1 Samuel 27

1David said in his heart, “I will now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So I will escape out of his hand.”Cross-references: Ex 14:12 · Num 14:3 · 1Sam 16:1 · 1Sam 16:13 · 1Sam 21:10 · 1Sam 22:5 · +15 more

2David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.Cross-references: 1Sam 21:10 · 1Sam 25:13 · 1Sam 30:8 · 1Ki 2:39

3David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.Cross-references: 1Sam 25:3 · 1Sam 25:18 · 1Sam 25:42 · 1Sam 30:3 · 1Sam 30:5

4Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped looking for him.Cross-references: 1Sam 26:21

5David 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?”Cross-references: Gen 46:34 · 2Cor 6:17

6Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.Cross-references: Josh 15:31 · Josh 19:5 · 1Sam 19:5 · 1Sam 30:1 · 1Sam 30:14 · 2Sam 1:1 · +4 more

7The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.Cross-references: 1Sam 29:3

8David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land who were of old, on the way to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.Cross-references: Ex 15:22 · Ex 17:8 · Ex 17:14 · Josh 13:2 · Josh 13:13 · Josh 16:10 · +9 more

9David struck the land, and saved no man or woman alive, and took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned, and came to Achish.Cross-references: Gen 16:7 · Gen 25:18 · Ex 15:22 · Deut 25:17 · Josh 6:21 · 1Sam 15:3 · +1 more

10Achish said, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David said, “Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.”Cross-references: Gen 27:19 · Gen 27:24 · Num 24:21 · Josh 2:4 · Judg 1:16 · Judg 4:11 · +13 more

11David saved neither man nor woman alive to bring them to Gath, saying, “Lest they should tell about us, saying, ‘David did this, and this has been his way all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.’”Cross-references: 1Sam 22:22 · Prov 12:19 · Prov 29:25

12Achish believed David, saying, “He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he will be my servant forever.”Cross-references: Gen 34:30 · 1Sam 13:4