“1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek:
and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which [is] in Jezreel. 2 And
the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands:
but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish. 3 Then said
the princes of the Philistines, What [do] these Hebrews [here]? And
Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, [Is] not this David,
the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these
days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell
[unto me] unto this day? 4 And the princes of the Philistines were wroth
with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this
fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast
appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the
battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile
himself unto his master? [should it] not [be] with the heads of these
men? 5 [Is] not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances,
saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?”
“6 Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, [as] the LORD
liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with
me in the host [is] good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee
since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the
lords favour thee not. 7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that
thou displease not the lords of the Philistines. 8 And David said unto
Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so
long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight
against the enemies of my lord the king? 9 And Achish answered and said
to David, I know that thou [art] good in my sight, as an angel of God:
notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not
go up with us to the battle. 10 Wherefore now rise up early in the
morning with thy master’s servants that are come with thee: and as soon
as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart. 11 So David
and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the
land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.” (1
Samuel 29:1-11 AV)
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