1Men David følte sig stadig ikke tryg ved Saul. Han tænkte: „En skønne dag får Saul ram på mig. Jeg må hellere prøve lykken hos filistrene. Så kan det være, Saul indstiller jagten, og jeg kan være i fred for ham.”2David og hans 600 mænd med deres familier flyttede derfor til Gat, hvor de kom til at bo under filisterkongen Akish’ beskyttelse. David havde begge sine koner med sig, Ahinoam fra Jizre’el og Abigajil, Nabals enke, fra Karmel.4Saul fik snart at vide, at David var flygtet til Gat, og han indstillede forfølgelsen.5En dag sagde David til kong Akish: „Herre, hvis du ikke har noget imod det, foretrækker vi at bo i en af byerne på landet frem for her i den kongelige residensby.”6Så gav Akish ham byen Ziklag. Det er baggrunden for, at byen den dag i dag er på Judas kongers hænder.7David og hans mænd boede blandt filistrene i et år og fire måneder.8Det meste af tiden var de på plyndringstogt hos geshuritterne, girzitterne og amalekitterne, de folk, der fra gammel tid har boet nær Shur langs karavanevejen til Egypten.9Når Davids mænd slog ned på en landsby, sørgede de for, at der ikke var nogen overlevende tilbage, og de plyndrede stedet rub og stub for får, geder, køer, æsler, kameler og tøj, før de vendte hjem.10„Hvor gik togtet hen i dag?” plejede Akish at spørge. David svarede, at han havde været i det sydlige Juda, eller i jerahme’elitternes eller kenitternes område.11David udryddede samtlige indbyggere i de landsbyer, han plyndrede, fordi han var bange for, at de ellers ville komme til Gat og afsløre, hvor han i virkeligheden havde været. Al den tid David opholdt sig hos filistrene, spillede han dette dobbeltspil,12og Akish troede på, hvad David sagde og var efterhånden overbevist om, at David havde gjort sig grundigt forhadt blandt sit eget folk. „Nu er han tvunget til at slå sig til ro her og blive i min tjeneste,” tænkte Akish.
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David Flees to the Philistines
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.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.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?”6So that day Achish gave him Ziklag. Therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.7And the number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.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.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.”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.”
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