| Chapter 29
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1 | Now the
Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites
pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel. |
2 | And the lords of the Philistines passed on by
hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rearward
with Achish. |
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 hath been with me these days, or these years,
and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day? |
4 | And the princes of the
Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto
him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast
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? |
5 | Is not this David, of whom they
sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his
ten thousands? |
6 |
Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou
hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is
good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming
unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favor thee not. |
7 | Wherefore now return, and go in
peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines. |
8 | And David said unto Achish, But
what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have
been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my
lord the king? |
9 |
And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art 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. |
10 | Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with
thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in
the morning, and have light, depart. |
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. |
