Achish - angry, perhaps only a general title of royalty applicable to the
Philistine kings. (1.) The
king with whom
David sought refuge
when he fled from
Saul (1 Sam. 21:10-15). He is called
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 Ziklag, whence he carried on
war against the surrounding 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
Gath, probably grandson of the foregoing,
to whom the two servants of
Shimei[?] fled. This led
Shimei[?] to go
to
Gath in pursuit of them, and the consequence was that
Solomon
put him to death (1 Kings 2:39-46).
From Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)