1 Samuel 27:1-2

New International Reader's Version

David Among the Philistines

27 David thought, “Some day Saul will destroy me. So the best thing I can do is escape. I’ll go to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop looking for me everywhere in Israel. His hand won’t be able to reach me.”

² So David and his 600 men left Israel. They went to Achish, the king of Gath. He was the son of Maok.