Chapter 27

David’s Flight to the Philistines.^{[a] 1} David thought to himself, “One of these days I will perish at Saul’s hands. I might as well escape into the land of the Philistines. Saul will give up hope of catching me anywhere in the territory of Israel, and I will escape out of his hand.”

⁵ David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your sight, then let me be given a place in one of your country towns to live. Why should your servant live in the royal city with you?” ⁶ That day Achish gave him Ziklag. Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah up to the present. ⁷ David lived in the territory of the Philistines for one year and four months.