1Samuel:27

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* 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 will despair of me to seek me any more within all the limits of Israel , and I shall escape out of his hand . * And David arose and passed over , he and the six hundred men that were with him , to Achish , the son of Maoch , king of Gath . * And David abode with Achish at Gath , he and his men , every man with his household ; David with his two wives , Ahinoam the Jizreelitess , and Abigail the Carmelitess , Nabal 's wife . * And it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath ; and he sought no more for him . * And David said to Achish , If now I have found favour in thine eyes , let them give me a place in some country-town , that I may abide there ; for why should thy servant abide in the royal city with thee ? * And Achish gave him Ziklag that day ; therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day . * And the time that David abode in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months . * And David and his men went up and made a raid upon the Geshurites , and the Gerzites , and the Amalekites : for those were of old the inhabitants of the land , as thou goest to Shur , and as far as the land of Egypt . * 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 . * So Achish said , Have ye not made a raid to-day ? And David said , Against the south of Judah , and against the south of the Jerahmeelites , and against the south of the Kenites . * And David left neither man nor woman alive , to bring [them ] to Gath , for he said , Lest they should tell of us , saying , So did David . And such was his custom as long as he abode in the country of the Philistines . * And Achish trusted David , saying , He has made himself utterly odious among his people Israel ; and he shall be my servant for ever .

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