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David said to Achish, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?” Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day. The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

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And David said to Achish, If I have now found favor in your eyes, let me be given a place to dwell in some country town; for why should your servant live in the royal city with you?

Then Achish gave David the town of Ziklag that day. Therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.

The time David dwelt in the Philistines’ country was a year and four months.

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Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be assigned to me in one of the country towns, that I may live there. Why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”

So on that day Achish gave him Ziklag,(A) and it has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since. David lived(B) in Philistine territory a year and four months.

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