I Samuel 27 · שמואל א

And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Sha᾽ul; there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Pelishtim; and Sha᾽ul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in the whole territory of Yisra᾽el: so shall I escape out of his hand.

And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him to Akhish, the son of Ma῾okh, king of Gat.

And David dwelt with Akhish at Gat, he and his men, every man with his household, David with his two wives, Aĥino῾am the Yizre῾elite, and Avigayil the Karmelite, Naval’s wife.

And it was told Sha᾽ul that David was fled to Gat: and he sought no more again for him.

And David said to Akhish, If I have now found favour in thy eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

Then Akhish gave him Żiqlag that day: therefore Żiqlag belongs to the king of Yehuda to this day.

And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Pelishtim was a full year and four months.

And David and his men went up, and raided the Geshuri, and the Gizri, and the ῾Amaleqi: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, in the direction of Shur, as far as the land of Miżrayim.

And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Akhish.

When Akhish said, Where did you make a raid today? David would say, Against the south of Yehuda, or against the south of the Yeraĥm᾽eli, or against the south of the Qeni.

And David saved neither man or woman alive, to bring tidings to Gat, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, Thus did David, and this was his practice all the time he dwelt in the country of the Pelishtim.

And Akhish believed David, saying, He has made his people Yisra᾽el utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.