Achish

The king of the Philistine city of Gath. Even though David had killed Goliath, Gath’s champion (1 Samuel 17), David ran from Saul to Achish’s court. When he realized his mistake, David pretended to be crazy to save his life. This caused Achish to throw him out (1 Samuel 21:10–15). Later, when David came back to Gath with 600 fighters, Achish gave him the city of Ziklag to use as a base (1 Samuel 27:1–7). Achish thought David’s men were attacking the Israelites. Instead, they were destroying Philistine towns (1 Samuel 27:8–12).