David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
I don't need to dwell in the royal city. So he gave him Ziklag ( 1 Samuel 27:5-6 ):