1 Samuel 27:9-11

Christian Standard Bible

⁹ Whenever David attacked the land, he did not leave a single person alive, either man or woman, but he took flocks, herds, donkeys, camels, and clothing.^(A) Then he came back to Achish, ¹⁰ who inquired, “Where did you raid today?” ^[a](B)

David replied, “The south country of Judah,” “The south country of the Jerahmeelites,”^(C) or “The south country of the Kenites.”^(D)

¹¹ David did not let a man or woman live to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Or they will inform on us and say, ‘This is what David did.’” This was David’s custom during the whole time he stayed in the Philistine territory.