Achish
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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 Blaikie, William Garden
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 Blaikie, William Garden
It was deemed by him important that no one should be able to carry to Achish a faithful report of what he had been doing.
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden
A Jewish tradition alleges that both the wife and daughter of Achish were mad; he had plenty of that sort of people already: no need of more!
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden
David now settled as a vassal of Achish at Ziklag.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Duncker, Max
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