1 Samuel 27:8-12 ▼

8 Then David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (They had been living in that land for a long time, from the approach to Shur as far as the land of Egypt.)

9 When David would attack a district, he would leave neither man nor woman alive. He would take sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing and would then go back to Achish.

10 When Achish would ask, |Where did you raid today?| David would say, |The Negev of Judah| or |The Negev of Jeharmeel| or |The Negev of the Kenites.|

11 Neither man nor woman would David leave alive so as to bring them back to Gath. He was thinking, |This way they can't tell on us, saying, 'This is what David did.'| Such was his practice the entire time that he lived in the country of the Philistines.

12 So Achish trusted David, thinking to himself, |He is really hated among his own people in Israel! From now on he will be my servant.|