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Old Testament1 Samuel · Chapter 27

1 Samuel 27:2

Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Samuel 27:2 — by Collins Asein

Quick Summary

1 Samuel 27:2 is a verse from the book of 1 Samuel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of G..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.

1 Samuel 27:2 — KJV

And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

1 Samuel 27:2 (KJV)

1 Samuel 27:2 in Context — About the Book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel traces Israel's shift from judges to kings through three lives: Samuel the prophet, Saul the rejected king, and David the shepherd anointed in secret. It is rich with prayer — Hannah's desperate plea for a child opens the book and becomes a template for praying through tears.

Answered prayerGod looks at the heartWaiting for promotionObedience over sacrificeFacing giants
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Cross-References for 1 Samuel 27:2

And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.

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And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem. possession: or, cattle and of...: or, and his sons officers: or, eunuchs

Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 27:2: david, over, hundred

Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.

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And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.

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And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king. affairs: Heb. thing

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