1 Samuel 27:3

David lived 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.

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WEBBE

David lived 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.

BSB

David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

And David and his men were living with Achish at Gath; every man had his family with him, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, who had been the wife of Nabal.

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וַיֵּשֶׁב vai·ye·shev and he dwelt H3427 דָּוִד da·vid David H1732 עִם־ 'im- with H5973 אָכִישׁ 'a·khish Achish H397 בְּגַת be·gat in Gath H1661 הוּא hu' he H1931 וַאֲנָשָׁיו va·'a·na·shav and men his H582 אִישׁ 'ish each one H376 וּבֵיתוֹ u·vei·to and household his H1004 דָּוִד da·vid David H1732 וּשְׁתֵּי u·she·tei and [the] two H8147 נָשָׁיו na·shav wives his H802 אֲחִינֹעַם 'a·chi·no·'am Ahinoam H293 הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִית hai·yiz·re·'e·lit the Jezreelite [woman] H3158 וַאֲבִיגַיִל va·'a·vi·ga·yil and Abigail H26 אֵשֶׁת־ 'e·shet- [the] wife of H802 נָבָל na·val Nabal H5037 הַכַּרְמְלִית ha·kar·me·lit the Carmelite [woman] H3761

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–7

Unbelief is a sin that easily besets even good men, when without are fightings, and within are fears; and it is a hard matter to get over them. Lord, increase our faith! We may blush to think that the word of a Philistine should go further than the word of an Israelite, and that the city of Gath should be a place of refuge for a good man, when the cities of Israel refuse him a safe abode. David gained a comfortable settlement, not only at a distance from Gath, but bordering upon Israel, where he might keep up a correspondence with his own countrymen.

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Cross-references

People & places

David Achish Nabal Abigail Ahinoam Gath Carmel Jezreel

Topics

Jezreel Abigail Ahinoam

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.