1 Samuel 29
The Philistines
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Now the Philistines gathered together all
their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain
which is in Jezreel.
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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.
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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?
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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?
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Is not this David, of whom they
sang one to another in dances, saying,
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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.
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Wherefore now return, and go in peace,
that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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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