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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
rereward 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 favour 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.
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