1Samuel:27

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* And David said in his heart , I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul . Nothing [is ] 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 border of Israel , and so I shall escape out of his hand . * And David arose and passed over , he and the six hundred men with him to Achish the son of Maoch , king of Gath . * And David lived with Achish of Gath , he and his men , each one with his household ; David with his two wives , Ahinoam of Jezreel , and Abigail of Carmel , Nabal 's former wife . * And Saul was told that David had fled to Gath . And he never again looked for him . * And David said to Achish , If I have now found grace in your eyes , let them give me a place in some town in the country so that I may live there . For why should your servant live in the royal city with you ? * And Achish gave him Ziklag that day . And Ziklag [belongs ] to the kings of Judah to this day . * And the number of days that David lived in the field of the Philistines was [a year ] of days and four months . * And David and his men went up and invaded the Geshurites , and the Gezrites , and the Amalekites . For they [were ] the inhabitants of the land from the past [days ], as you come into Shur , even into the land of Egypt . * And David struck the land , and did not keep alive man nor woman , and took away the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the camels and the clothing , and returned and came to Achish . * And Achish said , Where have you made a raid today ? And David said , Against the south of Judah , and against the south of the Jerahmeelites , and against the south of the Kenites . * And David did not keep alive man or woman to bring [news ] to Gath , saying , Lest they should tell on us , saying , So David did , and so [has been ] his custom all the days he lived in the fields of the Philistines . * And Achish believed David , saying , He has made himself to be hated among his people Israel , and has become my servant forever .

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