The Meaning of 1 Samuel 27:4 Explained

1 Samuel 27:4

KJV: And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

YLT: And it is declared to Saul that David hath fled to Gath, and he hath not added any more to seek him.

Darby: And it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath; and he sought no more for him.

ASV: And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And it was told  Saul  that David  was fled  to Gath:  and he sought  no more again  {08675;03254:08686} for him. 

What does 1 Samuel 27:4 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 27:1-12 - Substituting Policy For Trust
David had every assurance that he would be king. From Samuel, Jonathan and Saul he had heard predictions of his coming exaltation; yet suddenly he seems to have had a fainting-fit and to have concluded that he would after all perish by the hand of Saul. It was thus with Elijah under the juniper bush, when he asked God to take away his life; and thus with the Baptist, when from prison he sent to ask whether Jesus was the Christ. Let us not sink into despair when the shadow of discouragement falls across our path. Let us believe that God's word shall stand though the heavens fall. Let us especially beware of taking our own measures of self-defense. The caves of Adullam are safer for the child of God than the land of the Philistines. David was driven to ruthless cruelty; he went about under the constant fear of discovery, and lived a perpetual lie. It was a life of deceit that was wholly unworthy of a servant of the Most High, and must have had a fatal effect on David's followers. And, in the end, Ziklag was destroyed, and the exile's heart was well-nigh broken. See 1 Samuel 30:1-4. "The way of the transgressor is hard!" No psalms can be traced to this period. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 27

1  Saul, hearing David to be in Gath, seeks no more for him
5  David begs Ziklag of Achish
8  He, invading other countries, persuades Achish he fought against Judah

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 27:4 mean?

And it was told Saul that had fled David to Gath so no - he more sought him -
וַיֻּגַּ֣ד לְשָׁא֔וּל כִּֽי־ בָרַ֥ח דָּוִ֖ד גַּ֑ת וְלֹֽא־ [יוסף] (יָסַ֥ף) ע֖וֹד לְבַקְשֽׁוֹ ס

וַיֻּגַּ֣ד  And  it  was  told 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hofal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָגַד  
Sense: to be conspicuous, tell, make known.
לְשָׁא֔וּל  Saul 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׁאוּל  
Sense: a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the st king of Israel.
כִּֽי־  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
בָרַ֥ח  had  fled 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בָּרַח 
Sense: to go through, flee, run away, chase, drive away, put to flight, reach, shoot (extend), hurry away.
דָּוִ֖ד  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
גַּ֑ת  to  Gath 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גַּת  
Sense: one of the five royal or chief cities of the Philistines and the native city of Goliath.
וְלֹֽא־  so  no 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
[יוסף]  - 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
ע֖וֹד  more 
Parse: Adverb
Root: עֹוד  
Sense: a going round, continuance adv.
לְבַקְשֽׁוֹ  sought  him 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בָּקַשׁ  
Sense: to seek, require, desire, exact, request.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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