1David 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 escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So shall I escape out of his hand."stylusIsaiah 40:27, Isaiah 40:31, Isaiah 40:27, Isaiah 40:31, 1 Samuel 28:12David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, 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 2:393David lived 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.stylus1 Samuel 25:42, 1 Samuel 25:43, 1 Samuel 25:42, 1 Samuel 25:43, 1 Samuel 30:34It was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.stylus1 Samuel 26:21, 1 Samuel 26:215David said to Achish, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?"stylusGenesis 46:34, Genesis 46:34, 2 Corinthians 6:17, 2 Corinthians 6:176Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: why Ziklag pertains to the kings of Judah to this day.stylusNehemiah 11:28, Nehemiah 11:28, Joshua 15:31, Joshua 15:31, 1 Chronicles 12:17The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.stylus1 Samuel 29:3, 1 Samuel 29:38David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.stylus1 Samuel 15:7, 1 Samuel 15:8, Joshua 13:2, 1 Samuel 15:7, 1 Samuel 15:89David struck the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the cattle, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the clothing; and he returned, and came to Achish.stylus1 Samuel 15:3, 1 Samuel 15:3, 1 Samuel 15:7, Genesis 25:18, Genesis 16:710Achish said, "Against whom have you made a raid today?" David said, "Against the Negev of Judah, against the Negev of the Jerahmeelites, and against the Negev of the Kenites."stylusJudges 1:16, Judges 1:16, 1 Chronicles 2:25, 1 Chronicles 2:9, 1 Chronicles 2:2511David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, "Lest they should tell of us, saying, 'David has done this, and this has been his way all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.'"stylus1 Samuel 22:22, Proverbs 12:19, Proverbs 29:25, 1 Samuel 22:22, Proverbs 12:1912Achish believed David, saying, "He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he shall be my servant forever."stylus1 Samuel 13:4, Genesis 34:30, 1 Samuel 13:4, Genesis 34:30