1David si ale pomyslel: „Teď mohu kdykoli Saulovou rukou zahynout. Nezbývá mi nic lepšího než utéct do filištínské země. Pak mě Saul nechá a přestane mě hledat po celém Izraeli. Takhle mu uniknu z rukou.“2Proto David vyrazil na cestu a se šesti sty svými muži přešel ke gatskému králi Achišovi, synu Maochovu.3David i jeho muži se tedy usadili u Achiše v Gatu. Každý měl s sebou svoji rodinu, David pak obě své ženy, Achinoam Jizreelskou a Abigail, vdovu po Nábalovi Karmelském.4Když bylo Saulovi oznámeno, že David utekl do Gatu, přestal ho hledat.5David řekl Achišovi: „Mohl bys mi prokázat laskavost? Prosím, ať mi poskytnou místo v některém venkovském městečku, abych se tam usadil. Proč by měl tvůj služebník bydlet s tebou v královském městě?“6Toho dne mu tedy Achiš dal Ciklag. Proto Ciklag patří až dodnes judským králům.7David strávil ve filištínském kraji celkem rok a čtyři měsíce.8David se svými muži podnikal nájezdy na Gešurejce, Girzejce i Amalekovce. (Ti totiž odpradávna bydleli v tom kraji, který se táhne až k Šuru směrem k egyptské k zemi.)9David útočil na celý ten kraj a nenechával naživu muže ani ženy, zabíral brav i skot, osly, velbloudy i oděvy. Potom se vracel k Achišovi.10Když se Achiš ptal: „Na koho jste dnes podnikli nájezd?“ David odpovídal: „Do judského Negevu,“ nebo „do Negevu Jerachmeelců,“ nebo „do kenijského Negevu.“11David nenechával naživu muže ani ženy, aby je nemusel vodit do Gatu. Říkal si: „Aby na nás nevyzradili, co vlastně David dělá.“ Tak si David počínal celou dobu, kdy bydlel ve filištínském kraji.12Achiš ale Davidovi věřil; myslel si: „Ten se svému lidu Izraeli nadobro zprotivil. Zůstane mým služebníkem už napořád.“
1Then David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.”2So David arose and went over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath. (1S 21,10; 1S 23,13; 2S 15,18; 1Kr 2,39)3And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, Nabal’s widow. (1S 25,43)4And when it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, he no longer sought him.5Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be given me in one of the country towns, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?” (Gn 33,15)6So that day Achish gave him Ziklag. Therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day. (Jz 15,31)7And the number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months. (1S 29,3)8Now David and his men went up and made raids against the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites, for these were the inhabitants of the land from of old, as far as Shur, to the land of Egypt. (Jz 13,2; Jz 16,10; Sd 1,29; 1S 15,7)9And David would strike the land and would leave neither man nor woman alive, but would take away the sheep, the oxen, the donkeys, the camels, and the garments, and come back to Achish.10When Achish asked, “Where have you made a raid today?” David would say, “Against the Negeb of Judah,” or, “Against the Negeb of the Jerahmeelites,” or, “Against the Negeb of the Kenites.” (Sd 1,16; 1S 23,27; 1S 30,29)11And David would leave neither man nor woman alive to bring news to Gath, thinking, “lest they should tell about us and say, ‘So David has done.’” Such was his custom all the while he lived in the country of the Philistines.12And Achish trusted David, thinking, “He has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel; therefore he shall always be my servant.”