Achish

The first 10 of 20 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 21:10

  That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.

• 1 Samuel 21:11

  But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”

• 1 Samuel 21:12

  Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

• 1 Samuel 21:14

  Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you can see that the man is insane! Why have you brought him to me?

• 1 Samuel 27:2

  So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.

• 1 Samuel 27:3

  David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.

• 1 Samuel 27:5

  Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”

• 1 Samuel 27:6

  That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.

• 1 Samuel 27:9

  Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,

• 1 Samuel 27:10

  who would ask him, “What have you raided today?” And David would reply, “The Negev of Judah,” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel,” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.