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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.