1 Samuel 27
David has just spared Saul's life for the second time but realises that this is unlikely to persuade Saul off his course to kill him, so he again goes to live in a Philistine area, so he went to Achish king of Gath along with his 600 men and their families. David asked Achish to give him and his men somewhere to live rather than taking up space in the royal city of Gath.
Achish gave David the town of Ziklag, where David lived for a year and 4 months.
From time to time, David went out raiding amongst Israel's enemies but they would leave no living person to tell the tale, so when he lied to Achish saying that he had been raiding Israel there was nobody to contradict him.
Achish thought that David was burning his bridges and making trouble for Israel - so he trusted David.
It seems to me that David is playing a rather dodgy game here.
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