Achish
Americannoun
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When therefore he was asked by Achish where he had gone that day, he returned an answer fitted, and indeed intended, to deceive.
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by William Garden Blaikie
In Ps. xxxiv. the latter name actually appears in place of Achish.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
So “David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him, unto Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.”
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by William Garden Blaikie
Achish, we are told, believed David, believed that he had been in arms against his countrymen.
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by William Garden Blaikie
The position of Ziklag was ill-suited for attacks on the desert, and Achish had not given him any commands to fight against the children of the desert.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Max Duncker
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