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1 Samuel 27:2

So David and the six hundred men who were with him arose and crossed over to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gath;   Maachah;   Philistines;   Thompson Chain Reference - Achish;   Gath;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Philistines, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gath;   Gittith;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - David;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gath;   Ittai;   Maachah;   Maoch;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Achish;   David;   Gittith;   Ittai;   Maoch;   Palestine;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gath;   Maoch;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Achish;   Maacah;   Maoch;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gath;   Maoch ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Achish;   Maachah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - It'ta-I;   Ma'och;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abimelech;   Achish;   Alliance;   Gath;   Maacah;   Maoch;   Philistines;   Zebah and Zalmunna;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Achish;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gath;   Maacah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So David set out with his six hundred men and went over to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
Hebrew Names Version
David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Akhish the son of Ma`okh, king of Gat.
King James Version
And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
Lexham English Bible
So David got up and crossed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
English Standard Version
So David arose and went over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
New Century Version
So David and his six hundred men left Israel and went to Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath.
New English Translation
So David left and crossed over to King Achish son of Maoch of Gath accompanied by his six hundred men.
New American Standard Bible
So David set out and went over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Dauid therefore arose, and he, and the sixe hundreth men that were with him, went vnto Achish the sonne of Maoch King of Gath.
Legacy Standard Bible
So David arose and crossed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
Contemporary English Version
David and his six hundred men went across the border to stay in Gath with King Achish the son of Maoch. His men brought their families with them. David brought his wife Ahinoam whose hometown was Jezreel, and he also brought his wife Abigail who had been married to Nabal from Carmel.
Complete Jewish Bible
So David set out with his six hundred men and passed on to Akhish the son of Ma‘okh, king of Gat.
Darby Translation
And David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
Easy-to-Read Version
So David and his 600 men left Israel and went to Achish son of Maoch. Achish was king of Gath.
George Lamsa Translation
So David arose and went over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish, the son of Maachah, king of Gath.
Good News Translation
So David and his six hundred men went over at once to Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath.
Literal Translation
And David rose up and crossed over, he and six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he gat him vp, and wente ouer (with the sixe hundreth men that were with him) vnto Achis the sonne of Maoch kynge of Gath.
American Standard Version
And David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, unto Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
Bible in Basic English
So David and the six hundred men who were with him went over to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Dauid arose, and he and the sixe hundred men that were with him, went vnto Achis the sonne of Maoch, king of Gath.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, unto Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
King James Version (1611)
And Dauid arose, and hee passed ouer with the sixe hundred men that were with him, vnto Achish the sonne of Maoch king of Gath.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So David arose, and the six hundred men that were with him, and he went to Anchus, son Ammach, king of Geth.
English Revised Version
And David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, unto Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
Berean Standard Bible
So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Dauid roos, and yede, he and sixe hundrid men with hym, to Achis, the sone of Maoth, kyng of Geth.
Young's Literal Translation
And David riseth, and passeth over, he and six hundred men who [are] with him, unto Achish son of Maoch king of Gath;
Update Bible Version
And David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
Webster's Bible Translation
And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that [were] with him to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
World English Bible
David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
New King James Version
Then David arose and went over with the six hundred men who were with him to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
New Living Translation
So David took his 600 men and went over and joined Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
New Life Bible
So David got up and crossed over with his 600 men to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
New Revised Standard
So David set out and went over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to King Achish son of Maoch of Gath.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And David arose, and he and the six hundred men that were with him passed over, unto Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And David arose, and went away, both he and the six hundred men that were with him, to Achis, the son of Maoch, king of Geth.
Revised Standard Version
So David arose and went over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to A'chish the son of Ma'och, king of Gath.
THE MESSAGE
So David left; he and his six hundred men went to Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath. They moved in and settled down in Gath, with Achish. Each man brought his household; David brought his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, widow of Nabal of Carmel. When Saul was told that David had escaped to Gath, he called off the hunt.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So David arose and crossed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

Contextual Overview

1But David said in his heart, "Now I will die one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me inside the borders of Israel, and I will escape from his hand [once and for all]." 2So David and the six hundred men who were with him arose and crossed over to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.3And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each man with his household, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, [who was] Nabal's widow. 4When Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him. 5Then David said to Achish, "If I have found favor in your sight, let me be given a place [of my own] in one of the cities in the country, so that I may live there; for why should your servant live in the royal city with you?" 6Then Achish gave David [the town of] Ziklag that day. Therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day. 7The number of days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

David: This measure of David's, in uniting himself to the enemies of his God and people, was highly blameable; was calculated to alienate the affections of the Israelites; and led to equivocation, if not downright falsehood.

the six: 1 Samuel 25:13, 1 Samuel 30:8

Achish: 1 Samuel 21:10, 1 Kings 2:40

Reciprocal: Judges 11:3 - vain men 2 Samuel 2:3 - his men 1 Kings 2:39 - Achish 2 Kings 12:17 - against Gath 1 Chronicles 12:1 - these are

Cross-References

Genesis 47:29
And when the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh and [promise to] deal loyally and faithfully with me. Please do not bury me in Egypt,
Genesis 48:21
Then Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you, and bring you back to [Canaan] the land of your fathers.
1 Samuel 20:3
But David vowed again, saying "Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your sight, and he has said, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be worried.' But truly as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, there is hardly a step between me and death."
Proverbs 27:1
Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) where you are going.
Isaiah 38:1
In those days Hezekiah [king of Judah] became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said, "For the LORD says this, 'Set your house in order and prepare a will, for you shall die; you will not live.'"
Isaiah 38:3
and said, "Please, O LORD, just remember how I have walked before You in faithfulness and truth, and with a whole heart [absolutely devoted to You], and have done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept greatly.
Mark 13:35
"Therefore, be continually on the alert—for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning—
James 4:14
Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen in your life tomorrow. [What is secure in your life?] You are merely a vapor [like a puff of smoke or a wisp of steam from a cooking pot] that is visible for a little while and then vanishes [into thin air].

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David arose,.... From the place where he was:

and he passed over; the borders of land of Canaan:

with the six hundred men that [were] with him; having neither lost any, nor had any added to him, since he was at Keilah, 1 Samuel 23:13;

unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath; whether this was the same Achish David was with before, 1 Samuel 21:10, is not certain; it seems as if he was not the same, since he is described as the son of Maoch, as if it was to distinguish him from him; though it is not improbable that he was the same person. Some think a that he is described not from his father, but from his mother, whose name was Maacha. The circumstances of David were now very much altered from what they were when he went to Gath before; then he went secretly, now openly; then as a person unknown, now as well known; then alone, now with six hundred men; then when discovered he was seized by the princes of Gath, and brought before the king, and was driven from his presence; but now he came either at the invitation of Achish, hearing how he had been treated by Saul, and thinking to attach him to his interest, and make him more and more the enemy of Saul, and so free himself from a very powerful one, and of whose wisdom and prudence, and military skill, and courage, and valour, he might hope to avail himself; or David sent an embassy to him, to treat with him about his coming into his country, and settlement in it, and terms to mutual satisfaction were agreed upon.

a Hieron. Trad. Heb, in 2 Reg. fol. 78. E.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 27:2. David arose, and he passed over - unto Achish — There is not one circumstance in this transaction that is not blameable. David joins the enemies of his God and of his country, acts a most inhuman part against the Geshurites and Amalekites, without even the pretense of a Divine authority; tells a most deliberate falsehood to Achish, his protector, relative to the people against whom he had perpetrated this cruel act; giving him to understand that he had been destroying the Israelites, his enemies. I undertake no defence of this conduct of David; it is all bad, all defenceless; God vindicates him not. The inspired penman tells what he did, but passes no eulogium upon his conduct; and it is false to say that, because these things are recorded, therefore they are approved. In all these transactions David was in no sense a man after God's own heart. Chandler attempts to vindicate all this conduct: those who can receive his saying, let them receive it.


 
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