1 Samuel 27:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

David said in his heart, “I shall certainly perish one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines; then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:26

Then Jeroboam said to himself, “Now the kingdom may well revert to the house of David.

1 Kings 12:28

So the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. He said to the people, “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

1 Kings 19:3

Then he was afraid; he got up and fled for his life and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah; he left his servant there.

2 Chronicles 25:17

Then King Amaziah of Judah took counsel and sent to King Joash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu of Israel, saying, “Come, let us look one another in the face.”

Psalm 116:11

I said in my consternation, “Everyone is a liar.”

Psalm 55:7

truly, I would flee far away; I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah

Exodus 14:12

Is this not the very thing we told you in Egypt, ‘Let us alone so that we can serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

Proverbs 13:12

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Isaiah 51:12

I, I am he who comforts you; why then are you afraid of a mere mortal who must die, a human being who fades like grass?

Numbers 14:3

Why is the Lord bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder; would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”

Matthew 14:31

Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

Mark 4:40

He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?”

2 Corinthians 7:5

For even when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted in every way—disputes without and fears within.

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and set out; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”

1 Samuel 16:13

Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward. Samuel then set out and went to Ramah.

1 Samuel 20:3

But David also swore, “Your father knows well that you like me, and he thinks, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.’ But truly, as the Lord lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”

1 Samuel 22:5

Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not remain in the stronghold; leave and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went into the forest of Hereth.

1 Samuel 23:17

He said to him, “Do not be afraid, for the hand of my father Saul shall not find you; you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be second to you; my father Saul also knows that this is so.”

1 Samuel 25:30

When the Lord has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you and has appointed you prince over Israel,

1 Samuel 26:19

Now, therefore, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who has stirred you up against me, may he accept an offering, but if it is mortals, may they be cursed before the Lord, for they have driven me out today from my share in the heritage of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

1 Samuel 29:2

As the lords of the Philistines were passing on by hundreds and by thousands and David and his men were passing on in the rear with Achish,

1 Samuel 29:3

the commanders of the Philistines said, “What are these Hebrews doing here?” Achish said to the commanders of the Philistines, “Is this not David, the servant of King Saul of Israel, who has been with me now for days and years? Since he deserted to me I have found no fault in him to this day.”