1 Samuel 27:1-12, NLT
1 Samuel 27
David among the Philistines
1But David kept thinking to himself, “Someday Saul is going to get me. The best thing I can do is escape to the Philistines. Then Saul will stop hunting for me in Israelite territory, and I will finally be safe.”
2So David took his 600 men and went over and joined Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
5One day David said to Achish, “If it is all right with you, we would rather live in one of the country towns instead of here in the royal city.”
6So Achish gave him the town of Ziklag (which still belongs to the kings of Judah to this day),
8David and his men spent their time raiding the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites—people who had lived near Shur, toward the land of Egypt, since ancient times.
10“Where did you make your raid today?” Achish would ask.
And David would reply, “Against the south of Judah, the Jerahmeelites, and the Kenites.”
11No one was left alive to come to Gath and tell where he had really been. This happened again and again while he was living among the Philistines.
