1 Samuel 27

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David Flees to the Philistines

27 Then David said to ^[a]himself, “Now I will ^[b]perish one day by the hand of Saul. ^(A)There is nothing better for me than to safely escape into the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of searching for me anymore in all the territory of Israel, and I will escape from his hand.” ²So David set out and went over, he and ^(B)the six hundred men who were with him, to ^(C)Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath. ³And David lived with Achish in Gath, he and his men, ^(D)each with his own household—David with ^(E)his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s ^[c]widow. ⁴Now it was reported to Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he no longer searched for him.

⁵Then David said to Achish, “If now I have found favor in your sight, have them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, so that I may live there; for why should your servant live in the royal city with you?” ⁶So Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore ^(F)Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day. ⁷The number of days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was ^(G)a year and four months.

⁸Now David and his men went up and attacked ^(H)the Geshurites, the Girzites, and ^(I)the Amalekites; for they were the inhabitants of the land from ancient times, as you come to ^(J)Shur even as far as the land of Egypt. ⁹David ^[d]attacked the land and did not leave a man or a woman alive, and he ^(K)took the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned and came to Achish. ¹⁰Now Achish said, “^[e]Where did you ^(L)carry out an attack today?” And David said, “Against the ^[f]Negev of Judah, against the ^[g]Negev of ^(M)the Jerahmeelites, and against the ^[h]Negev of ^(N)the Kenites.” ¹¹And David did not leave a man or a woman alive to bring to Gath, saying, “Otherwise they will tell about us, saying, ‘This is what David has done, and this has been his practice all the time that he has lived in the country of the Philistines.’” ¹²So Achish believed David, saying, “He has undoubtedly made himself repulsive among his people Israel; therefore he will become my servant forever.”

Footnotes

1 Samuel 27:1 Lit his heart
1 Samuel 27:1 Lit be carried away
1 Samuel 27:3 Lit wife
1 Samuel 27:9 Lit struck
1 Samuel 27:10 DSS indicate Against whom
1 Samuel 27:10 I.e., South country
1 Samuel 27:10 I.e., South country
1 Samuel 27:10 I.e., South country

1 Corinthians 8

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Take Care with Your Liberty

8 Now concerning ^(A)food sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have ^(B)knowledge. Knowledge ^[a]^(C)makes one conceited, but love ^(D)edifies people. ²^(E)If anyone thinks that he knows anything, he has not yet ^(F)known as he ought to know; ³but if anyone loves God, he ^(G)is known by Him.

⁴Therefore, concerning the eating of ^(H)food sacrificed to idols, we know that an ^(I)idol is ^[b]nothing at all in the world, and that ^(J)there is no God but one. ⁵For even if ^(K)there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords, ⁶yet for us ^(L)there is only one God, ^(M)the Father, ^(N)from whom are all things, and we exist for Him; and ^(O)one Lord, Jesus Christ, ^(P)by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.

⁷However, not all people ^(Q)have this knowledge; but ^(R)some, being accustomed to the idol until now, eat food as if it were sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. ⁸Now ^(S)food will not bring us ^[c]close to God; we are neither ^[d]the worse if we do not eat, nor ^[e]the better if we do eat. ⁹But ^(T)take care that this ^[f]freedom of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the ^(U)weak. ¹⁰For if someone sees you, the one who has ^(V)knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will his conscience, if he is weak, not be strengthened to eat ^(W)things sacrificed to idols? ¹¹For through ^(X)your knowledge the one who is weak ^(Y)is ruined, the brother or sister for whose sake Christ died. ¹²^(Z)And so, by sinning against the brothers and sisters and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin ^(AA)against Christ. ¹³Therefore, ^(AB)if food causes my brother to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to sin.