ASV_Strong : 1 Samuel 29
1. Now the Philistines[H6430] gathered together[H6908] all their hosts[H4264] to Aphek[H663]: and the Israelites[H3478] encamped[H2583] by the fountain[H5869] which is in Jezreel[H3157].
2. And the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430] passed on[H5674] by hundreds[H3967], and by thousands[H505]; and David[H1732] and his men[H582] passed on[H5674] in the rearward[H314] with Achish[H397].
3. Then said[H559] the princes[H8269] of the Philistines[H6430], What do these Hebrews[H5680] here[H397]? And Achish said[H559] unto the princes[H8269] of the Philistines[H6430], Is not this David[H1732], the servant[H5650] of Saul[H7586] the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], who hath been with me these days[H3117], or rather these years[H8141], and I have found[H4672] no fault[H3972] in him since[H3117] he fell[H5307] away unto me unto this day[H3117]?
4. But he princes[H8269] of the Philistines[H6430] were wroth[H7107] with him[H8269]; and the princes of the Philistines[H6430] said[H559] unto him[H7725], Make the man[H376] return[H7725], that he may go back[H7725] to his place[H4725] where thou hast appointed[H6485] him[H3381], and let him not go down with us to battle[H4421], lest in the battle[H4421] he become an adversary[H7854] to us[H7521]: for wherewith should this fellow reconcile himself unto his lord[H113]? should it not be with the heads[H7218] of these men[H582]?
5. Is not this David[H1732], of whom they sang[H6030] one to another in dances[H4246], saying[H559], Saul[H7586] hath slain[H5221] his thousands[H505], And David[H1732] his ten thousands[H505]?
6. Then Achish[H397] called[H7121] David[H1732], and said[H559] unto him[H3068], As Jehovah liveth[H2416], thou hast been upright[H3477], and thy going out[H3318] and thy coming in[H935] with me in the host[H4264] is good[H2896] in my sight[H5869]; for I have not found[H4672] evil[H7451] in thee since the day[H3117] of thy coming[H935] unto me unto this day[H3117]: nevertheless the lords[H5633] favor[H2896] thee not[H5869].
7. Wherefore now return[H7725], and go[H3212] in peace[H7965], that thou displease[H7451] not the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430].
8. And David[H1732] said[H559] unto Achish[H397], But what have I done[H6213]? and what hast thou found[H4672] in thy servant[H5650] so long as[H3117] I have been before thee[H6440] unto this day[H3117], that I may not go[H935] and fight[H3898] against the enemies[H341] of my lord[H113] the king[H4428]?
9. And Achish[H397] answered[H6030] and said[H559] to David[H1732], I know[H3045] that thou art good[H2896] in my sight[H5869], as an angel[H4397] of God[H430]: notwithstanding the princes[H8269] of the Philistines[H6430] have said[H559], He shall not go up[H5927] with us to the battle[H4421].
10. Wherefore now rise up early[H7925] in the morning[H1242] with the servants[H5650] of thy lord[H113] that are come[H935] with thee[H7925]; and as soon as ye are up early in the morning[H1242], and have light[H215], depart[H3212].
11. So David[H1732] rose up early[H7925], he and his men[H582], to depart[H3212] in the morning[H1242], to return[H7725] into the land[H776] of the Philistines[H6430]. And the Philistines[H6430] went up[H5927] to Jezreel[H3157].
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