1 Samuel 27:4
4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
Other Translations of 1 Samuel 27:4
New International Version
4 When Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
English Standard Version
4 And when it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, he no longer sought him.
The Message
4 When Saul was told that David had escaped to Gath, he called off the hunt.
New King James Version
4 And it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath; so he sought him no more.
New Living Translation
4 Word soon reached Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped hunting for him.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 27:4
Commentary on 1 Samuel 27:1-7
(Read 1 Samuel 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.