And David took these words to heart and was much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.
And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And his mother treasured up all these things in her heart.
I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
And David rose and fled that day from Saul and went to Achish the king of Gath.
When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he feared to say, “My wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah,” because she was attractive in appearance.
When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance, and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me, but they will let you live. Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake.”
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