Bible, King James Version
1_Samuel
1Sam.27
[1] And 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 speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and
Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of
Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
[2] And David arose, and he passed over with the six
hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch,
king of Gath.
[3] And David dwelt 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.
[4] And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and
he sought no more again for him.
[5] And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace
in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the
country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell
in the royal city with thee?
[6] Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag
pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
[7] And the time that David dwelt in the country of the
Philistines was a full year and four months.
[8] And David and his men went up, and invaded the
Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those
nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to
Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
[9] And David smote the land, and left neither man nor
woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the
asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to
Achish.
[10] And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day?
And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south
of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
[11] And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring
tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So
did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in
the country of the Philistines.
[12] And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his
people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my
servant for ever.
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