1 Samuel 29
29
David Leaves the Service of Achish
1Now the Philistines assembled all their forces at Aphek, and Israel was encamped at the spring that is in Jezreel. 2The rulers of the Philistines were passing on according to hundreds and thousands, David and his men passing on at the rear with Achish. 3Then the commanders of the Philistines said, “What are these Hebrews doing here?” And Achish said to the commanders of the Philistines, “Is this not David, the servant of Saul, the king of Israel, who has been with me for days and years?#Literally “these days or these years” I have not found anything threatening in him from the day of his desertion until this day!” 4But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him and they said to him, “Send the man back so that he might return to his place where you have assigned him! But he will not go down with us into the battle, so that he does not become an adversary to us in the battle. By what could this fellow make himself favorable to his lord? Is it not with the heads of these men? 5Is this not David about whom they sing in the dances, saying,
‘Saul has killed his thousands,
but David his ten thousands’?”
6So Achish called David and said to him, “As Yahweh lives,#Literally “The life of Yahweh” certainly you were honest, and I am pleased to have you marching with me#Literally “good in my eyes your going out and your coming in with me” in the campaign.#Or “army” For I have not found any wrong in you from the day you came to me until this day, but in the eyes of the rulers, you are not good. 7So then, return and go in peace, so that you do not do something that displeases#Literally “bad/evil in the eyes of” the rulers of the Philistines.” 8Then David said to Achish, “But what have I done? And what have you found in your servant from the day that I entered your service#Literally “that I was to your face” = “was before you” until this day, that I should not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?” 9And Achish answered and said to David, “I know that you are good in my eyes, like an angel of God! However, the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go up with us into the battle.’ 10So then, rise early in the morning, you and the servants of your lord who came with you. When you rise early in the morning and it is light enough for you, leave. 11So David set out early, he and his men, to leave in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines, but 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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