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在旷野生活，大卫要靠机智的头脑，他知道返回以色列实在太危险，因为扫罗又在追杀他了。他可以到哪里才会有安全？他需要隐性埋名来保护自己，有谁可以让他这样做呢？

大卫决定住在他从前的仇敌非利士人中间。怎么会有这样的事？非利士人会不会记得他曾杀了他们的勇士歌利亚呢？我们不知道所有的细节，然而，在那时，对大卫和跟随他的人来说，与非利士人同住似乎是保住性命最安全的做法。

大卫向迦特王亚吉求情，亚吉便收容了大卫，让他住在洗革拉。大卫与600个跟随者和他们的眷属，都没有伤害非利士人。他们信守诺言，不去骚扰他们，又向他们周围的敌人发动战争。大卫住在非利士境内时，扫罗没有再打扰他。大卫竟然在他最不想去的地方兴旺起来。

在这段期间，发生了一件令人惊奇的事——迦特王竟然信任了大卫，大卫已经使人看到他是值得信任的。他的行为，足以把昔日的敌人变为盟友。由此我们看见，尽管大卫住在他子民的敌人当中，主仍然保护他。

David lived by his wits in the wilderness. He knew that going back to Israel would be too dangerous because Saul was hunting him again. Where could he go for safety? Who might provide the kind of anonymity he needed for protection?

David decided to live among his former enemies, the Philistines. What? Wouldn’t the Philistines remember that he had killed their champion Goliath? We aren’t told all of the details, but it seems that living with the Philistines was the safest way for David and his men to stay alive at this time.

Making his plea to Achish, the king of Gath, David was given refuge in Ziklag. David, along with his 600 men and their families, made no attempt to harm the Philistines. They kept their word to leave them alone and to wage war on their surrounding enemies. While David was in Philistine territory, Saul stayed away. David flourished in the last place he really wanted to be.

During this time, something amazing happened—the king of Gath trusted David. David had shown himself to be trustworthy. He had modeled the kind of behavior that can turn an old enemy into an ally. In this way we can see that the Lord protected David even while living among his people’s enemies.