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The Great Bible 1539
| 27:1 | And Dauid sayde in his hert: I shall perishe one daye or other by the hand of Saul. Therfore is there nothing better for me, then to flee and saue my selfe in the land of the Philistines, and Saul shall cease & seke me nomore in all the coastes of Israel, & so shall I escape out of his hand. |
| 27:2 | And Dauid arose, & he & the syxe hundred men that were wt him went vnto Achis, the sonne of Maoch, king of Geth. |
| 27:3 | And Dauid dwelt wt Achis at Geth, both he & his men, euery man wt his housholde, & Dauid wt hys two wiues: Ahinoam the Iezrahelite, & Abigail Nabals wife of Carmell. |
| 27:4 | And it was tolde Saul, that Dauid was fleed to Geth, and he sought no moare for him. |
| 27:5 | And Dauid sayd vnto Achis: If I haue now found grace in thine eyes, lett them geue me a place in some towne in the feldes, that I maye dwell there. For why shulde thy seruaunt dwell in the heed cytie of the kingdome wt the? |
| 27:6 | Then Achis gaue hym Zikleg the same daye, for which cause Zikleg pertaineth vnto the kynges of Iuda vnto thys daye. |
| 27:7 | And the tyme that Dauid dwelt in the contreye of the Philistines, was foure monethes, and certayne dayes. |
| 27:8 | And Dauid & his men went vp, and ranne vpon the Gesurites, the Gerzites & the Amalekites: For those nacions were from the begynnyng the enhabiters of the lande, as men go to Sur, vnto the lande of Egypte. |
| 27:9 | And Dauid smote the land, and left nether man ner woman alyue, and droue awaye the shepe, the oxen, the asses, camelles, and clothes, and retourned, and came to Achis. |
| 27:10 | And Achis sayde: where haue ye bene a rouing this daye? And Dauid answered: Toward the south of Iuda, & towarde the south of the Iezrahelites, & towarde the south of the kenites. |
| 27:11 | And Dauid saued nether man nor woman alyue ner suffred them to come to Geth, for feare (sayeth he) leste they shuld telle on vs saing so dyd Dauid & so wylbe his maner all the while he dwelleth in the contreye of the Philistines. |
| 27:12 | And Achis beleued Dauid saying He abhorreth his people of Israel, & therfore he shalbe my seruaunt for euer. |
The Great Bible 1539
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide "one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it."