3 David, his men and their families made their home in Gath with Achish. David had his two wives with him. Their names were Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel. Abigail was the widow of Nabal.
4 Now Saul was told that David had run away to Gath. So he stopped looking for him.
5 Then David said to Achish, “If you are pleased with me, give me a place in one of the country towns. I can live there. I don’t need to live in the royal city with you.”
6 That day Achish gave David the town of Ziklag. That is why Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since.
7 David lived in the Philistine land a year and four months.
8 David and his men went to raid the people of Geshur, Girzi and Amalek. (These people had lived for a long time in the land that reached to Shur and Egypt.)
9 When David fought them, he killed all the men and women. He took sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels and clothes. Then he returned to Achish.