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Achish is a name used in the Hebrew Bible for two Philistine rulers of Gath. It is perhaps only a general title of royalty, applicable to the Philistine kings. The two kings of Gath, which is identified by most scholars as Tell es-Safi, are: * The monarch, described as "Achish the king of Gath", with whom David sought refuge when he fled from Saul. () He is called Abimelech (meaning "father of the king") in the superscription of . It was probably this same king, or his son with the same name, described as "Achish, the son of Maoch", to whom David repaired a second time at the head of a band of 600 warriors. The king assigned David to Ziklag, whence he carried on war against the surrounding tribes. () Achish had great confidence in the valour and fidelity of David (), but at the instigation of his courtiers did not permit him to go to battle along with the Philistine hosts. () David remained with Achish a year and four months. * Another king of Gath, described as "Achish, son of Maacah", probably a grandson of the foregoing king, is referred to during Solomon's reign. mentions two servants of Shimei fleeing to this king in Gath, and Shimei going to Gath to bring them back, in breach of Solomon's orders, and the consequence was that Solomon put Shimei to death. In the seventh-century B.C. Ekron inscription the name Achish appears, along with four other names of the local kings of Ekron. A similar name (IKAUSU) appears as a king of Ekron in seventh-century B.C. Assyrian inscriptions. This apparently refers to the same king of Ekron. This appears to indicate that either the name Achish was a common name for Philistine kings, used both at Gath and Ekron, or, as Naveh has suggested, that the editor of the biblical text used a known name of a Philistine king from the end of the Iron Age (Achish of Ekron) as the name of a king(s) of Gath in narratives relating to earlier periods. ==Achish and Suwardata== In his book ''Pharaohs and Kings'', D. Rohl suggests ''Achish'' may be an abbreviation of ''Akishimige'', a Hurrian name meaning "Gift of the Sun God," equivalent to the name ''Suwardata'' in the Amarna Letters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Achish」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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