<vn='1'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">in</s> his <sn="3820">heart</s>, I shall <sn="6258">now</s><sn="5595">perish</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="3117">day</s> by the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s>: there is <sn="369">nothing</s><sn="2896">better</s> for me <sn="3588">than</s> that I should speedily <sn="4422 4422">escape</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>; and <sn="7586">Saul</s> shall <sn="2976">despair</s><sn="4480">of</s> me, to <sn="1245">seek</s> me any <sn="5750">more</s> in <sn="3605">any</s><sn="1366">coast</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: so shall I <sn="4422">escape</s> out of his <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="6965">arose</s>, and <sn="1931">he</s> passed <sn="5674">over</s> with the <sn="8337">six</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="5973">with</s> him <sn="413">unto</s><sn="397">Achish</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="4582">Maoch</s>, <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="1661">Gath</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="3427">dwelt</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="397">Achish</s> at <sn="1661">Gath</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> and his <sn="376">men</s>, every <sn="376">man</s> with his <sn="1004">household</s>, even <sn="1732">David</s> with his <sn="8147">two</s><sn="802">wives</s>, <sn="293">Ahinoam</s> the <sn="3159">Jezreelitess</s>, and <sn="26">Abigail</s> the <sn="3761">Carmelitess</s>, <sn="5037">Nabal</s> 's <sn="802">wife</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And it was <sn="5046">told</s><sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="1732">David</s> was <sn="1272">fled</s> to <sn="1661">Gath</s>: and he <sn="1245">sought</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s><sn="3254">again</s> for him. </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="397">Achish</s>, <sn="518">If</s> I have <sn="4994">now</s><sn="4672">found</s><sn="2580">grace</s> in thine <sn="5869">eyes</s>, let them <sn="5414">give</s> me a <sn="4725">place</s> in <sn="259">some</s><sn="5892">town</s> in the <sn="7704">country</s>, that I may <sn="3427">dwell</s><sn="8033">there</s>: for <sn="4100">why</s> should thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="3427">dwell</s> in the <sn="4467">royal</s><sn="5892">city</s><sn="5973">with</s> thee? </v>
<vn='6'>Then <sn="397">Achish</s><sn="5414">gave</s> him <sn="*853"></s><sn="6860">Ziklag</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>: <sn="3651">wherefore</s><sn="6860">Ziklag</s><sn="1961">pertaineth</s> unto the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And the <sn="3117">time</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1732">David</s><sn="3427">dwelt</s> in the <sn="7704">country</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="1961">was</s> a <sn="4557">full</s><sn="3117">year</s> and <sn="702">four</s><sn="2320">months</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="1732">David</s> and his <sn="376">men</s> went <sn="5927">up</s>, and <sn="6584 413">invaded</s> the <sn="1651">Geshurites</s>, and the <sn="1511">Gezrites</s>, and the <sn="6003">Amalekites</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="2007">those</s> nations were of <sn="834 4480 5769">old</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>, as thou <sn="935">goest</s> to <sn="7793">Shur</s>, even <sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="5221">smote</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s>, and <sn="2421">left</s><sn="3808">neither</s><sn="376">man</s> nor <sn="802">woman</s> alive, and took <sn="3947">away</s> the <sn="6629">sheep</s>, and the <sn="1241">oxen</s>, and the <sn="2543">asses</s>, and the <sn="1581">camels</s>, and the <sn="899">apparel</s>, and <sn="7725">returned</s>, and <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="397">Achish</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="397">Achish</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="408">Whither</s> have ye made a <sn="6584">road</s><sn="3117">today</s>? And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="5921">Against</s> the <sn="5045">south</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="5045">south</s> of the <sn="3397">Jerahmeelites</s>, and <sn="413">against</s> the <sn="5045">south</s> of the <sn="7017">Kenites</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="2421">saved</s><sn="3808">neither</s><sn="376">man</s> nor <sn="802">woman</s> alive, to <sn="935">bring</s> tidings to <sn="1661">Gath</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="6435">Lest</s> they should <sn="5046">tell</s><sn="5921">on</s> us, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3541">So</s><sn="6213">did</s><sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="3541">so</s> will be his <sn="4941">manner</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">while</s> he <sn="3427">dwelleth</s> in the <sn="7704">country</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="397">Achish</s><sn="539">believed</s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, He hath made his <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> utterly to <sn="887 887">abhor</s> him; therefore he shall <sn="1961">be</s> my <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="5769">forever</s>. </v>