4. When Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, he didn’t search for him anymore.
5. David said to Achish, “If you will permit me, let me have a place in one of the outlying towns so that I can live there. Why should I live in the royal city with you?”
6. So Achish immediately gave him Ziklag. (This is why Ziklag still belongs to the kings of Judah today.)
7. David stayed in Philistine territory for one year and four months.
8. Then David and his men went to raid the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (They lived in the territory which extends from Telaim to Shur and Egypt.)
9. Whenever David attacked the territory, he left no man or woman alive. He also took sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing and returned to Achish.