1 David said in his heart, "I will now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So I will escape out of his hand." 2 David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath. 3 David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife. 4 Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped looking for him.

5 David said to Achish, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?" 6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day. 7 The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

8 David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land who were of old, on the way to Shur, even to the land of Egypt. 9 David struck the land, and saved no man or woman alive, and took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned, and came to Achish.

10 Achish said, "Against whom have you made a raid today?"

David said, "Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites." 11 David saved neither man nor woman alive to bring them to Gath, saying, "Lest they should tell about us, saying, ‘David did this, and this has been his way all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.’"

12 Achish believed David, saying, "He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he will be my servant forever."

1 大卫心里说： "总有一天， 我会死在扫罗的手里， 我倒不如逃奔到非利士人的国土， 扫罗对我就会死心， 不再在以色列全境寻索我， 我就可以逃脱他的手了。"

2 于是大卫起来， 和跟随他的六百人都越过边界， 到迦特王玛俄的儿子亚吉那里去。

3 大卫和跟随他的人， 以及他们各人的家眷， 都与亚吉一同住在迦特。大卫的两个妻子， 就是耶斯列人亚希暖和作过拿八妻子的迦密人亚比该也都住在那里。

4 有人告诉扫罗， 大卫已经逃到迦特去了， 扫罗就不再寻索他了。

5 大卫对亚吉说： "我若是在你眼前蒙恩， 求你在这地的城市中， 给我一个地方， 让我住在那里。为什么要你的仆人与你一同住在王城呢？"

6 那天， 亚吉就把洗革拉赐给大卫， 因此， 洗革拉直到今日还是属犹大王的。

7 大卫在非利士人的乡镇居住的日子， 共有一年零四个月。

8 大卫和跟随他的人上去袭击基述人、基色人和亚玛力人， 这些人自古以来就是这地的居民， 居于书珥到埃及地之间。

9 大卫攻打那地， 无论男女， 都不让一人存活， 又掳走了牛、羊、驴子、骆驼和衣服， 然后回来， 到亚吉那里去。

10 亚吉问： "你们今天袭击了什么地方呢？"大卫回答： "我们袭击了犹大的南方， 耶拉蔑的南部， 和基尼的南方。"

11 无论男女， 大卫都不让一人活着带到迦特来， 他说： "恐怕他们把我们的事告诉别人， 说： ‘大卫作了这样的事， 他住在非利士人乡镇的日子， 常常这样作。’"

12 亚吉相信了大卫， 心里说： "他在自己的族人以色列中留下了臭名， 他必永远作我的仆人了。"