1 Samuel 27:4 KJV — MannaFest

1 Samuel 27:4

And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

KJV

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ASV

And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

WEB

And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.

YLT

And it is declared to Saul that David hath fled to Gath, and he hath not added any more to seek him.

DBT

And it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath; and he sought no more for him.

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1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.

Author: Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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1 Samuel 26:21
Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
1 Samuel 17:4
And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
1 Chronicles 18:1
Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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But, because he dares not come where he is, he resolves to let him alone. Thus many seem to leave their sins, but really their sins leave them; they would persist in them if they could. Saul sought no more for him, contenting himself with his banishment, since he could not have his blood, and hoping, it may be (as he had done, ch. xviii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Sought no more for him - At their meeting Saul's heart was deeply wounded, and he had said, "Return, my son David, Be with me as in time past." Nor have we the least proof, that he would have sought for him again, with any other design.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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