Tanach
Shmuel I 27:1-4 שמואל א כ״ז:א׳-ד׳
Part of: Chapter 27
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וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל־לִבּוֹ עַתָּה אֶסָּפֶה יוֹם־אֶחָד בְּיַד־שָׁאוּל אֵֽין־לִי טוֹב כִּי הִמָּלֵט אִמָּלֵט ׀ אֶל־אֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים וְנוֹאַשׁ מִמֶּנִּי שָׁאוּל לְבַקְשֵׁנִי עוֹד בְּכׇל־גְּבוּל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְנִמְלַטְתִּי מִיָּדֽוֹ׃
Dovid said to himself, "Now I might perish one day at the hand of Shaul. There is nothing better for me [to do] than to escape to the land of the Philistines; for then Shaul will give up pursuing me anymore throughout Yisroel's borders, and I will have escaped from his hand."
Dovid said to himself, "Now I might perish one day at the hand of Shaul. There is nothing better for me [to do] than to escape to the land of the Philistines; for then Shaul will give up pursuing me anymore throughout Yisroel's borders, and I will have escaped from his hand."
Rashi
וַיָּקׇם דָּוִד וַיַּעֲבֹר הוּא וְשֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר עִמּוֹ אֶל־אָכִישׁ בֶּן־מָעוֹךְ מֶלֶךְ גַּֽת׃
Dovid rose and crossed over, with the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish son of Ma'och, king of Gas.
Dovid rose and crossed over, with the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish son of Ma'och, king of Gas.
וַיֵּשֶׁב דָּוִד עִם־אָכִישׁ בְּגַת הוּא וַאֲנָשָׁיו אִישׁ וּבֵיתוֹ דָּוִד וּשְׁתֵּי נָשָׁיו אֲחִינֹעַם הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִת וַֽאֲבִיגַיִל אֵֽשֶׁת־נָבָל הַֽכַּרְמְלִֽית׃
Dovid stayed with Achish in Gas, he and his men, each man with his household, Dovid with his two wives, Achinoam, the Yizre'elite and Avigayil, the Carmelite, the [former] wife of Novol.
Dovid stayed with Achish in Gas, he and his men, each man with his household, Dovid with his two wives, Achinoam, the Yizre'elite and Avigayil, the Carmelite, the [former] wife of Novol.
וַיֻּגַּד לְשָׁאוּל כִּֽי־בָרַח דָּוִד גַּת וְלֹא־[יָסַף] (יוסף) עוֹד לְבַקְשֽׁוֹ׃ {ס}
It was told to Shaul that Dovid had fled to Gas, and he did not continue to search for him.
It was told to Shaul that Dovid had fled to Gas, and he did not continue to search for him.
עתה אספה יום אחד. שמא יארוב ויבא עלי פתאום:
Now I might perish one day. Perhaps he will ambush me and suddenly attack me.1Dovid did not trust Shaul and was convinced that he was laying a trap for him by asking him to remain.—Metzudas Dovid