1 Samuel 27

1 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

And David says to his heart, “Now I am consumed by the hand of Saul one day; there is nothing better for me than that I diligently escape to the land of the Philistines, and Saul has been despairing of me—of seeking me anymore in all the border of Israel, and I have escaped out of his hand.”

2 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

And David rises, and passes over, he and six hundred men who [are] with him, to Achish son of Maoch king of Gath;

3 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

and David dwells with Achish in Gath, he and his men, each one with his household, [even] David and his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelitess.

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

And it is declared to Saul that David has fled to Gath, and he has not added to seek him anymore.

5 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

And David says to Achish, “Now if I have found grace in your eyes, they give a place to me in one of the cities of the field, and I dwell there, indeed, why does your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”

6 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

And Achish gives Ziklag to him in that day, therefore Ziklag has been for the kings of Judah until this day.

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

And the number of the days which David has dwelt in the field of the Philistines [is one year] of days and four months;

8 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

and David and his men go up, and they push toward the Geshurite, and the Gerizite, and the Amalekite (for they are inhabitants of the land from of old), as you come to Shur and to the land of Egypt,

9 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

and David has struck the land, and does not keep alive man and woman, and has taken sheep, and oxen, and donkeys, and camels, and garments, and turns back, and comes to Achish.

10 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

And Achish says, “To where have you pushed today?” And David says, “Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelite, and to the south of the Kenite.”

11 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

David keeps alive neither man nor woman, to bring in [word] to Gath, saying, “Lest they declare [it] against us, saying, Thus David has done, and thus [is] his custom all the days that he has dwelt in the fields of the Philistines.”

12 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

And Achish believes in David, saying, “He has made himself utterly abhorred among his people in Israel, and has been for a perpetual servant to me.”