1 David thought, One day I will be destroyed by Saul’s power. The best thing for me to do is to escape to Philistine territory. Then Saul will give up looking for me in Israelite territory, and I will escape his power.
2 So David set out with his six hundred soldiers and went to Achish, Maoch’s son and Gath’s king.
3 David and his soldiers stayed there at Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, Nabal’s widow from Carmel.
4 When Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, he didn’t pursue him anymore.