1-samuel 21:10

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

American King James Version (AKJV)

And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.

Webster's Revision

And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

World English Bible

David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

English Revised Version (ERV)

And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

Clarke's 1-samuel 21:10 Bible Commentary

Went to Achish the king of Gath - This was the worst place to which he could have gone: it was the very city of Goliath, whom he had slain, and whose sword he now wore; and he soon found, from the conversation of the servants of Achish, that his life was in the most imminent danger in this place.

Barnes's 1-samuel 21:10 Bible Commentary

Achish king of Gath - It appears from the title that Psalm 34 was composed on this occasion. (See the note there.) Nothing can give a more lively impression of the straits to which David was reduced than the fact of his going to the country of the Philistines.

Wesley's 1-samuel 21:10 Bible Commentary

21:10 To Achish — A strange action; but it must be considered, that Saul's rage was so great, his power also, and diligence in hunting after him that he despaired of escaping any other way: and a desperate disease, produceth a desperate remedy. The king elect is here an exile: anointed to the crown, and yet forced to run his country. So do God's providences sometimes run counter to his promises, for the trial of our faith, and the glorifying his name in accomplishing his counsels, notwithstanding the difficulties that lie in the way.