Achish I

Achish
Meaning: angry.
This is perhaps only a general title of royalty applicable to the Philistine kings.
The name of two biblical kings:
The king with whom David sought refuge when he fled from Saul 1 Samuel 21:10-15. He is also called Abimelech Psalm 34.
It was probably this same king to whom David traveled a second time at the head of a band of 600 warriors, and who assigned him Ziklag, with whom he carried on war against the surrounding tribes 1 Samuel 27:5-12.
Achish had great confidence in the valor and fidelity of David 1 Samuel 28:1,2 but at the instigation of his courtiers did not permit him to go up to battle along with the Philistine hosts 1 Samuel 29:2-11. David remained with Achish a year and four months.
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