1 Samuel 29
29
David Goes Back to Ziklag
1The Philistines gathered all their soldiers at Aphek. Israel camped by the spring at Jezreel. 2The Philistine kings were marching with their groups of a hundred and a thousand men. David and his men were marching behind Achish. 3The Philistine commanders asked, “What are these Hebrews doing here?”
Achish told them, “This is David. He served Saul king of Israel, but he has been with me for over a year now. I have found nothing wrong in David since the time he left Saul.”
4But the Philistine commanders were angry with Achish and said, “Send David back to the city you gave him. He cannot go with us into battle. If he does, we’ll have an enemy in our own camp. He could please his king by killing our own men. 5David is the one the Israelites dance and sing about, saying:
‘Saul has killed thousands of his enemies,
but David has killed tens of thousands.’ ”
6So Achish called David and said to him, “As surely as the Lord lives, you are loyal. I would be pleased to have you serve in my army. Since the day you came to me, I have found no wrong in you. But the other kings don’t trust you. 7Go back in peace. Don’t do anything to displease the Philistine kings.”
8David asked, “What wrong have I done? What evil have you found in me from the day I came to you until now? Why can’t I go fight your enemies, my lord and king?”
9Achish answered, “I know you are as good as an angel from God. But the Philistine commanders have said, ‘David must not go with us into battle.’ 10Early in the morning you and your master’s servants should leave. Get up as soon as it is light and go.”
11So David and his men got up early in the morning and went back to the country of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
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1 Kings 29
29
1Now all the troops of the Philistines were gathered together to Aphec: and Israel also camped by the fountain which is in Jezrahel.
2And the lords of the Philistines marched with their hundreds and their thousands. But David and his men were in the rear with Achis.
3And the princes of the Philistines said to Achis: What mean these Hebrews? And Achis said to the princes of the Philistines: Do you not know David, who was the servant of Saul the king of Israel, and hath been with me many days, or years; and I have found no fault in him, since the day that he fled over to me until this day?
4But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and they said to him: Let this man return, and abide in his place, which thou hast appointed him. And let him not go down with us to battle, lest he be an adversary to us when we shall begin to fight: for how can he otherwise appease his master, but with our heads?
5Is not this David, to whom they sung in their dances, saying: Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
6Then Achis called David, and said to him: As the Lord liveth, thou art upright and good in my sight; and so is thy going out, and thy coming in with me in the army. And I have not found my evil in thee, since the day that thou camest to me unto this day: but thou pleasest not the lords.
7Return therefore, and go in peace, and offend not the eyes of the princes of the Philistines.
8And David said to Achis: But what have I done, and what hast thou found in me thy servant, from the day that I have been in thy sight until this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
9And Achis answering said to David: I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God; but the princes of the Philistines have said: He shall not go up with us to the battle.
10Therefore arise in the morning, thou, and the servants of thy lord, who came with thee; and when you are up before day, and it shall begin to be light, go on your way.
11So David and his men arose in the night, that they might set forward in the morning, and returned to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezrahel.
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