Bible, King James Version
1_Samuel
1Sam.29
[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.
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