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I SAMUEL ยท Chapter 29
29:1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek:
and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
29:2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by
thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rear guard with Achish.
29:3 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 has been with
me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he
fell unto me unto this day?
29:4 And the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the
princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that
he may go again to his place which you have 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?
29:5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances,
saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
29:6 Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD
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 unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour
you not.
29:7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that you displease not
the lords of the Philistines.
29:8 And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what have
you found in your servant so long as I have been with you unto this day,
that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
29:9 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.
29:10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with your master's
servants that are come with you: and as soon as all of you be up early
in the morning, and have light, depart.
29:11 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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