And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, [a]let them give me a place in some other city of the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the head city of the kingdom with thee?

Then Achish gave him Ziklag that same day: therefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.

¶ And [b]the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines, was four months and certain days.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 27:5 Let thine officers appoint me a place.
  2. 1 Samuel 27:7 Hebrew, the number of the days.

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