1 Samuel 27:1-2

Revised Geneva Translation

27 And David said in his heart, “I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. Is it not better for me that I save myself in the land of the Philistines—so that Saul may lose hope in seeking me anymore in all the territory of Israel—and so escape out of his hand?”

² Therefore, David arose. And he and the six hundred men who were with him went to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.