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Saul heard the news that David had run away to Gath. So he stopped looking for David.

One day David said to Achish, ‘I hope that you are pleased with me. If you are, please choose a place for me to live in one of the small towns. I do not need to live in the same big city as the king.’

So on that day King Achish gave Ziklag town to David.[a] Since then, Ziklag has always belonged to Judah's king.

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Footnotes

  1. 27:6 Ziklag was near the border of Judah. But it was far away from Saul's town of Gibeah and the five important Philistine towns.