David sa til seg selv: En dag vil jeg dø på Sauls hånd. Det eneste jeg kan gjøre er å komme meg bort til filisterland; da vil Saul oppgi håpet om å finne meg i hele Israel, og slik kan jeg unnslippe ham.

And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.

Så dro David og de seks hundre mennene som var med ham til Akisj, sønn av Maok, kongen i Gat.

So David and the six hundred men who were with him went over to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

David og mennene hans bodde hos Akisj i Gat, og hver mann hadde familien sin med seg. David hadde sine to koner, Ahinoam fra Jisre'el og Abigail fra Karmel, som hadde vært Nabals kone.

And David and his men were living with Achish at Gath; every man had his family with him, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, who had been the wife of Nabal.

Da Saul hørte at David hadde dratt til Gat, jaget han ikke lenger etter ham.

And Saul, hearing that David had gone to Gath, went after him no longer.

Så sa David til Akisj: Hvis jeg har fått nåde i dine øyne, la meg få en plass i en av de mindre byene i landet ditt, hvor jeg kan bo; for det er ikke riktig at din tjener bor hos deg i kongens by.

Then David said to Achish, If now I have grace in your eyes, let me have a place in one of the smaller towns of your land, to be my living-place; for it is not right for your servant to be living with you in the king's town.

Så ga Akisj ham straks Siklag, og derfor er Siklag den dag i dag eiendommen til Judas konger.

So Achish straight away gave him Ziklag: and for that reason Ziklag has been the property of the kings of Judah to this day.

David bodde i filisternes land i en periode på ett år og fire måneder.

And David was living in the land of the Philistines for the space of a year and four months.

David og mennene hans dro opp og angrep gesjureerne, girsiteerne og amalekittene, for de bodde i landet fra Telam på vei til Sur, helt til Egypt.

And David and his men went up and made attacks on the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for these were the people who were living in the land from Telam on the way to Shur, as far as Egypt.

David angrep stadig landet til ingen mann eller kvinne var igjen. Han tok sauer, storfe, esler, kameler og klær, og vendte tilbake til Akisj.

And David again and again made attacks on the land till not a man or a woman was still living; and he took away the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the camels and the clothing; and he came back to Achish.

Hver gang Akisj spurte: Hvor har dere kjempet i dag? svarte David: Mot sør i Juda, mot jerahme'elittene, og mot sør i kenittenes område.

And every time Achish said, Where have you been fighting today? David said, Against the South of Judah and the South of the Jerahmeelites and the South of the Kenites.

David brakte aldri noen mann eller kvinne levende tilbake til Gat, for han fryktet at de kunne fortelle hva som hadde skjedd, og si: Dette er hva David har gjort hele den tiden han har bodd i filisternes land.

Not one living man or woman did David ever take back with him to Gath, fearing that they might give an account of what had taken place, and say, This is what David did, and so has he been doing all the time while he has been living in the land of the Philistines.

Akisj stolte på det David sa, og tenkte: Han har gjort seg hatet av hele Israel, sitt folk, og derfor vil han bli min tjener for alltid.

And Achish had belief in what David said, saying, He has made himself hated by all his people Israel, and so he will be my servant for ever.