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David Allied with the Philistines
1And David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish someday by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape to the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me anymore in any part of Israel. So I shall escape out of his hand.”
2Then David arose ⚓and went over with the six hundred men who were with him ⚓to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
3So David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each man with his household, and David ⚓with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s widow.
4And it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath; so he sought him no more.
5Then David said to Achish, “If I have now found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”
6So Achish gave him Ziklag that day. Therefore ⚓Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.
7Now the time that David ⚓dwelt in the country of the Philistines was one full year and four months.
8And David and his men went up and raided ⚓the Geshurites, ⚓the Girzites, and the ⚓Amalekites. For those nations were the inhabitants of the land from of old, ⚓as you go to Shur, even as far as the land of Egypt.
9Whenever David attacked the land, he left neither man nor woman alive, but took away the sheep, the oxen, the donkeys, the camels, and the apparel, and returned and came to Achish.
10Then Achish would say, “Where have you made a raid today?” And David would say, “Against the southern area of Judah, or against the southern area of ⚓the Jerahmeelites, or against the southern area of ⚓the Kenites.”
11David would save neither man nor woman alive, to bring news to Gath, saying, “Lest they should inform on us, saying, ‘Thus David did.’ ” And thus was his behavior all the time he dwelt in the country of the Philistines.
12So Achish believed David, saying, “He has made his people Israel utterly abhor him; therefore he will be my servant forever.”
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Tavi nrug cov Filixatee nyob
1Tavi xaav huv lub sab tas, “Muaj ib nub twg ntshai kuv yuav tuag rua Xa‑u txhais teg xwb. Qhov zoo tshaaj tes ca kuv tswv moog nyob huv cov Filixatee tebchaws, Xa‑u txhad tsw muaj sab nrhav kuv huv Yixayee tebchaws hab kuv txhad dim nwg txhais teg.”
2Tavi txawm sawv tseeg coj rau pua leej kws nrug nwg ua ke tswv hlaa moog cuag Ma‑au tug tub Akhij kws ua vaajntxwv huv lub moos Ka.
3Mas Tavi hab nwg cov tuabneeg kws nrug nwg ua ke hab puab txhua tsev tuabneeg kuj nrug Akhij nyob huv lub moos Ka. Tavi ob tug quaspuj yog Ahinau‑aa kws yog tuabneeg Yile‑ee, hab Anpikayi kws yog Nanpaa huv Khamee tug quaspuj kws ua puj ntsuag lawm, moog hab.
4Thaus muaj tuabneeg moog has rua Xa‑u tas Tavi tswv moog rua lub moos Ka lawm, Xa‑u txawm tsw nrhav Tavi le lawm.
5Tavi txhad has rua Akhij tas, “Yog koj txaus sab rua kuv mas thov koj muab ib qho chaw huv tej zej zog rua kuv nyob. Ua caag yuav ca koj tug qhev nrug koj nyob huv vaajntxwv lub nroog nuav?”
6Tes nub hov Akhij txawm muab lub moos Xilaj pub rua nwg. Xilaj txhad poob ua vaajntxwv Yuta le moos lug txug naj nub nwgnuav.
7Lub swjhawm kws Tavi moog nyob huv cov Filixatee tebchaws hov yog ib xyoos hab plaub lub hlis.
8Tavi hab nwg cov tuabneeg kuj moog ntaus cov tuabneeg Kesu, cov tuabneeg Kexaw hab cov Amalej kws yog cov qub tuabneeg kws ib txwm nyob huv lub tebchaws hov, ntaus moog txug lub moos Su moog txug ncua Iyi tebchaws.
9Tavi ntaus lub tebchaws hov tsw tseg tej txwvneej tej quaspuj caj sa le, hab txeeb tej yaaj tej nyuj tej neeg luav tej ntxhuav tej tsoog tsho le rov lug rua Akhij.
10Thaus Akhij nug tas “Nub nua koj moog lws leejtwg lug?” Tavi teb tas “Moog lws Neke kws yog Yuta le,” lossws “Moog lws Neke kws yog cov Yelame‑ee le,” lossws “Moog lws Neke kws yog cov Khenai le.”
11Tavi yeej tsw tseg quasyawg quaspuj sav le tsw tso ib tug lug rua huv lub moos Ka le, nwg xaav tas, “Tsaam tes puab yuav has txug peb cov tas Tavi tau ua le u le nuav.” Nuav yog tej kws nwg pheej ua taag lub swjhawm kws nwg nyob huv cov Filixatee tebchaws.
12Akhij tso sab rua Tavi, nwg xaav tas, “Tavi tub ua rua cov Yixayee kws yog nwg haiv tuabneeg ntxub nwg kawg. Vem le nuav nwg yuav ua tau kuv tug qhev ib swm neej.”