1 Samuel 27:3-5

Living Bible

^2-3 So David took his six hundred men and their families to live at Gath under the protection of King Achish. He had his two wives with him—Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, Nabal’s widow. ⁴ Word soon reached Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he quit hunting for him.

⁵ One day David said to Achish, “My lord, if it is all right with you, we would rather live in one of the country towns instead of here in the royal city.”