1 Samuel 27:2
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New International Version (©1984)
So David and the six hundred men with him left and went over to Achish son of Maoch king of Gath.

New Living Translation (©2007)
So David took his 600 men and went over and joined Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.

English Standard Version (©2001)
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 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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
So David went with his 600 men to King Achish of Gath, Moach's son.

King James Bible
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.

American King James Version
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.

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.

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.

Darby Bible 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.

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.

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.

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;

Geneva Study Bible

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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

2, 3. Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath-The popular description of this king's family creates a presumption that he was a different king from the reigning sovereign on David's first visit to Gath. Whether David had received a special invitation from him or a mere permission to enter his territories, cannot be determined. It is probable that the former was the case. From the universal notoriety given to the feud between Saul and David, which had now become irreconcilable, it might appear to Achish good policy to harbor him as a guest, and so the better pave the way for the hostile measures against Israel which the Philistines were at this time meditating.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

27:1-7 Unbelief is a sin that easily besets even good men, when without are fightings, and within are fears; and it is a hard matter to get over them. Lord, increase our faith! We may blush to think that the word of a Philistine should go further than the word of an Israelite, and that the city of Gath should be a place of refuge for a good man, when the cities of Israel refuse him a safe abode. David gained a comfortable settlement, not only at a distance from Gath, but bordering upon Israel, where he might keep up a correspondence with his own countrymen.


1 Samuel 21:10 Then David arose and fled that day from Saul, and went to Achish king of Gath.
1 Samuel 25:13 David said to his men, "Each of you gird on his sword." So each man girded on his sword. And David also girded on his sword, and about four hundred men went up behind David while two hundred stayed with the baggage.
1 Kings 2:39 But it came about at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, "Behold, your servants are in Gath." (NASB ©1995)

Achish A'chish Crossed David Hundred Passed Passeth Riseth Six

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.

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 1Sa 25:13 30:8

Achish 1Sa 21:10 1Ki 2:40

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