Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Samuel 27:5
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Berean Standard Bible
Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
King James Version
¶ And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
World English Bible
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?”
American Standard Version
And David said unto Achish, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
Berean Literal Bible
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1 Samuel 27
4 And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
6 That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.
7 And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.
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