1 Samuel 29
29
1And the Philistines gather all their camps to Aphek, and the Israelites are encamping at a fountain which [is] in Jezreel,
2and the princes of the Philistines are passing on by hundreds, and by thousands, and David and his men are passing on in the rear with Achish.
3And the heads of the Philistines say, ‘What [are] these Hebrews?’ and Achish saith unto the heads of the Philistines, ‘Is not this David servant of Saul king of Israel, who hath been with me these days or these years, and I have not found in him anything [wrong] from the day of his falling away till this day.’
4And the heads of the Philistines are wroth against him, and the heads of the Philistines say to him, ‘Send back the man, and he doth turn back unto his place whither thou hast appointed him, and doth not go down with us into battle, and is not to us for an adversary in battle; and wherewith doth this one reconcile himself unto his lord — is it not with the heads of those men?’
5Is not this David, of whom they answer in choruses, saying, Saul hath smitten among his thousands, and David among his myriads?’
6And Achish calleth unto David, and saith unto him, ‘Jehovah liveth, surely thou [art] upright, and good in mine eyes is thy going out, and thy coming in, with me in the camp, for I have not found in thee evil from the day of thy coming in unto me till this day; and in the eyes of the princes thou art not good;
7and now, turn back, and go in peace, and thou dost do no evil in the eyes of the princes of the Philistines.’
8And David saith unto Achish, ‘But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant from the day that I have been before thee till this day — that I go not in and have fought against the enemies of my lord the king?’
9And Achish answereth and saith unto David, ‘I have known that thou [art] good in mine eyes as a messenger of God; only, the princes of the Philistines have said, He doth not go up with us into battle;
10and now, rise thou early in the morning, and the servants of thy lord who have come with thee, when ye have risen early in the morning, and have light, then go ye.’
11And David riseth early, he and his men, to go in the morning, to turn back unto the land of the Philistines, and the Philistines have gone up to Jezreel.
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1 Samuel 29
29
David sent home from fighting Saul
1The Philistines assembled all their forces at Aphek, and the Israelites camped by the spring in Jezreel. 2As the Philistine rulers went out marching in units of hundreds and thousands, David and his soldiers were in the rear with Achish.
3“Who are these Hebrews?” the Philistine commanders asked.
“That’s David,” Achish told them, “the servant of Israel’s King Saul. He’s been with me a year or so now. I haven’t found anything wrong with him from the day he defected until now.”
4But the Philistine commanders were angry with Achish. “Send the man home!” they told Achish. “He can go back to the place you gave him, but he won’t go with us into battle. Couldn’t he turn against us in the middle of the fight? How better to please his former master than by taking the heads of our soldiers? 5After all, this is the same David people sing about in their dances,
‘Saul has killed his thousands,
but David has killed his tens of thousands!’”
6So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you are an upstanding individual. I would very much like you to serve with me in the army because I haven’t found anything wrong with you from the day you came to me until now. But the rulers don’t approve of you. 7So go back home now, and go in peace. Don’t do anything to upset the Philistine rulers.”
8“But what have I done?” David asked Achish. “What wrong have you found in me, your servant, from the day I came to you until now? Why shouldn’t I go and fight the enemies of my master the king?”
9“I agree,” Achish answered David. “I think you’re as good as one of God’s own messengers. Despite that, the Philistine commanders have ordered, ‘He can’t go into battle with us.’ 10So get up early in the morning, both you and your master’s servants who came with you, and return to the place I gave you. Don’t worry about this negative report, because you’ve done well before me.#29.10 LXX; MT lacks and return to the place… done well before me. Now get up early in the morning and leave as soon as it is light.”
11So David and his soldiers got up early in the morning to go back to Philistine territory, but the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
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