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1 Samuel 27:11Sam.27.1

And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: [there is] nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

KJV

Hebrew original

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ אֶל לִבּ֔/וֹ עַתָּ֛ה אֶסָּפֶ֥ה יוֹם אֶחָ֖ד בְּ/יַד שָׁא֑וּל אֵֽין לִ֨/י ט֜וֹב כִּ֣י הִמָּלֵ֥ט אִמָּלֵ֣ט אֶל אֶ֣רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים וְ/נוֹאַ֨שׁ מִמֶּ֤/נִּי שָׁאוּל֙ לְ/בַקְשֵׁ֤/נִי עוֹד֙ בְּ/כָל גְּב֣וּל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְ/נִמְלַטְתִּ֖י מִ/יָּדֽ/וֹ

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

David dit en lui-même: je périrai un jour par la main de Saül; il n'y a rien de mieux pour moi que de me réfugier au pays des Philistins, afin que Saül renonce à me chercher encore dans tout le territoire d'Israël; ainsi j'échapperai à sa main.

KJV

And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: [there is] nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

Patristic reading

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    Patrologia Latina Vol. 193 (Migne)

    l. 1611B] Et surrexit David, et abiit ipse et sexcenti viri cum eo ad Achis filium Maoch regem Geth (I Reg. XXVII, 1, 2) . Septem istis persecutionibus David universae significantur persecutiones, quas excitavit diabolus contra Christum et Ecclesiam ejus. Septenario quippe nume…

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