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Angry, perhaps only a general title of royalty applicable to the [[Text:EBD:Philistines (EBD)|Philistine]] [[Text:EBD:King (EBD)|kings]]. (1.) The king with whom [[Text:EBD:David (EBD)|David]] sought refuge when he fled from [[Text:EBD:Saul (EBD)|Saul]] (1 Sam. 21:10-15). He is called [[Text:EBD:Abimelech (EBD)|Abimelech]] in the superscription of Ps. 34. It was probably this same king to whom David a second time repaired at the head of a band of 600 warriors, and who assigned him [[Text:EBD:Ziklag (EBD)|Ziklag]], whence he carried on [[Text:EBD:War (EBD)|war]] against the surrounding [[Text:EBD:Tribe (EBD)|tribes]] (1 Sam. 27:5-12). Achish had great confidence in the valour and fidelity of David (1 Sam. 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 Sam. 29:2-11). David remained with Achish a year and four months. (2.) Another king of [[Text:EBD:Gath (EBD)|Gath]], probably grandson of the foregoing, to whom the two servants of [[Text:EBD:Shimei (EBD)|Shimei]] fled. This led Shimei to go to Gath in pursuit of them, and the consequence was that [[Text:EBD:Solomon (EBD)|Solomon]] put him to [[Text:EBD:Death (EBD)|death]] (1 Kings 2:39-46).