1 Samuel 27:5

David Joins the Philistines

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1 Samuel 27:5

And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

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1 Samuel 27:4

And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

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1 Samuel 27:6

Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.