1 Samuel 27:5

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And Dawiḏ said to Aḵish, “If I have now found favour in your eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, to dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”

Cross References

Genesis 46:34

“that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been men of livestock from our youth even till now, both we and also our fathers,’ so that you dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Mitsrites.

2 Corinthians 6:17

Therefore, “Come out from among them and be separate, says יהוה, and do not touch what is unclean, and I shall receive you.

1 Samuel 27:4

And it was reported to Sha’ul that Dawiḏ had fled to Gath, so he sought him no more.

1 Samuel 27:6

And Aḵish gave him Tsiqlaḡ that day. That is why Tsiqlaḡ has belonged to the sovereigns of Yehuḏah to this day.