1 Samuel 27 cross-references
1 Samuel 27 has 12 verses, which point to 90 other passages and are cited by 79. Below is the King James text of each verse with its strongest cross-references, ranked by OpenBible.info reader votes.
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And David said in his heart, I shall now perish 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.
Points to (21)
- Isaiah 40:27–31 — Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over… 5 votes
- Isaiah 51:12 — I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die,… 4 votes
- Isaiah 30:15–16 — For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness… 3 votes
- 1 Samuel 28:1–2 — And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight… 3 votes
- 1 Samuel 27:10–11 — And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against… 3 votes
- 1 Samuel 23:17 — And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king… 3 votes
Pointed to from (26)
- Psalms 34:4 — I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. 20 votes
- Proverbs 24:10 — If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. 19 votes
- Proverbs 29:25 — The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe. 6 votes
- Psalms 56:8 — Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? 6 votes
1 Samuel 27:2
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.
Points to (4)
- 1 Samuel 25:13 — And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and… 4 votes
- 1 Samuel 21:10 — And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. 4 votes
- 1 Kings 2:39–40 — And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of… 2 votes
- 1 Samuel 30:8 — And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he… 2 votes
Pointed to from (6)
- 1 Chronicles 12:1 — Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of… 4 votes
- 2 Samuel 2:3 — And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities… 3 votes
- Judges 11:3 — Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to… 3 votes
- 2 Kings 12:17 — Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to… 2 votes
1 Samuel 27:3
And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
Points to (5)
- 1 Samuel 25:42–43 — And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she… 4 votes
- 1 Samuel 30:5 — And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the… 2 votes
- 1 Samuel 30:3 — So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons,… 2 votes
- 1 Samuel 25:18–35 — Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed,… 2 votes
- 1 Samuel 25:3 — Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good… 2 votes
Pointed to from (4)
- 1 Samuel 25:43 — David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives. 5 votes
- 1 Chronicles 3:1 — Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the… 2 votes
- 2 Samuel 15:18 — And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the… 2 votes
- 1 Samuel 30:5 — And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the… 2 votes
1 Samuel 27:4
And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
Points to (1)
- 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… 2 votes
Pointed to from (3)
- 1 Chronicles 18:1 — Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her… 2 votes
- 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… 2 votes
- 1 Samuel 17:4 — And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was… 2 votes
1 Samuel 27:5
And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
Points to (2)
- Genesis 46:34 — That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and… 2 votes
- 2 Corinthians 6:17 — Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and… 1 votes
Pointed to from (1)
- Joshua 10:2 — That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was… 2 votes
1 Samuel 27:6
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
Points to (10)
- Nehemiah 11:28 — And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof, 4 votes
- Joshua 15:31 — And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, 3 votes
- 1 Chronicles 12:20 — As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and… 2 votes
- 1 Chronicles 12:1 — Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of… 2 votes
- 1 Chronicles 4:30 — And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, 2 votes
- 2 Samuel 1:1 — Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites,… 2 votes
Pointed to from (5)
- Joshua 15:31 — And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, 6 votes
- Nehemiah 11:28 — And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof, 3 votes
- 1 Chronicles 4:30 — And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, 3 votes
- 1 Samuel 29:4 — And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him,… 3 votes
1 Samuel 27:7
And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
Points to (1)
- 1 Samuel 29:3 — Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the… 6 votes
Pointed to from (1)
- 1 Samuel 29:3 — Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the… 5 votes
1 Samuel 27:8
And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
Points to (15)
- 1 Samuel 15:7–8 — And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt. 5 votes
- Joshua 13:2 — This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, 5 votes
- Joshua 13:13 — Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and… 4 votes
- Judges 1:29 — Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among… 3 votes
- Joshua 16:10 — And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites… 3 votes
- 1 Chronicles 2:23 — And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even… 2 votes
Pointed to from (13)
- 2 Samuel 3:3 — And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah… 4 votes
- 1 Samuel 15:7 — And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt. 4 votes
- Joshua 12:5 — And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the… 4 votes
- 1 Samuel 30:1 — And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had… 3 votes
1 Samuel 27:9
And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
Points to (7)
- 1 Samuel 15:3 — Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and… 5 votes
- 1 Samuel 15:7 — And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt. 2 votes
- Joshua 6:21 — And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep,… 2 votes
- Deuteronomy 25:17–19 — Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; 2 votes
- Exodus 15:22 — So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three… 2 votes
- Genesis 25:18 — And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the… 2 votes
Pointed to from (2)
- Numbers 31:7 — And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. 3 votes
- 2 Kings 9:15 — But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he… 2 votes
1 Samuel 27:10
And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
Points to (19)
- Judges 1:16 — And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children… 5 votes
- 1 Chronicles 2:25 — And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and… 4 votes
- 1 Chronicles 2:9 — The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. 4 votes
- Galatians 2:11–13 — But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. 3 votes
- 1 Samuel 30:29 — And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them… 3 votes
- Judges 4:11 — Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from… 3 votes
Pointed to from (7)
- 1 Samuel 30:29 — And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them… 5 votes
- 1 Samuel 27:1 — And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me… 3 votes
- 1 Samuel 15:6 — And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with… 3 votes
- Genesis 27:24 — And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. 3 votes
1 Samuel 27:11
And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
Points to (3)
- Proverbs 29:25 — The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe. 2 votes
- Proverbs 12:19 — The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. 2 votes
- 1 Samuel 22:22 — And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell… 2 votes
Pointed to from (4)
- Proverbs 29:25 — The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe. 6 votes
- 1 Samuel 30:2 — And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried… 3 votes
- Jeremiah 41:4 — And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it, 2 votes
- 2 Samuel 17:20 — And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the… 2 votes
1 Samuel 27:12
And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
Points to (2)
- 1 Samuel 13:4 — And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in… 2 votes
- Genesis 34:30 — And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land,… 2 votes
Pointed to from (7)
- 2 Samuel 10:6 — And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the… 3 votes
- Exodus 5:21 — And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in… 3 votes
- 1 Chronicles 19:6 — And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of… 2 votes
- 2 Samuel 16:21 — And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house;… 2 votes