## Targum Jonathan on I Samuel Chapter 27

###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 27:1
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וַאֲמַר דָוִד בְּלִבֵּיהּ דִלְמָא אִתְמְסִיר יוֹמָא חָד בִּידָא דְשָׁאוּל לֵית לִי מִדַעַם דְטַב אֲרֵי אִשְׁתֵּיזָבָא אִשְׁתֵּיזֵב לְאַרַע פְלִשְׁתָּאֵי וִינוּחַ מִנִי שָׁאוּל לְמִבְעֵנִי עוֹד בְּכָל תְּחוּם אַרְעָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל וְאִשְׁתֵּיזֵיב מִן יְדֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And David said in his heart, “Now, perhaps I shall be delivered one day into the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should indeed escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will rest from seeking me any longer within the borders of the land of Israel and I shall escape from his hand.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 27:2
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וְקָם דָוִד וַעֲבַר הוּא וְשִׁית מְאָה גַבְרָא דְעִמֵיהּ לְוַת אָכִישׁ בַּר מָעוֹךְ מַלְכָּא דְגַת:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So David arose and went over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 27:3
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וִיתֵיב דָוִד עִם אָכִישׁ בְּגַת הוּא וְגַבְרוֹהִי גְבַר וֶאֱנַשׁ בֵיתֵיה דָוִד וְתַרְתֵּין נְשׁוֹהִי אֲחִנוֹעַם דְמִיזְרְעֶאל וַאֲבִיגַיִל אִתַּת נָבָל דְמִכַּרְמְלָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men; each man with the men of his house, David with his two wives, Ahinoam who was from Jezreel, and Abigail, Nabal’s widow, who was from Carmel.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 27:4
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וְאִתְחַוָא לְשָׁאוּל אֲרֵי עֲרַק דָוִד לְגַת וְלָא אוֹסִיף עוֹד לְמִבְעוֹהִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And when it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, he sought him no more.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 27:5
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וַאֲמַר דָוִד לְאָכִישׁ אִם כְּעַן אַשְׁכָּחֵית רַחֲמִין בְּעֵינָךְ יִתְּנוּן לִי אֲתַר בַּחֲדָא מִן קִרְוֵי חַקְלָא וְאֵתֵיב תַּמָן וּלְמָא יְתֵיב עַבְדָךְ בְּקִירְוַת מַלְכוּתָא עִמָךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favour in your eyes now, let them give to me a place in one of the country towns, that I may dwell there, for why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 27:6
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וִיהַב לֵיה אָכִישׁ בְּיוֹמָא הַהוּא יַת צִקְלָג בְּכֵן הֲוָת צִקְלָג לְמַלְכַיָא דְבֵית יְהוּדָה עַד יוֹמָא הָדֵין:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So Achish gave him Ziklag that day. Therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of the House of Judah to this day.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 27:7
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וַהֲוָה מִנְיַן יוֹמַיָא דִיתֵיב דָוִד בְּקִרְוֵי פְלִשְׁתָּאֵי יוֹמִין עִדַן בְּעִדַן וְאַרְבְּעָא יַרְחִין:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the number of the days that David dwelt in the cities of the Philistines was a year and four months.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 27:8
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וּסְלִיק דָוִד וְגַבְרוֹהִי וְאִתְנְגִידוּ עַל גְשׁוּרָאֵי וְעַל גִזְרָאֵי וַעֲמַלְקָאֵי אֲרֵי אִינוּן יַתְבַת אַרְעָא דְמֵעַלְמָא מַעֲלָנָא דְחַגְרָא וְעַד אַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Now David and his men went up, and marched out against the Geshurites, the Gizrites, and the Amalekites, for these were the inhabitants of the land, which was from of old the entrance of the Heger unto the land of Egypt.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 27:9
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וּמְחֵי דָוִד יַת יַתְבֵי אַרְעָא וְלָא מְקַיֵם גְבַר וְאִתָּא וּשְׁבָא עָאן וְתוֹרִין וַחֲמָרִין וְגַמְלִין וּנְסִיב לְבוּשִׁין וְתָאִיב וְאָתֵי לְוַת אָכִישׁ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And David used to strike the inhabitants of the land and he left neither man nor woman alive, but captured the sheep, the oxen, the asses, the camels, and the clothes, and came back to Achish.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 27:10
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וַאֲמַר אָכִישׁ לְאָן אִתְנְגַדְתּוּן יוֹמָא דֵין וַאֲמַר דָוִד עַל דָרוֹם יְהוּדָה וְעַל דָרוֹם יְרַחְמְאֵלָה וּלְדָרוֹם שַׁלְמָאָה:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
When Achish asked, “Where have you marched today?” David would say, “Against the south of Judah,” or, “Against the south of the Jerahmeelite,” or, “Against the south of the Shalmaite.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 27:11
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וּגְבַר וְאִתָּא לָא מְקַיֵם דָוִד לְאַיְתָאָה לְגַת לְמֵימָר דִלְמָא יְחַווּן עֲלָנָא לְמֵימָר כְּדֵין עֲבַד דָוִד וּכְדֵין הֲוַת הִלְכָתֵיהּ כָּל יוֹמִין דַהֲוָה יָתֵיב בְּקִירְוֵי פְלִשְׁתָּאֵי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And David left neither man nor woman alive to bring them to Gath, thinking, “Lest they should tell about us, and say, ‘So David has done.’” Such was his custom all the days he dwelt in the cities of the Philistines.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 27:12
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וְהֵימִין אָכִישׁ בְּדָוִד לְמֵימָר אִתְגְרָאָה אִתְגָרֵי בְּעַמֵיהּ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהֵי לִי עֲבַד פְּלַח לַעֲלָם:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Achish trusted David, thinking, “He has utterly provoked his own people, Israel. Now he shall be a servant, subjected to me forever.”