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1 Samuel 27

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David , however, said to himself , “One of these days now I will 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 stop searching for me all over Israel , and I will slip out of his hand. ”

David said in his heart , I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul : there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines ; and Saul will despair of me , to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel : so shall I escape out of his hand.

So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.

David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him , and David had his two wives : Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal .

David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men , every man with his household , even David with his two wives , Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife .

And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath , he no longer searched for him.

It was told Saul that David was fled to Gath : and he sought no more again for him.

Then David said to Achish, “ If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns , so I can live there . For why should your servant live in the royal city with you? ”

David said to Achish, If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country , that I may dwell there : for why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?

That day Achish gave him Ziklag , and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.

Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day : why Ziklag pertains to the kings of Judah to this day .

And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.

The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites . (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt. )

David and his men went up , and made a raid on the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites ; for those [nations] were the inhabitants of the land , who were of old, as you go to Shur , even to the land of Egypt.

Whenever David attacked a territory , he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds , the donkeys, camels, and clothing . Then he would return to Achish ,

David struck the land , and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen , and the donkeys, and the camels, and the clothing ; and he returned, and came to Achish .

who would ask him , “What have you raided today? ” And David would reply , “ The Negev of Judah, ” or “ The Negev of Jerahmeel , ” or “ The Negev of the Kenites. ”

Achish said , Against whom have you made a raid today? David said , Against the South of Judah, and against the South of the Jerahmeelites , and against the South of the Kenites.

David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said , “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did .’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory .

David saved neither man nor woman alive , to bring them to Gath, saying , Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David, and so has been his manner all the while he has lived in the country of the Philistines .

So Achish trusted David, thinking , “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel , he will be my servant forever. ”

Achish believed David, saying , He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant forever.

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