4. When Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
5. David said to Achish: “If I meet with your approval, let me have a place to live in one of the country towns. Why should your servant live with you in the royal city?”
6. That same day Achish gave him Ziklag, which has, therefore, belonged to the kings of Judah up to the present time.
7. In all, David lived a year and four months in Philistine territory.
8. David and his men went out on raids against the Geshurites, Girzites, and Amalekites—peoples living in the land between Telam, on the approach to Shur, and the land of Egypt.