1 Samuel 27:5

Easy To Read Version

David said to Achish, “If you are pleased with me, then give me a place in one of the country towns. I am only your servant. I should live there, not here with you in this royal city.”

Cross References

Genesis 46:34

You tell him, ‘We are shepherds. All our lives we have been shepherds. And our ancestors [249] were shepherds before us.’ Then Pharaoh will allow you to live in the land of Goshen. Egyptian people don’t like shepherds, so it is better that you stay in Goshen.”

2 Corinthians 6:17

“So come away from those people\par and separate yourselves from them,\par says the Lord.\par Touch nothing that is not clean,\par and I will accept you.”\par \i (Isaiah 52:11)\i0 \par

1 Samuel 27:4

People told Saul that David had run away to Gath. So Saul stopped looking for him.

1 Samuel 27:6

That day Achish gave David the town of Ziklag. And Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since.