Bible in Basic English
"So David and the six hundred men who were with him went over to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath."
— 1 Samuel 27:2, Bible in Basic English
“And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.”
“And David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, unto Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath. ”
“David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.”
“So David left and crossed over to King Achish son of Maoch of Gath accompanied by his six hundred men.”
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.
So David and the six hundred men who were with him went over to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
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.
And Saul, hearing that David had gone to Gath, went after him no longer.
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.