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1 Samuel 27:1
King James Version (1769 Blayney revision, with Apocrypha) · Berean Standard Bible
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish (note: Heb. be consumed) 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.
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