1 Samuel 27:1

David thought to himself, ¹  “One of these days I’m going to be swept away by the hand of Saul! There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of searching for me through all the territory of Israel and I will escape from his hand.”

Ex 14:12; Nu 14:3; 1Sa 16:1,13; 1Sa 21:10-15; 1Sa 22:5; 1Sa 23:17; 1Sa 25:30; 1Sa 27:10,11; 1Sa 28:1,2; 1Sa 29:2-11; 1Sa 30:1-3; Ps 116:11; Pr 3:5,6; Pr 13:12; Isa 30:15,16; Isa 40:27-31; Isa 51:12; La 3:26,27; Mt 14:31; Mr 4:40; 2Co 7:5

¹ tn Heb “said to his heart.”