escapar para a terra dos filisteus; e Saul desesperará de mim, para me procurar mais em todas as fronteiras de Israel”. Assim escaparei de sua mão”.
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Davi se levantou e passou, ele e os seiscentos homens que estavam com ele, para alcançar o filho de Enoque, rei de Gate.
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Davi viveu com Aquis em Gate, ele e seus homens, cada homem com sua casa, até mesmo Davi com suas duas esposas, Ahinoam a Jezreelita e Abigail a Carmelita, esposa de Nabal.
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Foi dito a Saul que Davi havia fugido para Gate, então ele parou de procurá-lo.
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Davi disse para Achish: “Se agora encontrei favor em seus olhos, que me dêem um lugar em uma das cidades do país, para que eu possa morar lá. Por que seu servo deveria morar na cidade real com você”?
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Então Achish lhe deu Ziklag naquele dia: portanto, Ziklag pertence aos reis de Judá até os dias de hoje.
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O número dos dias que Davi viveu no país dos filisteus foi de um ano e quatro meses.
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Davi e seus homens subiram e atacaram os geshuritas, os girzitas e os amalequitas; pois aqueles eram os habitantes da terra que eram de antigamente, a caminho de Shur, até mesmo para a terra do Egito.
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Davi atacou a terra, e não salvou nenhum homem ou mulher vivos, e levou as ovelhas, o gado, os burros, os camelos e as roupas. Então ele voltou, e veio para Achish.
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Achish disse: “Contra quem você fez uma incursão hoje?” Davi disse: “Contra o Sul de Judá, contra o Sul dos Jerahmeelitas, e contra o Sul dos Quenitas”.
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Davi não salvou nem homem nem mulher vivos para trazê-los a Gate, dizendo: “Para que eles não falassem de nós, dizendo: 'Davi fez isto, e este tem sido seu caminho todo o tempo que viveu no país dos filisteus'”.
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Achish acreditava em Davi, dizendo: “Ele fez com que seu povo Israel o abominasse totalmente”. Portanto, ele será meu servo para sempre”.
A deception that buys survival
David raids the Geshurites, Girzites and Amalekites, leaving no survivors precisely so no witness can betray him, then claims to Achish he attacked Judah's own territory. The killing is brutal book-keeping for a lie.
Achish is fooled completely: he believes David has made Israel "abhor him" and will be his servant forever. The reader knows otherwise, and the irony of this misplaced trust will detonate two chapters later when the Philistine commanders refuse to march with David.
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