And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took sheep, and oxen, and asses, and camels, and apparel, and returned and came to Achish.

10 And Achish said, [a]Where have ye been a roving this day? And David answered, Against the South of Judah, and against the South of the [b]Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.

11 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, and say, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while that he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 27:10 Or, against whom.
  2. 1 Samuel 27:10 Which were a family of the tribe of Judah, 1 Chron. 2:9.

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