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chapter 27
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And
David said in his heart: I shall gone day or other fall into the hands of Saul:
is it not better for me to flee, and to be saved in the land of the
Philistines, that Saul may despair of me, and cease to seek me in all the
coasts of Israel? I will flee then out of his hands.
2 And David arose and went away, both he and the six
hundred men that were with him, to Achis the son of Maoch, king of Geth.
3 And David dwelt with Achis at Geth, he and his men:
every man with his household, and David with his two wives, Achinoam the
Jezrahelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel.
4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Geth, and
he sought no more after him.
5 And David said to Achis: If I have found favour in
thy sight, let a place be given me in one of the cities of this country, that I
may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
6 Then Achis gave him Siceleg that day: for which
reason Siceleg belongeth to the kings of Juda unto this day.
7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the
Philistines, was four months.
8 And David and his men went up, and pillaged Gessuri,
and Gerzi, and the Amalecites: for these were of old the inhabitants of the
countries, as men go to Sur, even to the land of Egypt.
9 And David wasted all 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 Achis.
10 And Achis said to him: Whom hast thou gone against
to day? David answered: Against the south of Juda, and against the south of
Jerameel, and against the south of Ceni.
11 And David saved neither man nor woman, neither
brought he any of them to Geth, saying: Lest they should speak against us. So
did David, and such was his proceeding all the days that he dwelt in the
country of the Philistines.
12 And Achis believed David, saying: He hath done much
harm to his people Israel: therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
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