I Samuel 27

vayyomer david el-libbo attah essafeh yom-ekhad beyad-sha'ul en-li tov ki himmalet immalet el-erets pelishtim veno'ash mimmenni sha'ul levaqsheni od bekhol-gevul yisra'el venimlatti miyyado

David said to himself, “Someday I shall certainly perish at the hands of Saul. The best thing for me is to flee to the land of the Philistines; Saul will then give up hunting me throughout the territory of Israel, and I will escape him.”

vayyaqom david vayya'avor hu veshesh-me'ot ish asher immo el-akhish ben-ma'okh melekh gat

So David and the six hundred men with him went and crossed over to King Achish son of Maoch of Gath.

vayyeshev david im-akhish begat hu va'anashayw ish uveto david ushete nashayw akhino'am hayyizre'elit va'avigayil eshet-naval hakkarmelit

David and his men stayed with Achish in Gath, each with his family—David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

vayyuggad lesha'ul ki-varakh david gat velo-[yasaf] (yvsf) od levaqsho

And when Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, he did not pursue him anymore.

vayyomer david el-akhish im-na matsati khen be'enekha yittenu-li maqom be'akhat are hassadeh ve'eshevah sham velammah yeshev avdekha be'ir hammamlakhah immakh

David said to Achish, “If you please, let a place be granted me in one of the country towns where I can live; why should your servant remain with you in the royal city?”

vayyitten-lo akhish bayyom hahu et-tsiqlag lakhen hayetah tsiqlag lemalkhe yehudah ad hayyom hazzeh

At that time Achish granted him Ziklag; that is how Ziklag came to belong to the kings of Judah, as is still the case.

vayehi mispar hayyamim asher-yashav david bisdeh felishtim yamim ve'arba'ah khodashim

The length of time that David lived in Philistine territory was a year and four months.

vayya'al david va'anashayw vayyifshetu el-haggeshuri (vhgrzy) [vehaggizri] veha'amaleqi ki hennah yoshevot ha'arets asher me'olam bo'akha shurah ve'ad-erets mitsrayim

David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Gizrites, and the Amalekites—who were the inhabitants of the region of Olam, all the way to Shur and to the land of Egypt.—

vehikkah david et-ha'arets velo yekhayyeh ish ve'isha velaqakh tson uvaqar vakhamorim ugemallim uvegadim vayyashov vayyavo el-akhish

When David attacked a region, he would leave no man or woman alive; he would take flocks, herds, donkeys, camels, and clothing. When he returned and came to Achish,

vayyomer akhish al-peshattem hayyom vayyomer david al-negev yehudah ve'al-negev hayyerakhme'eli ve'el-negev haqqeni

Achish would ask, “Where did you raid today?” and David would reply, “The Negeb of Judah,” or “the Negeb of the Jerahmeelites,” or “the Negeb of the Kenites.”

ve'ish ve'isha lo-yekhayyeh david lehavi gat lemor pen-yaggidu alenu lemor koh-asah david vekhoh mishpato kol-hayyamim asher yashav bisdeh felishtim

David would leave no man or woman alive to be brought to Gath; for he thought, “They might tell about us: David did this.” Such was his practice as long as he stayed in the territory of the Philistines.

vayya'amen akhish bedavid lemor havesh hivish be'ammo veyisra'el vehayah li le'eved olam

Achish trusted David. He thought: “He has aroused the wrath of his own people Israel, and so he will be my vassal forever.”