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And it was reported to Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he no longer searched for him.[a]

Then David said to Achish, “Please, if I have found favor in your eyes, then let them give me a place in one of the country towns[b] that I can live there. Why should your servant live in the royal city[c] with you?” So Achish gave him Ziklag on that day. (Therefore, Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah until this day.)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 27:4 Literally “he does Qere did not again to seek him longer”
  2. 1 Samuel 27:5 Literally “towns of the open field”
  3. 1 Samuel 27:5 Literally “the city of the king”