1 et ait David in corde suo
aliquando incidam in uno die in manu Saul
nonne melius est ut fugiam et salver in terra Philisthinorum
ut desperet Saul cessetque me quaerere in cunctis finibus Israhel
fugiam ergo manus eius
2 et surrexit David et abiit ipse et sescenti viri cum eo
ad Achis filium Mahoc regem Geth
3 et habitavit David cum Achis in Geth
ipse et viri eius vir et domus eius
David et duae uxores eius
Ahinoem Iezrahelites et Abigail uxor Nabal Carmeli
4 et nuntiatum est Saul quod fugisset David in Geth
et non addidit ultra ut quaereret eum
5 dixit autem David ad Achis
si inveni gratiam in oculis tuis
detur mihi locus in una urbium regionis huius ut habitem ibi
cur enim manet servus tuus in civitate regis tecum
6 dedit itaque ei Achis in die illa Siceleg
propter quam causam facta est Siceleg regum Iuda
usque in diem hanc
7 fuit autem numerus dierum quibus habitavit David in regione
Philisthinorum quattuor mensuum
8 et ascendit David et viri eius
et agebant praedas de Gesuri et de Gedri et de Amalechitis
hii enim pagi habitabantur in terra antiquitus
euntibus Sur usque ad terram Aegypti
9 et percutiebat David omnem terram
nec relinquebat viventem virum et mulierem
tollensque oves et boves et asinos et camelos et vestes
revertebatur et veniebat ad Achis
10 dicebat autem ei Achis in quem inruisti hodie
respondebatque David contra meridiem Iudae
et contra meridiem Hiramel et contra meridiem Ceni
11 virum et mulierem non vivificabat David
nec adducebat in Geth dicens
ne forte loquantur adversum nos haec fecit David
et hoc erat decretum illi omnibus diebus
quibus habitavit in regione Philisthinorum
12 credidit ergo Achis David dicens
multa mala operatus est contra populum suum Israhel
erit igitur mihi servus sempiternus
1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. 2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. 3 And David dwelt 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 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
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? 6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. 7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
8 ¶ And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. 9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. 10 And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites. 11 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines. 12 And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.