1 Samuel 27:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

That's why David killed everyone in the towns he attacked. He thought, “If I let any of them live, they might come to Gath and tell what I've really been doing.” David made these raids all the time he was in Philistia.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:19

Truth will last for ever; lies are soon found out.

Proverbs 29:25

Don't fall into the trap of being a coward— trust the LORD, and you will be safe.

Jeremiah 41:4

The next day, the murders had still not been discovered,

1 Samuel 22:22

David answered, “That day when I saw Doeg, I knew he would tell Saul! Your family died because of me.

1 Samuel 27:10

who would ask, “Where did you attack today?” David would answer, “Oh, we attacked some desert town that belonged to the Judah tribe.” Sometimes David would say, “Oh, we attacked a town in the desert where the Jerahmeel clan lives” or “We attacked a town in the desert where the Kenites live.”

1 Samuel 27:12

But Achish trusted David and thought, “David's people must be furious with him. From now on he will have to take orders from me.”

1 Samuel 30:2

and had taken away the women and children.