1 Samuel 27:5

David said to Achish, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”

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David said to Achish, “If now I have found favour in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”

BSB

Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”

KJV

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?

ASV

And David said unto Achish, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

BBE

Then David said to Achish, If now I have grace in your eyes, let me have a place in one of the smaller towns of your land, to be my living-place; for it is not right for your servant to be living with you in the king's town.

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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 דָּוִד da·vid David H1732 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 אָכִישׁ 'a·khish Achish H397 אִם־ 'im- if H518 נָא na' please H4994 מָצָאתִי ma·tza·ti I have found H4672 חֵן chen favor H2580 בְּעֵינֶיךָ be·'ei·nei·kha in view your H5869 יִתְּנוּ־ yi·te·nu- let people give H5414 לִי li to (the) me H9030 מָקוֹם ma·kom a place H4725 בְּאַחַת be·'a·chat in one of H259 עָרֵי 'a·rei [the] cities of H5892 הַשָּׂדֶה ha·sa·deh the field H7704 וְאֵשְׁבָה ve·'e·she·vah so I may dwell H3427 שָּׁם sham there H8033 וְלָמָּה ve·la·mah and (to) why H4100 יֵשֵׁב ye·shev will he dwell H3427 עַבְדְּךָ 'av·de·kha servant your H5650 בְּעִיר be·'ir in [the] city of H5892 הַמַּמְלָכָה ha·mam·la·khah (the) royalty H4467 עִמָּךְ 'i·makh with you H5973

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