David said to himself, "One of these days Saul will kill me. The best thing for me to do is to escape to Philistia. Then Saul will give up looking for me in Israel, and I will be safe."

Elijah was afraid and fled for his life; he took his servant and went to Beersheba in Judah. Leaving the servant there,

When King Jehoiakim and his soldiers and officials heard what Uriah had said, the king tried to have him killed. But Uriah heard about it; so he fled in terror and escaped to Egypt.

So David and his six hundred men went over at once to Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath.

I will always thank the LORD; I will never stop praising him.