1 Samuel 27:5 meaning and explanation
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?”
1 Samuel 27:5, Berean Standard Bible
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David, still a fugitive from Saul, has taken the risky step of seeking refuge with Achish, king of Gath, a Philistine ruler. Having arrived in the royal city with his six hundred men and their families, David now asks a favor: a place in one of the outlying towns rather than residence in the capital.
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