7. David was in Philistia for a year and four months.
8. The Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites lived in the area from Telam to Shur and on as far as Egypt, and David often attacked their towns.
9. Whenever David and his men attacked a town, they took the sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and the clothing, and killed everyone who lived there.After he returned from a raid, David always went to see Achish,
10. who would ask, “Where did you attack today?”David would answer, “Oh, we attacked some desert town that belonged to the Judah tribe.” Sometimes David would say, “Oh, we attacked a town in the desert where the Jerahmeel clan lives” or “We attacked a town in the desert where the Kenites live.”
11. That's why David killed everyone in the towns he attacked. He thought, “If I let any of them live, they might come to Gath and tell what I've really been doing.”David made these raids all the time he was in Philistia.
12. But Achish trusted David and thought, “David's people must be furious with him. From now on he will have to take orders from me.”