And David said in his heart, "Now I shall perish someday by the hand of Saul. [There is] nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape to the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me anymore in any part of Israel. So I shall escape out of his hand."

And when he saw [that,] he arose and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which [belongs] to Judah, and left his servant there.

And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death; but when Urijah heard [it,] he was afraid and fled, and went to Egypt.

Then David arose and went over with the six hundred men who [were] with him to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

A Psalm of David when he pretended madness before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise [shall] continually [be] in my mouth.