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This chapter continues the part of the book that describes how David became king (chapters 16–31). It describes how David fled for a second time to the Philistine city of Gath for safety. This time Achish, the king of Gath, agreed to let David live there and serve him. David and his men went on raids against other people groups in the area but told Achish that they had attacked Israelite communities. This made Achish think that David would not be able to go back to Israel and so David would always serve him.
Even though Saul promised in 26:21 that he would never kill David, nevertheless David fled to Philistia for safety immediately afterwards. It seems that David did not trust Saul to keep his promise. David had good reason not to trust Saul. In 19:6, Saul swore an oath by Yahweh that he would not kill David, but shortly afterwards, when Saul learned of David’s great military success against the Philistines, he became jealous and tried to kill David again. So David had learned that Saul was someone whose promises could not be trusted.
In 27:5, David asks King Achish to allow him and his men to live away from the royal city of Gath, in one of the smaller settlements within its territory. Achish agrees and gives David and his men the town of Ziklag. David had told Achish there was no need for him and his men to live with the king. This suggests that for as long as they were in the royal city, they were the king’s guests and lived at his expense. David was courteously offering to do without this support, and Achish accepted his offer. But this also gave David much more freedom of movement, since he was no longer where the officials of Achish could watch him and report on his actions. This allowed him to pretend that he was attacking Israelite settlements when he really was not.