1Sam 29
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Now the Philistines gathered together all their hosts to Aphek: and the Israelites
encamped by the fountain which is in Jezreel.
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And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands; and David
and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish.
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Then said the princes of the Philistines, What [do] these Hebrews [here]? And Achish
said to the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the
king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or [rather] these years, and I have
found no fault in him since he fell away [to me] to this day?
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But he princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines
said to him, Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where you have
appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become
an adversary to us: for wherewith should this [fellow] reconcile himself to his lord?
should it not be with the heads of these men?
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Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul has slain
his thousands, And David his ten thousands?
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Then Achish called David, and said to him, As YHWH lives, you have been upright, and
your going out and your coming in with me in the host is good in my sight; for I have
not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day: nevertheless
the lords favor you not.
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Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that you displease not the lords of the Philistines.
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And David said to Achish, But what have I done? and what have you found in your servant
so long as I have been before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against
the enemies of my lord the king?
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And Achish answered and said to David, I know that you are 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.
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Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants of your lord that are
come with you; and as soon as you are up early in the morning, and have light, depart.
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So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the
land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.