1 Samuel 27

1And DavidH1732 saidH559 in his heartH3820, I shall nowH6258 perish oneH259 dayH3117 by the handH3027 of SaulH7586: there is nothingH369 betterH2896 for me than that I should speedily escapeH4422 into the landH776 of the PhilistinesH6430; and SaulH7586 will despairH2976 of me to seekH1245 me any moreH4480 within all the limits of IsraelH3478, and I shall escapeH4422 out of his handH3027. 2And DavidH1732 aroseH6965 and passedH5674 over, he and the sixH8337 hundredH3967 menH376 that were with him, to AchishH397, the sonH1121 of Maoch, kingH4428 of GathH1661. 3And DavidH1732 abode with AchishH397 at GathH1661, he and his menH376, every manH376 with his householdH1004; DavidH1732 with his twoH8147 wivesH802, AhinoamH293 the Jizreelitess, and AbigailH26 the Carmelitess, Nabal's wifeH802. 4And it was toldH5046 SaulH7586 that DavidH1732 had fledH1272 to GathH1661; and he soughtH1245 no more for him. 5And DavidH1732 saidH559 to AchishH397, If now I have foundH4672 favour in thine eyesH5869, let them giveH5414 me a placeH4725 in some country-town, that I may abide there; for whyH4100 should thy servantH5650 abide in the royal cityH5892 with thee? 6And AchishH397 gaveH5414 him ZiklagH6860 that dayH3117; thereforeH3651 ZiklagH6860 belongsH1961 to the kingsH4428 of JudahH3063 to this dayH3117. 7And the time that DavidH1732 abode in the countryH7704 of the PhilistinesH6430 wasH1961 a year and fourH702 monthsH2320. 8And DavidH1732 and his menH376 wentH935 up and madeH6584 a raidH6584 upon the Geshurites, and the Gerzites, and the Amalekites: for those were of old the inhabitantsH3427 of the landH776, as thou goest to ShurH7793, and as far as the landH776 of EgyptH4714. 9And DavidH1732 smote the landH776, and left neither manH376 nor womanH802 aliveH2421, and tookH3947 awayH7725 the sheepH6629, and the oxenH1241, and the asses, and the camelsH1581, and the apparel, and returnedH7725, and cameH935 to AchishH397. 10So AchishH397 saidH559, Have ye not madeH6584 a raidH6584 to-day? And DavidH1732 saidH559, Against the southH5045 of JudahH3063, and against the southH5045 of the Jerahmeelites, and against the southH5045 of the Kenites. 11And DavidH1732 left neither manH376 nor womanH802 aliveH2421, to bringH935 [them] to GathH1661, for he saidH559, LestH6435 they should tellH5046 of us, sayingH559, So did DavidH1732. And such was his customH4941 as long as he abode in the countryH7704 of the PhilistinesH6430. 12And AchishH397 trustedH539 DavidH1732, sayingH559, He has made himself utterly odiousH887 among his peopleH5971 IsraelH3478; and he shall beH1961 my servantH5650 for everH5769.