⁹ Whenever David attacked a land, he did not leave even one man or woman alive. He would carry off the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he would return and come back to Achish.

¹⁰ Achish would ask, “Where have you carried out a raid today?”

David would answer, “Against the Negev^[a] of Judah,” or “Against the Negev of the Jerahme’elites,” or “Against the Negev of the Kenites.” ¹¹ David would not keep even one man or woman alive to bring them to Gath. He said, “If I do, they would inform on us. They would say, ‘This is what David did, and this is what he has been doing the entire time he has been living in the territory of the Philistines.’”