1Sa 27:1, 1Ki 19:3, Jer 26:21 | ESV | STEP | Then David said in his heart , Now I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul . There is nothing better for me than that I should escape to the land of the Philistines . Then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel , and I shall escape out of his hand .

1 Samuel 27:1

David Flees to the Philistines

1 Then David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.”

1 Kings 19:3

3 Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and came to ^aBeersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

Jeremiah 26:21

21 And when ^bKing Jehoiakim, with all his warriors and all the officials, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah heard of it, he was afraid and fled and escaped to Egypt.