1 Samuel 27:10-12

International Children’s Bible

¹⁰ Many times Achish would ask David, “Where did you go raiding today?” And David would tell him that he had gone to the southern part of Judah. Or he would say he had gone to the territory of the Jerahmeelites or of the Kenites. ¹¹ David never brought a man or woman alive to Gath. He thought, “If we bring anyone alive, he may tell Achish, ‘This is what David really did.’” David did this all the time he lived in the Philistine land. ¹² Achish trusted David. He said to himself, “David’s own people, the Israelites, now hate David very much. So David will serve me forever.”