- 大衛心裡說、必有一日我死在掃羅手裡.不如逃奔非利士地去.掃羅見我不在以色列的境內、就必絕望、不再尋索我.這樣我可以脫離他的手。
- 於是大衛起身、和跟隨他的六百人、投奔迦特王瑪俄的兒子亞吉去了。
- 大衛和他的兩個妻、就是耶斯列人亞希暖、和作過拿八妻的迦密人亞比該、並跟隨他的人、連各人的眷屬、都住在迦特亞吉那裡。
- 有人告訴掃羅、說、大衛逃到迦特.掃羅就不再尋索他了。
- 大衛對亞吉說、我若在你眼前蒙恩、求你在京外的城邑中、賜我一個地方居住.僕人何必與王同住京都呢。
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- But David thought to himself, "One of these days I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me anywhere in Israel, and I will slip out of his hand."
- So David and the six hundred men with him left and went over to Achish son of Maoch king of Gath.
- David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.
- When Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
- Then David said to Achish, "If I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be assigned to me in one of the country towns, that I may live there. Why should your servant live in the royal city with you?"
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