1 Samuel 27

1 David said in his heart, "I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me except that I 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."

and to say David to(wards) heart his now to snatch day one in/on/with hand: power Saul nothing to/for me pleasant for to escape to escape to(wards) land: country/planet Philistine and to despair from me Saul to/for to seek me still in/on/with all border: boundary Israel and to escape from hand: power his

2 David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

and to arise: rise David and to pass he/she/it and six hundred man which with him to(wards) Achish son: child Maoch king Gath

3 So David lived with Achish, he and his men, along with his men and their families, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, Nabal's widow.

and to dwell David with Achish in/on/with Gath he/she/it and human his man: anyone and house: household his David and two woman: wife his Ahinoam [the] Jezreel and Abigail woman: wife Nabal [the] Carmelite

4 Now it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he no longer searched for him.

and to tell to/for Saul for to flee David Gath and not (to add: again *Q(K)*) still to/for to seek him

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?"

and to say David to(wards) Achish if please to find favor in/on/with eye: appearance your to give: give to/for me place in/on/with one city [the] land: country and to dwell there and to/for what? to dwell servant/slave your in/on/with city [the] kingdom with you

6 So he gave him Ziklag that day. (For that reason Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.)

and to give: give to/for him Achish in/on/with day: today [the] he/she/it [obj] Ziklag to/for so to be Ziklag to/for king Judah till [the] day: today [the] this

7 The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

and to be number [the] day which to dwell David in/on/with land: country Philistine day: year and four month

8 Now David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshurites, and the Amalekites. And look, the land was inhabited from Telem, until you come to Shur, and on toward Egypt.

and to ascend: rise David and human his and to strip to(wards) [the] Geshurite (and [the] Girzite *Q(K)*) and [the] Amalekite for they(fem.) to dwell [the] land: country/planet which from forever: antiquity to come (in): towards you Shur [to] and till land: country/planet Egypt

9 David struck the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the cattle, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the clothing; and he returned, and came to Achish.

and to smite David [obj] [the] land: country/planet and not to live man and woman and to take: take flock and cattle and donkey and camel and garment and to return: return and to come (in): come to(wards) Achish

10 Achish said, "Against whom have you made a raid today?" David would say, "Against the Negev of Judah," or "Against the Negev of Jerahmeel," or "Against the Negev of the Kenizzites."

and to say Achish to(wards) to strip [the] day and to say David upon Negeb Judah and upon Negeb [the] Jerahmeelite and to(wards) Negeb [the] Kenite

11 And neither man nor woman would he leave alive to be brought to Gath, thinking, "Otherwise they will tell about us, saying, 'This is what David did,'" and this has been his practice all the time he lived in the country of the Philistines.

and man and woman not to live David to/for to come (in): bring Gath to/for to say lest to tell upon us to/for to say thus to make: do David and thus justice: custom his all [the] day which to dwell in/on/with land: country Philistine

12 Achish believed David, saying, "He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he shall be my servant forever."

and be faithful Achish in/on/with David to/for to say to stink to stink in/on/with people his in/on/with Israel and to be to/for me to/for servant/slave forever: enduring