1And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.stylusIsaiah 40:27, Isaiah 40:31, Isaiah 40:27, Isaiah 40:31, 1 Samuel 28:12So David and the six hundred men who were with him went over to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.stylus1 Samuel 25:13, 1 Samuel 21:10, 1 Samuel 25:13, 1 Samuel 21:10, 1 Kings 2:393And David and his men were living with Achish at Gath; every man had his family with him, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, who had been the wife of Nabal.stylus1 Samuel 25:42, 1 Samuel 25:43, 1 Samuel 25:42, 1 Samuel 25:43, 1 Samuel 30:34And Saul, hearing that David had gone to Gath, went after him no longer.stylus1 Samuel 26:21, 1 Samuel 26:215Then David said to Achish, If now I have grace in your eyes, let me have a place in one of the smaller towns of your land, to be my living-place; for it is not right for your servant to be living with you in the king's town.stylusGenesis 46:34, Genesis 46:34, 2 Corinthians 6:17, 2 Corinthians 6:176So Achish straight away gave him Ziklag: and for that reason Ziklag has been the property of the kings of Judah to this day.stylusNehemiah 11:28, Nehemiah 11:28, Joshua 15:31, Joshua 15:31, 1 Chronicles 12:17And David was living in the land of the Philistines for the space of a year and four months.stylus1 Samuel 29:3, 1 Samuel 29:38And David and his men went up and made attacks on the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for these were the people who were living in the land from Telam on the way to Shur, as far as Egypt.stylus1 Samuel 15:7, 1 Samuel 15:8, Joshua 13:2, 1 Samuel 15:7, 1 Samuel 15:89And David again and again made attacks on the land till not a man or a woman was still living; and he took away the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the camels and the clothing; and he came back to Achish.stylus1 Samuel 15:3, 1 Samuel 15:3, 1 Samuel 15:7, Genesis 25:18, Genesis 16:710And every time Achish said, Where have you been fighting today? David said, Against the South of Judah and the South of the Jerahmeelites and the South of the Kenites.stylusJudges 1:16, Judges 1:16, 1 Chronicles 2:25, 1 Chronicles 2:9, 1 Chronicles 2:2511Not one living man or woman did David ever take back with him to Gath, fearing that they might give an account of what had taken place, and say, This is what David did, and so has he been doing all the time while he has been living in the land of the Philistines.stylus1 Samuel 22:22, Proverbs 12:19, Proverbs 29:25, 1 Samuel 22:22, Proverbs 12:1912And Achish had belief in what David said, saying, He has made himself hated by all his people Israel, and so he will be my servant for ever.stylus1 Samuel 13:4, Genesis 34:30, 1 Samuel 13:4, Genesis 34:30