1 Samuel 27:5

New International Reader's Version

David said to Achish, “If you are pleased with me, give me a place in one of your country towns. I can live there. I don’t really need to live near you in the royal city.”

Cross References

Genesis 46:34

You should answer, ‘We’ve taken care of livestock from the time we were boys. We’ve done just as our fathers did.’ It’s the practice of the people of Egypt not to mix with shepherds. So Pharaoh will let you settle in the area of Goshen.”

2 Corinthians 6:17

So, “Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch anything that is not pure and ‘clean.’ Then I will receive you.” (Isaiah 52:11; Ezekiel 20:34,41)

1 Samuel 27:4

Saul was told that David had run away to Gath. So he didn’t look for David anymore.

1 Samuel 27:6

So on that day Achish gave David the town of Ziklag. It has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since that time.