³ Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and came to ^(A)Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

³¹ Therefore ^(A)that place was called Beersheba,^[a] because there both of them swore an oath.

⁷⁰ But he denied it before them all, saying, “I do not know what you mean.” ⁷¹ And when he went out to the entrance, another servant girl saw him, and she said to the bystanders, “This man was with Jesus ^(A)of Nazareth.” ⁷² And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know the man.” ⁷³ After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Certainly you too are one of them, for ^(B)your accent betrays you.” ⁷⁴ Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know the man.” And immediately the rooster crowed.

⁵⁶ But ^(A)all this has taken place that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” ^(B)Then all the disciples left him and fled.

⁷ So ^(A)to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations,^{[a] (B)}a thorn was given me in the flesh, ^(C)a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.

¹² And Amaziah said to Amos, ^(A)“O seer, go, flee away ^(B)to the land of Judah, and ^(C)eat bread there, and prophesy there, ¹³ but ^(D)never again prophesy at Bethel, for ^(E)it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.”

²⁵ And Judah and Israel ^(A)lived in safety, ^(B)from Dan even to Beersheba, ^(C)every man under his vine and under his fig tree, all the days of Solomon.

David Flees to the Philistines

27 Then David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.”