• 1 Samuel 27:7

    And the timeb that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

  • 1 Samuel 27:8

    And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites,c 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.

  • 1 Samuel 27:9

    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.

  • 1 Samuel 27:10

    And Achish said, Whitherd 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.

  • 1 Samuel 27:11

    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.

  • 1 Samuel 27:12

    And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterlye to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

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