1 Samuel 27:1

In 1 Samuel 27 of 1 Samuel.

And 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 speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

The King James Version (1769) is in the public domain in the United States.