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1 AND David said in his heart, Now if I should fall some day into the hands of Saul, it would not be good for me, but it is better for me that I should escape to the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of seeking me any more in the territory of Israel; so I shall escape out of his hands. 2 So David arose and went over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish, the son of Maachah, king of Gath. 3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men and the household of David and his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife. 4 And it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath; and he sought no more after him. 5 And David said to Achish, If I have now found grace in your eyes, let the people give me a place in one of the towns in the desert, that I may dwell there; so that your servant may not dwell in the royal city with you. 6 Then Achish gave him Zinklag that day; therefore Zinklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day. 7 And the time that David dwelt in the land of the Philistines was a full year and four months. 1 Samuel 27:1-7, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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