27:1 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."
27:2 So
David
arose
and
went
over,
he
and
the
six
hundred
men
who
were
with
him,
to
Achish
the
son
of
Maoch,
king
of
Gath.
27:3 And
David
lived
with
Achish
at
Gath,
he
and
his
men,
every
man
with
his
household,
and
David
with
his
two
wives,
Ahinoam
of
Jezreel,
and
Abigail
of
Carmel,
Nabal's
widow.
27:4 And
when
it
was
told
Saul
that
David
had
fled
to
Gath,
he
no
longer
sought
him.
27:5 Then
David
said
to
Achish,
"If
I
have
found
favor
in
your
eyes,
let
a
place
be
given
me
in
one
of
the
country
towns,
that
I
may
dwell
there.
For
why
should
your
servant
dwell
in
the
royal
city
with
you"
27:6 So
that
day
Achish
gave
him
Ziklag.
Therefore
Ziklag
has
belonged
to
the
kings
of
Judah
to
this
day.
27:7 And
the
number
of
the
days
that
David
lived
in
the
country
of
the
Philistines
was
a
year
and
four
months.
27:8 Now
David
and
his
men
went
up
and
made
raids
against
the
Geshurites,
the
Girzites,
and
the
Amalekites,
for
these
were
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
from
of
old,
as
far
as
Shur,
to
the
land
of
Egypt.
27:9 And
David
would
strike
the
land
and
would
leave
neither
man
nor
woman
alive,
but
would
take
away
the
sheep,
the
oxen,
the
donkeys,
the
camels,
and
the
garments,
and
come
back
to
Achish.
27:10 When
Achish
asked,
"Where
have
you
made
a
raid
today"
David
would
say,
"Against
the
Negeb
of
Judah,"
or,
"Against
the
Negeb
of
the
Jerahmeelites,"
or,
"Against
the
Negeb
of
the
Kenites."
27:11 And
David
would
leave
neither
man
nor
woman
alive
to
bring
news
to
Gath,
thinking,
"lest
they
should
tell
about
us
and
say,
'So
David
has
done.'"
Such
was
his
custom
all
the
while
he
lived
in
the
country
of
the
Philistines.
27:12 And
Achish
trusted
David,
thinking,
"He
has
made
himself
an
utter
stench
to
his
people
Israel;
therefore
he
shall
always
be
my
servant."