1 Samuel 27:1
David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
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.
Note perish: Heb. be consumed
David said in his heart, “I will now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So I will escape out of his hand.”
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 escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- An
- A.M. 2946. B.C. 1058. Ex. Is. 433. And David.
- 1 Samuel 16:1, 13; 1 Samuel 23:17; 1 Samuel 25:30; Psalm 116:11; Proverbs 13:12; Isaiah 40:27–31; Isaiah 51:12; Matthew 14:31; Mark 4:40; 2 Corinthians 7:5
- perish
- Heb. be consumed. there is nothing.
- 1 Samuel 22:5; Exodus 14:12; Numbers 14:3; Proverbs 3:5, 6; Isaiah 30:15, 16; Lamentations 3:26, 27
- into the land
- 1 Samuel 27:10, 11; 1 Samuel 21:10–15; 1 Samuel 28:1, 2; 1 Samuel 29:2–11; 1 Samuel 30:1–3