267 David Becomes King course, arrange the Israelite tax collection for the Philistine overlord . Achish, for his part, is ready to repay David for his services in the past as well as to appease him for the insult he suffered in sending him back from Aphek to Ziklag . Furthermore, the Philistines’ victory brought about the separation of the Galilee and the Gilead from the central mountain . Yet the Philistine army was not able to spread out and keep its forces in so many strategic places outside Philistia . They remember that when they gathered their troops for the Gilboa war, Philistia itself became exposed to the Amalekite raid . Therefore, Achish gives David his permission to return to Judah and serve as the vassal king of Israel cf . Naor 1954 : 209 ; Segal 1964 : 238 ) . ( Yet the first apologetic author did not reveal that David’s plan to return with his band and families to Judah is negotiated first of all with the Philistine king ; and that only after Achish is convinced by Dav...
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