1 Samuel 27:1-3

Evangelical Heritage Version

David Returns to the Philistines

27 David said to himself, “Any day now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. The best plan for me is to escape immediately to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me within the borders of Israel, and I will escape out of his hand.”

² So David set out with the six hundred men who were with him and crossed over to Achish son of Maok, king of Gath. ³ David stayed with Achish at Gath—he and his men, each man with his family, including David with his two wives, Ahinoam from Jezre’el and Abigail from Carmel, who had been Nabal’s wife.