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Then he returned to Achish. <a href="/nlt/1_samuel/27.htm">New Living Translation</a> David did not leave one person alive in the villages he attacked. He took the sheep, goats, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing before returning home to see King Achish. <a href="/esv/1_samuel/27.htm">English Standard Version</a> And David would strike the land and would leave neither man nor woman alive, but would take away the sheep, the oxen, the donkeys, the camels, and the garments, and come back to Achish. <a href="/bsb/1_samuel/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish, <a href="/kjv/1_samuel/27.htm">King James Bible</a> And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. <a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/27.htm">New King James Version</a> Whenever 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. <a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> David attacked the land and did not leave a man or a woman alive, and he took the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned and came to Achish. <a href="/nasb/1_samuel/27.htm">NASB 1995</a> David attacked the land and did not leave a man or a woman alive, and he took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned and came to Achish. <a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And David attacked the land and did not leave a man or a woman alive, and he took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned and came to Achish. <a href="/lsb/1_samuel/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And David struck the land and did not leave a man or a woman alive, and he took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned and came to Achish. <a href="/amp/1_samuel/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a> David attacked the land and did not leave a man or a woman alive, but he took the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing, and returned to Achish. <a href="/csb/1_samuel/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Whenever David attacked the land, he did not leave a single person alive, either man or woman, but he took flocks, herds, donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he came back to Achish, <a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Whenever David attacked the land, he did not leave a single person alive, either man or woman, but he took flocks, herds, donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he came back to Achish, <a href="/asv/1_samuel/27.htm">American Standard Version</a> And David smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel; and he returned, and came to Achish. <a href="/cev/1_samuel/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Whenever David and his men attacked a town, they took the sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and the clothing, and killed everyone who lived there. After he returned from a raid, David always went to see Achish, <a href="/erv/1_samuel/27.htm">English Revised Version</a> And David smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel; and he returned, and came to Achish. <a href="/gwt/1_samuel/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Whenever David attacked the territory, he left no man or woman alive. He also took sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing and returned to Achish. <a href="/gnt/1_samuel/27.htm">Good News Translation</a> killing all the men and women and taking the sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and even the clothes. Then he would come back to Achish, <a href="/isv/1_samuel/27.htm">International Standard Version</a> David struck the land and did not leave a man or woman alive. He took sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing, and then came back and went to Achish. <a href="/msb/1_samuel/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish, <a href="/net/1_samuel/27.htm">NET Bible</a> When David would attack a district, he would leave neither man nor woman alive. He would take sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing and would then go back to Achish. <a href="/nheb/1_samuel/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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. <a href="/wbt/1_samuel/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. <a href="/web/1_samuel/27.htm">World English Bible</a> David struck the land, and saved no man or woman alive, and took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned, and came to Achish. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/ylt/1_samuel/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and David hath smitten the land, and doth not keep alive man and woman, and hath taken sheep, and oxen, and asses, and camels, and garments, and turneth back, and cometh in unto Achish. <a href="/slt/1_samuel/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And David struck the land, and will not save alive a man and woman; and he took the sheep and oxen, and asses and camels, and garments, and he will turn back and come to Achish.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_samuel/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And David wasted all the land, and left neither man nor woman alive: and took away the sheep and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned and came to Achis. <a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And David struck the entire land. Neither did he leave alive man or woman. And he took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the garments. And he returned and went to Achish. <a href="/nabre/1_samuel/27.htm">New American Bible</a> In attacking the land David would not leave a man or woman alive, but would carry off sheep, oxen, donkeys, camels, and clothes. Then he would return to Achish, <a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> David struck the land, leaving neither man nor woman alive, but took away the sheep, the oxen, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing, and came back to Achish.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And David smote the land and left neither man nor woman alive, and he took away the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the camels and the apparel; then David returned and came to Achish. <a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And David put the land to the sword and he did not save a man or a woman, and he took sheep and bulls and male donkeys and camels and garments, and David returned and came to Akish<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_samuel/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel. And he returned, and came to Achish. <a href="/sep/1_samuel/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And he smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive; and they took flocks, and herds, and asses, and camels, and raiment; and they returned and came to Anchus. <a href="/parallel/1_samuel/27-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=8187" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/27.htm">David and the Philistines</a> …8Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.) 9<a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: ḏā·wiḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">Whenever David</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: wə·hik·kāh (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">attacked</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">a territory,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">he did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2421.htm" title="2421: yə·ḥay·yeh (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- To live, to revive. A primitive root; to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive.">leave</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">a man</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: wə·’iš·šāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">or woman alive,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: wə·lā·qaḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">but he took</a> <a href="/hebrew/6629.htm" title="6629: ṣōn (N-cs) -- Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Or tsaown; from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock; also figuratively.">the flocks</a> <a href="/hebrew/1241.htm" title="1241: ū·ḇā·qār (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Cattle, herd, an ox. From baqar; beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender; collectively, a herd.">and herds,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2543.htm" title="2543: wa·ḥă·mō·rîm (Conj-w:: N-mp) -- A male ass. Or chamor; from chamar; a male ass.">the donkeys,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1581.htm" title="1581: ū·ḡə·mal·lîm (Conj-w:: N-mp) -- A camel. Apparently from gamal; a camel.">camels,</a> <a href="/hebrew/899.htm" title="899: ū·ḇə·ḡā·ḏîm (Conj-w:: N-mp) -- A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage. From bagad; a covering, i.e. Clothing; also treachery or pillage.">and clothing.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: way·yā·šāḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">Then he would return</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come."></a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/397.htm" title="397: ’ā·ḵîš (N-proper-ms) -- King of Gath. Of uncertain derivation; Akish, a Philistine king.">Achish,</a> 10who would ask him, “What have you raided today?” And David would reply, “The Negev of Judah,” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel,” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/joshua/11-14.htm">Joshua 11:14</a> The Israelites took for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but they put all the people to the sword until they had completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone who breathed. <a href="/1_samuel/15-3.htm">1 Samuel 15:3</a> Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’” <a href="/1_samuel/15-8.htm">1 Samuel 15:8-9</a> He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword. / Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to devote them to destruction, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless. <a href="/1_samuel/30-1.htm">1 Samuel 30:1-2</a> On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down. / They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way. <a href="/2_samuel/8-2.htm">2 Samuel 8:2</a> David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute. <a href="/2_samuel/8-12.htm">2 Samuel 8:12</a> from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah. <a href="/2_samuel/12-31.htm">2 Samuel 12:31</a> David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem. <a href="/2_kings/10-11.htm">2 Kings 10:11</a> So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor. <a href="/2_kings/17-25.htm">2 Kings 17:25</a> Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them. <a href="/2_chronicles/20-23.htm">2 Chronicles 20:23</a> The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had finished off the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another. <a href="/esther/9-5.htm">Esther 9:5</a> The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them. <a href="/isaiah/33-1.htm">Isaiah 33:1</a> Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed. <a href="/jeremiah/50-21.htm">Jeremiah 50:21</a> Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against the residents of Pekod. Kill them and devote them to destruction. Do all that I have commanded you,” declares the LORD. <a href="/ezekiel/25-16.htm">Ezekiel 25:16</a> therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast. <a href="/matthew/2-16.htm">Matthew 2:16</a> When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.left neither<a href="/1_samuel/15-7.htm">1 Samuel 15:7</a> And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.<a href="/genesis/16-7.htm">Genesis 16:7</a> And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.<a href="/genesis/25-18.htm">Genesis 25:18</a> And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.and the camels<a href="/1_samuel/15-3.htm">1 Samuel 15:3</a> Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.<a href="/deuteronomy/25-17.htm">Deuteronomy 25:17-19</a> Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; … <a href="/joshua/6-21.htm">Joshua 6:21</a> And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/27-6.htm">Achish</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-22.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/1_samuel/18-4.htm">Apparel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/26-13.htm">Area</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-18.htm">Asses</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-18.htm">Attacked</a> <a href="/1_samuel/27-8.htm">Attacks</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-3.htm">Camels</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-5.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/1_samuel/19-13.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/1_samuel/27-8.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-18.htm">Donkeys</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-22.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-19.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-5.htm">Saved</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-18.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-38.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-38.htm">Struck</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/27-10.htm">Achish</a> <a href="/1_samuel/27-11.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/2_samuel/1-24.htm">Apparel</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-9.htm">Area</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-1.htm">Asses</a> <a href="/1_samuel/30-1.htm">Attacked</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-44.htm">Attacks</a> <a href="/1_samuel/30-17.htm">Camels</a> <a href="/1_samuel/30-20.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-8.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/1_samuel/27-10.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-1.htm">Donkeys</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-37.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-6.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/1_samuel/27-11.htm">Saved</a> <a href="/1_samuel/30-20.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/1_samuel/30-17.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/1_samuel/30-1.htm">Struck</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 27</div>1. <a href="/1_samuel/27-1.htm">Saul, hearing David to be in Gath, seeks no more for him</a> 5. <a href="/1_samuel/27-5.htm">David begs Ziklag of Achish</a> 8. <a href="/1_samuel/27-8.htm">He, invading other countries, persuades Achish he fought against Judah.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/27.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_samuel/27.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Whenever David attacked a territory David, during his time among the Philistines, conducted raids against various groups. This period reflects a strategic and survival-driven phase in David's life, as he sought refuge from King Saul. The territories he attacked were often those of Israel's traditional enemies, such as the Amalekites, who had long been a thorn in Israel's side (<a href="/exodus/17-8.htm">Exodus 17:8-16</a>). David's actions can be seen as fulfilling God's earlier commands to Israel to drive out these nations (<a href="/deuteronomy/7.htm">Deuteronomy 7:1-2</a>).he did not leave a man or woman alive This phrase highlights the completeness of David's raids. By leaving no survivors, David ensured that no one could report his activities back to Achish, the Philistine king. This tactic was not uncommon in ancient warfare, where total destruction was sometimes employed to prevent future retaliation or intelligence leaks. It also reflects the harsh realities of survival and warfare in the ancient Near East.but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing David's acquisition of livestock and goods was a common practice in ancient raids, serving both as spoils of war and as resources for his men. The mention of specific animals like camels indicates the wealth and variety of resources in these regions. This practice also aligns with the biblical principle of the transfer of wealth from the wicked to the righteous (<a href="/proverbs/13-22.htm">Proverbs 13:22</a>).Then he would return to Achish David's return to Achish, the Philistine king of Gath, underscores his complex relationship with the Philistines. While David was a fugitive from Saul, he found temporary asylum with Israel's enemies. His ability to maintain Achish's trust, despite his raids against Philistine allies, demonstrates his cunning and strategic acumen. This period foreshadows David's future as a wise and resourceful king, capable of navigating complex political landscapes.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a> The future king of Israel, anointed by Samuel, who is currently living among the Philistines to escape King Saul's pursuit. 2. <a href="/topical/a/achish.htm">Achish</a> The king of Gath, a Philistine city, who provides refuge to David during his time of exile. 3. <a href="/topical/p/philistines.htm">Philistines</a> A group of people who were often in conflict with Israel; David is living among them during this period. 4. <a href="/topical/r/raids.htm">Raids</a> David conducts raids against various groups, ensuring no survivors to prevent news of his actions from reaching Achish. 5. <a href="/topical/z/ziklag.htm">Ziklag</a> The town given to David by Achish, from which David launches his raids.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_timing.htm">Trust in God's Timing</a> David's actions, while strategic, reflect a period of waiting for God's promise of kingship. Believers can learn to trust God's timing in their own lives. <a href="/topical/m/moral_complexity.htm">Moral Complexity</a> David's raids raise questions about morality and ethics in warfare. Christians are called to navigate complex situations with wisdom and integrity. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a> Despite David's circumstances, God's plan for his life remains intact. This reassures believers of God's sovereignty over their lives. <a href="/topical/s/strategic_wisdom.htm">Strategic Wisdom</a> David's actions demonstrate strategic thinking and the importance of discernment in decision-making. <a href="/topical/f/faith_in_adversity.htm">Faith in Adversity</a> David's faith during his time in Philistine territory serves as an example of maintaining faith in challenging situations.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 27</a> <a href="/q/how_does_achish_accept_david_in_1_sam_29.htm">How can David's earlier triumphs over the Philistines, such as in 1 Samuel 17, be reconciled with Achish's acceptance of him in 1 Samuel 29?</a> <a href="/q/why_isn't_david_condemned_for_his_raids.htm">If David's raids led to widespread destruction (1 Samuel 27:8-9), why is there no explicit condemnation of his actions?</a> <a href="/q/how_did_400_men_escape_on_camels.htm">How did only 400 men escape on camels if David and his men fought so extensively (1 Samuel 30:17)?</a> <a href="/q/why_did_philistines_suddenly_fear_david.htm">In 1 Samuel 29:3-5, why would the Philistines fear David so abruptly if Achish had trusted him for an extended time?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/27.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) And left neither man nor woman alive.--These acts of ferocious barbarity are simply without excuse; the reason for them is told us in <a href="/1_samuel/27-11.htm" title="And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwells in the country of the Philistines.">1Samuel 27:11</a>. No captive was to be left alive to tell the tale to King Achish, who was under the delusion that David's feats of arms were carried out at the expense of his own countrymen, whose lands he was harrying. At this the Philistine rejoiced when he heard David was thus burning his only bridge of retreat: by alienating by these cruelties the affection of the people of Israel, by means of which, at some future time, he might have been recalled to his native land. There were a few occasions in the history of the chosen race when a war of extermination was commended. Then Israel was simply the stern instrument of wrath, used--as a pestilence is at times--to carry out the will of the earth's Master; but David had no such charge. Was it not these acts of ruthless cruelty which left on this king's hands the stain of blood which rendered them unfit in after days to build the House of the Lord he longed so passionately to erect? (<a href="/1_chronicles/28-3.htm" title="But God said to me, You shall not build an house for my name, because you have been a man of war, and have shed blood.">1Chronicles 28:3</a>).And took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel.--To fight under David's banner now promised to be a lucrative service as well as an adventurous and wild career. Here at Ziklag, and for some time previously, we hear of brave discontented spirits from all parts of Israel joining him. In 1 Chronicles 12 we have a long and accurate list of heroes who formed that Ziklag band. Amongst these gallant soldiers who now, to use the chronicler's term, "day by day came to David to help him," were a troop of Benjamites who had joined him some time before: their leader Amasai, on being questioned as to their reason for joining him, answered, "We are on thy side, thou son of Jesse . . . for thy God helpeth thee" (<a href="/1_chronicles/12-18.htm" title="Then the spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Your are we, David, and on your side, you son of Jesse: peace, peace be to you, and peace be to your helpers; for your God helps you. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.">1Chronicles 12:18</a>). The words of Amasai express the feeling which seems to have pervaded Israel at that time in reference to David. The people throughout the land were coming to feel that Jehovah had indeed chosen David. The chronicler even speaks of David's band at Ziklag, after the recruits from all parts of Israel had poured in, "as a great host, like the host of God" (<a href="/1_chronicles/12-22.htm" title="For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.">1Chronicles 12:22</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_samuel/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 9, 10. - David smote the land. These expeditions were made partly to occupy his men, but chiefly to obtain the means of subsistence. They also seem to have brought David great renown, for in <a href="/1_chronicles/12-1.htm">1 Chronicles 12:1-22</a> we read of warriors from far distant tribes coming to him to swell his forces, and the enthusiasm for him was even such that a band of men swam across the Jordan to join him (ibid. ver. 15); while others from Manasseh deserted to him from Saul's army before the battle of Mount Gilboa, so that at last he had with him "a great host, like the host of God" (ibid. vers. 19-21). He came to Achish. To give him a portion of the spoil. And Achish said. Like the verb went up in ver. 8, the word indicates repeated action. David made many expeditions against these wild tribes, and on each occasion, when presenting himself at Gath, Achish would inquire, Whither have ye made a road - i.e. an inroad, or a raid - today? As it stands the Hebrew means, "Do not make an inroad today;" but the cor. rection of the text given in the A.V. has considerable authority from the versions. The Jerahmeelites, mentioned again in ch. 30:29, were the descendants of Hezron, the firstborn of Pharez, the son of Judah (<a href="/1_chronicles/2-9.htm">1 Chronicles 2:9</a>), and so were one of the great families into which the tribe of Judah was divided. Apparently they occupied the most southerly position of its territory. The Kenites (see on ch. 15:6) are here described as being in close alliance with the men of Judah. Probably they lived under their protection, and paid them tribute. The south is literally "the Negeb," the dry land, so called from the absence of streams (comp. <a href="/psalms/126-4.htm">Psalm 126:4</a>), which formed not only the southernmost part of the territory of Judah, but extended far into the Arabian desert. Achish naturally understood it as the proper name for that part of the Negeb which belonged to Judah, whereas David meant it as it is translated in the A.V., where there is no obscurity as to its meaning. <a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/27-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Whenever David דָוִד֙ (ḏā·wiḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse attacked וְהִכָּ֤ה (wə·hik·kāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> To strike a territory, הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land he did not וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no leave יְחַיֶּ֖ה (yə·ḥay·yeh) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2421.htm">Strong's 2421: </a> To live, to revive a man אִ֣ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person or woman {alive}, וְאִשָּׁ֑ה (wə·’iš·šāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> Woman, wife, female but he took וְלָקַח֩ (wə·lā·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take the flocks צֹ֨אן (ṣōn) Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6629.htm">Strong's 6629: </a> Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock and herds, וּבָקָ֜ר (ū·ḇā·qār) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1241.htm">Strong's 1241: </a> Beef cattle, ox, a herd the donkeys, וַחֲמֹרִ֤ים (wa·ḥă·mō·rîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2543.htm">Strong's 2543: </a> A male ass camels, וּגְמַלִּים֙ (ū·ḡə·mal·lîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1581.htm">Strong's 1581: </a> A camel and clothing. וּבְגָדִ֔ים (ū·ḇə·ḡā·ḏîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_899.htm">Strong's 899: </a> A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage Then he would return וַיָּ֖שָׁב (way·yā·šāḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to Achish, אָכִֽישׁ׃ (’ā·ḵîš) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_397.htm">Strong's 397: </a> Achish -- king of Gath <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/27-9.htm">1 Samuel 27:9 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_samuel/27-9.htm">1 Samuel 27:9 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_samuel/27-9.htm">1 Samuel 27:9 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_samuel/27-9.htm">1 Samuel 27:9 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_samuel/27-9.htm">1 Samuel 27:9 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/27-9.htm">1 Samuel 27:9 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/27-9.htm">1 Samuel 27:9 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/27-9.htm">1 Samuel 27:9 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/27-9.htm">1 Samuel 27:9 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_samuel/27-9.htm">1 Samuel 27:9 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_samuel/27-9.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 27:9 David struck the land and saved neither (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/27-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 27:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 27:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/27-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 27:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 27:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>