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David's stay in the Philistine cities of Gath and Ziklag. 1 Samuel 27:2. And David arose and went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath. The Philistine city of Gath is west of Bethlehem. Wed. 1 Samuel 21:10–15. 1 Samuel 27:3. And David lived with Achish in Gath, himself and his men, each with his family, David and his two wives - Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, the former wife of Nabal, the Carmelite. 1 Samuel 27:5. And David said to Achish: If I have found favor in your eyes, then let a place be given to me in one of the small cities, and I will live there; Why should your servant live in the royal city with you? 1 Samuel 27:6. Then Achish gave him Ziklag, and therefore Ziklag remained with the kings of Judah to this day. 1 Samuel 27:7. The total time that David lived in the Philistine country was a year and four months. 1 Samuel 27:8. And David went out with his men and attacked the Geshurites and the Girzeites and the Amalekites, who had long inhabited this country as far as Shur and even as far as the land of Egypt. 1 Samuel 27:9. And David laid waste that country, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away sheep, and oxen, and donkeys, and camels, and clothing; and returned and came to Achish. 1 Samuel 27:10. And Achish said to David, Who is being attacked today? David said: To the noon country of Judah, and to the noon country of Jerahmeel, and to the noon country of Kenite. 1 Samuel 27:11. And David did not leave alive either man or woman, and did not bring him to Gath, saying: they can denounce us and say: “This is what David did, and this is his course of action all the time he was in the land of the Philistines.” “Achish looked upon David as his vassal and obliged him to harm his enemies, the Jews. In order to rid himself of this impossible condition and at the same time not incur the suspicion of Achish, David asked for a place for his home, remote from the capital, on the southern outskirts of the Philistine land of Ziklag. From here he undertook campaigns with his squad, but not to the east, into the possessions of Saul, but to the south to defeat predatory tribes, equally hostile to both the Philistines and the Jews" (Ya. Bogorodsky, "Jewish Kings", pp. 115-116). You might be interested in: