1 Samuel 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 rereward with Achish. |
29:3 | Then said the princes of the Philistines, What ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
29:4 | 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? |
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 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 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
29:7 | Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines. |
29:8 | 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 ![]() ![]() |
29:9 | And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou ![]() |
29:10 | Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master' servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye 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. |