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1 # And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) in his heart <03820>, I shall now perish <05595> (8735) one <0259> day <03117> by the hand <03027> of Saul <07586>: there is nothing better <02896> for me than that <03588> I should speedily <04422> (8736) escape <04422> (8735) into the land <0776> of the Philistines <06430>; and Saul <07586> shall despair <02976> (8738) of me, to seek <01245> (8763) me any more in any coast <01366> of Israel <03478>: so shall I escape <04422> (8738) out of his hand <03027>.
2 And David <01732> arose <06965> (8799), and he passed over <05674> (8799) with the six <08337> hundred <03967> men <0376> that were with him unto Achish <0397>, the son <01121> of Maoch <04582>, king <04428> of Gath <01661>.
3 And David <01732> dwelt <03427> (8799) with Achish <0397> at Gath <01661>, he and his men <0582>, every man <0376> with his household <01004>, even David <01732> with his two <08147> wives <0802>, Ahinoam <0293> the Jezreelitess <03159>, and Abigail <026> the Carmelitess <03762>, Nabal's <05037> wife <0802>.
4 And it was told <05046> (8714) Saul <07586> that David <01732> was fled <01272> (8804) to Gath <01661>: and he sought <01245> (8763) no more again <03254> (8804) (8675) <03254> (8686) for him.
5 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Achish <0397>, If I have now found <04672> (8804) grace <02580> in thine eyes <05869>, let them give <05414> (8799) me a place <04725> in some <0259> town <05892> in the country <07704>, that I may dwell <03427> (8799) there: for why should thy servant <05650> dwell <03427> (8799) in the royal <04467> city <05892> with thee?
6 Then Achish <0397> gave <05414> (8799) him Ziklag <06860> that day <03117>: wherefore Ziklag <06860> pertaineth unto the kings <04428> of Judah <03063> unto this day <03117>.
7 And the time <04557> <03117> that David <01732> dwelt <03427> (8804) in the country <07704> of the Philistines <06430> was a full year <03117> and four <0702> months <02320>.
8 # And David <01732> and his men <0582> went up <05927> (8799), and invaded <06584> (8799) the Geshurites <01651>, and the Gezrites <01511>, and the Amalekites <06003>: for those <02007> nations were of old <05769> the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the land <0776>, as thou goest <0935> (8800) to Shur <07793>, even unto the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.
9 And David <01732> smote <05221> (8689) the land <0776>, and left neither man <0376> nor woman <0802> alive <02421> (8762), and took away <03947> (8804) the sheep <06629>, and the oxen <01241>, and the asses <02543> , and the camels <01581>, and the apparel <0899>, and returned <07725> (8799), and came <0935> (8799) to Achish <0397> .
10 And Achish <0397> said <0559> (8799), Whither <0408> have ye made a road <06584> (8804) to day <03117>? And David <01732> said <0559> (8799), Against the south <05045> of Judah <03063>, and against the south <05045> of the Jerahmeelites <03397>, and against the south <05045> of the Kenites <07017>.
11 And David <01732> saved <02421> (8762) neither man <0376> nor woman <0802> alive <02421> (8762) , to bring <0935> (8687) tidings to Gath <01661>, saying <0559> (8800), Lest they should tell <05046> (8686) on us, saying <0559> (8800), So did <06213> (8804) David <01732>, and so will be his manner <04941> all the while <03117> he dwelleth <03427> (8804) in the country <07704> of the Philistines <06430>.
12 And Achish <0397> believed <0539> (8686) David <01732>, saying <0559> (8800), He hath made his people <05971> Israel <03478> utterly <0887> (8687) to abhor <0887> (8689) him; therefore he shall be my servant <05650> for ever <05769>.