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1 Samuelsboken 27
Svenska Folkbibeln
1 Samuelsboken 27
Svenska Folkbibeln
David hos Akish i Gat och Siklag
27 David sade till sig själv: "En dag kommer jag i alla fall att mista livet genom Sauls hand. Det är bäst att jag flyr till filisteernas land. Då måste Saul upphöra att längre söka efter mig över hela Israels område, och så kommer jag undan hans hand." 2 David bröt upp och drog med sina sexhundra man över till Akish, Maoks son, kungen i Gat. 3 Han stannade hos Akish i Gat med sina män, var och en med sitt husfolk, David med sina båda hustrur, Ahinoam från Jisreel och Abigail, karmeliten Nabals änka. 4 När man berättade för Saul att David hade flytt till Gat, sökte han inte längre efter honom.
5 David sade till Akish: "Om jag har funnit nåd för dina ögon så låt mig bo i någon av landsortsstäderna och uppehålla mig där. Varför skulle din tjänare bo i kungastaden hos dig?" 6 Då gav Akish honom samma dag Siklag och därför hör Siklag än i dag till Juda kungar. 7 Den tid David bodde i filisteernas land var ett år och fyra månader.
8 Men David drog ut med sina män och de plundrade i gesureernas, girsiternas och amalekiternas land. Dessa stammar bodde sedan gammalt där i landet, fram emot Shur och ända till Egyptens land. 9 När David härjade i landet, lät han varken män eller kvinnor leva, men får, nötboskap, åsnor, kameler och kläder tog han med sig och vände därefter tillbaka och kom till Akish. 10 När då denne frågade: "Har ni gjort något plundringståg i dag?" svarade David: "Ja, i den del av Negev som tillhör Juda", eller: "I den del av Negev som tillhör jerachmeeliterna", eller: "I den del av Negev som tillhör keniterna." 11 Men David lät varken män eller kvinnor leva och komma till Gat, för han tänkte: "De skulle annars kunna förråda oss och säga: Så och så har David gjort, så har han betett sig under hela den tid han har bott i filisteernas land." 12 Därför trodde Akish på David och tänkte: "Han har nu gjort sig förhatlig hos sitt folk Israel och kommer att bli min tjänare för alltid."
1 Samuel 27
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
1 Samuel 27
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
David Flees to Ziklag
27 David said to himself, ‘One of these days I’ll be swept away by Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape immediately to the land of the Philistines.(A) Then Saul will give up searching for me everywhere in Israel, and I’ll escape from him.’ 2 So David set out with his six hundred men(B) and went over to Achish son of Maoch,(C) the king of Gath. 3 David and his men stayed with Achish in Gath. Each man had his family with him,(D) and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel,(E) Nabal’s widow. 4 When it was reported to Saul that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
5 Now David said to Achish, ‘If I have found favour with you, let me be given a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. Why should your servant live in the royal city with you? ’ 6 That day Achish gave Ziklag(F) to him, and it still belongs to the kings of Judah today. 7 The length of time that David stayed in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.(G)
8 David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites,(H) the Girzites,[a] and the Amalekites.(I) From ancient times they had been the inhabitants of the region as you go towards Shur(J), as far as the land of Egypt. 9 Whenever David attacked the land, he did not leave a single person alive, either man or woman, but he took flocks, herds, donkeys, camels, and clothing.(K) Then he came back to Achish, 10 who enquired, ‘Where did you raid today? ’[b](L)
David replied, ‘The south country of Judah,’ ‘The south country of the Jerahmeelites,’(M) or ‘The south country of the Kenites.’(N)
11 David did not let a man or woman live to be brought to Gath, for he said, ‘Or they will inform on us and say, “This is what David did.” ’ This was David’s custom during the whole time he stayed in the Philistine territory. 12 So Achish trusted David, thinking, ‘Since he has made himself repulsive to his people Israel, he will be my servant for ever.’
1 Samuel 27
New International Version
1 Samuel 27
New International Version
David Among the Philistines
27 But David thought to himself, “One of these days I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me anywhere in Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
2 So David and the six hundred men(A) with him left and went(B) over to Achish(C) son of Maok king of Gath. 3 David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives:(D) Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal. 4 When Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
5 Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be assigned to me in one of the country towns, that I may live there. Why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
6 So on that day Achish gave him Ziklag,(E) and it has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since. 7 David lived(F) in Philistine territory a year and four months.
8 Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites,(G) the Girzites and the Amalekites.(H) (From ancient times these peoples had lived in the land extending to Shur(I) and Egypt.) 9 Whenever David attacked an area, he did not leave a man or woman alive,(J) but took sheep and cattle, donkeys and camels, and clothes. Then he returned to Achish.
10 When Achish asked, “Where did you go raiding today?” David would say, “Against the Negev of Judah” or “Against the Negev of Jerahmeel(K)” or “Against the Negev of the Kenites.(L)” 11 He did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he thought, “They might inform on us and say, ‘This is what David did.’” And such was his practice as long as he lived in Philistine territory. 12 Achish trusted David and said to himself, “He has become so obnoxious(M) to his people, the Israelites, that he will be my servant for life.(N)”
1 Samuel 27
King James Version
1 Samuel 27
King James Version
27 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
5 And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
8 And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
10 And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
11 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
12 And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
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