1 Samuel 27
David knew Saul was still planning to get him, so he escaped to the Philistines where Saul would not pursue him. "Word soon reached Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped hunting for him". David and his men spent their time raiding the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites--"he did not leave one person alive in the villages ... taking sheep, goats, cattle, donkeys, and clothing before returning home." The Philistine king of Gath said, "By now the people of Israel must hate him bitterly and he will have to stay here and serve me forever!".