1 Samuel 27:11

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David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David, and so has been his manner all the while he has lived in the country of the Philistines.

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Carmel and Jezreel were Israelite areas in the north, while the Negeb and Shur lay in the arid south toward Egypt; Gath was a Philistine city, and Ziklag David’s base under Achish. David’s raids in these southern borderlands enabled him to conceal his actions from Achish.

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1 Samuel 27:11 mentions Carmel, Egypt, Gath, Jezreel, Negeb, Shur and Ziklag.

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