1 Samuel
27:1	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.
27:2	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.
27:3	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.
27:4	And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more
	again for him.
27:5	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?
27:6	Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto
	the kings of Judah unto this day.
27:7	And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a
	full year and four months.
27:8	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.
27:9	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.
27:10	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.
27:11	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.
27:12	And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel
	utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.