1 Samuel Chapter 27

1 Samuel Chapter 27
1 And David said in his heart, I shall
now perish one day by the hand of Saul:
is it not better for me that I save myself
in the land of the Philistines, and that
Saul may have no hope of me to seek me
any more in all the coasts of Israel, and
so escape out of his hand?
2 David therefore arose, and he, and the
six hundred men that were with him,
went 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, David with his two wives,
Ahinoam the Jezreelite, and Abigail
Nabal's wife the Carmelite.
4 And it was told Saul that David was
fled to Gath: so he sought no more 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 other city of the
country, that I may dwell there: for why
should thy servant dwell in the head city
of the kingdom with thee?
6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that same
day: therefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the
kings of Judah unto this day.
7 And the time that David dwelt in the
country of the Philistines, was four
months and certain days.
8 Then David and his men went up, and
invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites,
and the Amalekites: for they inhabited
the land from the beginning, from the
way, 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 sheep, and oxen, and
asses, and camels, and apparel, and
returned and came to Achish.
10 And Achish said, Where have ye
been a roving this day? And David
answered, 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 them to Gath,
saying, Lest they should tell on us, and
say, So did David, and so will be his
manner all the while that he dwelleth in
the country of the Philistines. 12 And
Achish believed David, saying, He hath
made his people of Israel utterly to
abhor him: therefore he shall be my
servant forever.