1 SAMUEL 27:3 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household; and David with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, Nabal's widow — David's establishment ('vayyēšeb dāwīd ʿim-ʿaḵîš') with his family and wives suggests a settled arrangement, a kind of exile that becomes a new home. The mention of his wives emphasizes that he brings his personal household into Philistine territory.
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