- 大卫心里说,必有一日我死在扫罗手里,不如逃奔非利士地去。扫罗见我不在以色列的境内,就必绝望,不再寻索我。这样我可以脱离他的手。
- 于是大卫起身,和跟随他的六百人投奔迦特王玛俄的儿子亚吉去了。
- 大卫和他的两个妻,就是耶斯列人亚希暖和作过拿八妻的迦密人亚比该,并跟随他的人,连各人的眷属,都住在迦特的亚吉那里。
- 有人告诉扫罗说,大卫逃到迦特。扫罗就不再寻索他了。
- 大卫对亚吉说,我若在你眼前蒙恩,求你在京外的城邑中赐我一个地方居住。仆人何必与王同住京都呢。
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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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