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Chapter 29 |
| 1 | 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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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? |
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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? |
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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? |
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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. |
