1 Samuel 27:4
◄  1 Samuel 27:4  ►
New International Version (©2011)
When Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Word soon reached Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped hunting for him.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And when it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, he no longer sought him.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Now it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he no longer searched for him.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
When it was reported to Saul that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, and he did not continue to search for him.

NET Bible (©2006)
When Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he did not mount a new search for him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, he didn't search for him anymore.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

American King James Version
And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

American Standard Version
And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it was told Saul that David was fled to Geth, and he sought no more after him.

Darby Bible Translation
And it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath; and he sought no more for him.

English Revised Version
And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it was told to Saul that David had fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

World English Bible
It was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

Young's Literal Translation
And it is declared to Saul that David hath fled to Gath, and he hath not added any more to seek him.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

27:1-7 Unbelief is a sin that easily besets even good men, when without are fightings, and within are fears; and it is a hard matter to get over them. Lord, increase our faith! We may blush to think that the word of a Philistine should go further than the word of an Israelite, and that the city of Gath should be a place of refuge for a good man, when the cities of Israel refuse him a safe abode. David gained a comfortable settlement, not only at a distance from Gath, but bordering upon Israel, where he might keep up a correspondence with his own countrymen.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath,.... Who very probably had his spies out to watch his motions, and report to him where he was, and what he was doing:

and he sought no more again for him; by which it seems as if he would have sought after him again, had he continued in the land of Israel; but now being gone, and in an enemy's country, and having nothing to fear from him while there, he laid aside all thoughts of seeking after him.

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David and the Philistines
…3And David dwelled with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife. 4And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him. 5And David said to Achish, If I have now found grace 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? …

1 Samuel 27:3 David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.
1 Samuel 27:5 Then David said to Achish, "If I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be assigned to me in one of the country towns, that I may live there. Why should your servant live in the royal city with you?"