Targum Jonathan on I Samuel Chapter 27
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וַאֲמַר דָוִד בְּלִבֵּיהּ דִלְמָא אִתְמְסִיר יוֹמָא חָד בִּידָא דְשָׁאוּל לֵית לִי מִדַעַם דְטַב אֲרֵי אִשְׁתֵּיזָבָא אִשְׁתֵּיזֵב לְאַרַע פְלִשְׁתָּאֵי וִינוּחַ מִנִי שָׁאוּל לְמִבְעֵנִי עוֹד בְּכָל תְּחוּם אַרְעָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל וְאִשְׁתֵּיזֵיב מִן יְדֵיהּ:
And David said in his heart, “Now, perhaps I shall be delivered one day into the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should indeed escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will rest from seeking me any longer within the borders of the land of Israel and I shall escape from his hand.”
וְקָם דָוִד וַעֲבַר הוּא וְשִׁית מְאָה גַבְרָא דְעִמֵיהּ לְוַת אָכִישׁ בַּר מָעוֹךְ מַלְכָּא דְגַת:
So David arose and went over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
וִיתֵיב דָוִד עִם אָכִישׁ בְּגַת הוּא וְגַבְרוֹהִי גְבַר וֶאֱנַשׁ בֵיתֵיה דָוִד וְתַרְתֵּין נְשׁוֹהִי אֲחִנוֹעַם דְמִיזְרְעֶאל וַאֲבִיגַיִל אִתַּת נָבָל דְמִכַּרְמְלָא:
And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men; each man with the men of his house, David with his two wives, Ahinoam who was from Jezreel, and Abigail, Nabal’s widow, who was from Carmel.
וְאִתְחַוָא לְשָׁאוּל אֲרֵי עֲרַק דָוִד לְגַת וְלָא אוֹסִיף עוֹד לְמִבְעוֹהִי:
And when it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, he sought him no more.
וַאֲמַר דָוִד לְאָכִישׁ אִם כְּעַן אַשְׁכָּחֵית רַחֲמִין בְּעֵינָךְ יִתְּנוּן לִי אֲתַר בַּחֲדָא מִן קִרְוֵי חַקְלָא וְאֵתֵיב תַּמָן וּלְמָא יְתֵיב עַבְדָךְ בְּקִירְוַת מַלְכוּתָא עִמָךְ:
Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favour in your eyes now, let them give to me a place in one of the country towns, that I may dwell there, for why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”
וִיהַב לֵיה אָכִישׁ בְּיוֹמָא הַהוּא יַת צִקְלָג בְּכֵן הֲוָת צִקְלָג לְמַלְכַיָא דְבֵית יְהוּדָה עַד יוֹמָא הָדֵין:
So Achish gave him Ziklag that day. Therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of the House of Judah to this day.
וַהֲוָה מִנְיַן יוֹמַיָא דִיתֵיב דָוִד בְּקִרְוֵי פְלִשְׁתָּאֵי יוֹמִין עִדַן בְּעִדַן וְאַרְבְּעָא יַרְחִין:
And the number of the days that David dwelt in the cities of the Philistines was a year and four months.
וּסְלִיק דָוִד וְגַבְרוֹהִי וְאִתְנְגִידוּ עַל גְשׁוּרָאֵי וְעַל גִזְרָאֵי וַעֲמַלְקָאֵי אֲרֵי אִינוּן יַתְבַת אַרְעָא דְמֵעַלְמָא מַעֲלָנָא דְחַגְרָא וְעַד אַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם:
Now David and his men went up, and marched out against the Geshurites, the Gizrites, and the Amalekites, for these were the inhabitants of the land, which was from of old the entrance of the Heger unto the land of Egypt.
וּמְחֵי דָוִד יַת יַתְבֵי אַרְעָא וְלָא מְקַיֵם גְבַר וְאִתָּא וּשְׁבָא עָאן וְתוֹרִין וַחֲמָרִין וְגַמְלִין וּנְסִיב לְבוּשִׁין וְתָאִיב וְאָתֵי לְוַת אָכִישׁ:
And David used to strike the inhabitants of the land and he left neither man nor woman alive, but captured the sheep, the oxen, the asses, the camels, and the clothes, and came back to Achish.
וַאֲמַר אָכִישׁ לְאָן אִתְנְגַדְתּוּן יוֹמָא דֵין וַאֲמַר דָוִד עַל דָרוֹם יְהוּדָה וְעַל דָרוֹם יְרַחְמְאֵלָה וּלְדָרוֹם שַׁלְמָאָה:
When Achish asked, “Where have you marched today?” David would say, “Against the south of Judah,” or, “Against the south of the Jerahmeelite,” or, “Against the south of the Shalmaite.”
וּגְבַר וְאִתָּא לָא מְקַיֵם דָוִד לְאַיְתָאָה לְגַת לְמֵימָר דִלְמָא יְחַווּן עֲלָנָא לְמֵימָר כְּדֵין עֲבַד דָוִד וּכְדֵין הֲוַת הִלְכָתֵיהּ כָּל יוֹמִין דַהֲוָה יָתֵיב בְּקִירְוֵי פְלִשְׁתָּאֵי:
And David left neither man nor woman alive to bring them to Gath, thinking, “Lest they should tell about us, and say, ‘So David has done.’” Such was his custom all the days he dwelt in the cities of the Philistines.
וְהֵימִין אָכִישׁ בְּדָוִד לְמֵימָר אִתְגְרָאָה אִתְגָרֵי בְּעַמֵיהּ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהֵי לִי עֲבַד פְּלַח לַעֲלָם:
And Achish trusted David, thinking, “He has utterly provoked his own people, Israel. Now he shall be a servant, subjected to me forever.”