2So David and the six hundred men who were with him went over to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
3And David and his men were living with Achish at Gath; every man had his family with him, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, who had been the wife of Nabal.
4And Saul, hearing that David had gone to Gath, went after him no longer.
5Then David said to Achish, If now I have grace in your eyes, let me have a place in one of the smaller towns of your land, to be my living-place; for it is not right for your servant to be living with you in the king's town.
6So Achish straight away gave him Ziklag: and for that reason Ziklag has been the property of the kings of Judah to this day.
7And David was living in the land of the Philistines for the space of a year and four months.
8And David and his men went up and made attacks on the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for these were the people who were living in the land from Telam on the way to Shur, as far as Egypt.
