a 1 Sam 28:1
b Josh 12:18; 19:30; 1 Sam 4:1; 1 Kin 20:30
c 1 Kin 21:1; 2 Kin 9:30
d 1 Sam 28:1, 2
e 1 Sam 27:7
f 1 Sam 27:1-6; 1 Chr 12:19, 20; Dan 6:5
h 1 Sam 27:6
i 1 Sam 14:21
k 1 Sam 18:7; 21:11
l 2 Sam 3:25; 2 Kin 19:27; Is 37:28
m 1 Sam 27:8-12; 29:3
n 1 Sam 27:10-12
o 2 Sam 14:17, 20; 19:27
p 1 Sam 29:4
q 1 Chr 12:19, 22

1 Samuel 29

The Philistines Mistrust David

1Now athe Philistines gathered together all their armies to bAphek, while the Israelites were camping by the spring which is in cJezreel. 2And the lords of the Philistines were proceeding on by hundreds and by thousands, and dDavid and his men were proceeding on in the rear with Achish. 3Then the commanders of the Philistines said, “What are these Hebrews doing here?” And Achish said to the commanders of the Philistines, “Is this not David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, ewho has been with me these days, or rather these years, and fI have found no fault in him from the day he ▼
▼ Lit fell
deserted to me to this day?” 4But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him, and the commanders of the Philistines said to him, “Make the man go back, that he may return hto his place where you have assigned him, and do not let him go down to battle with us, ior in the battle he may become an adversary to us. For with what could this man make himself acceptable to his lord? Would it not be with the heads of ▼
▼ Lit those
these men? 5“Is this not David, kof whom they sing in the dances, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands’?”

6Then Achish called David and said to him, “As the Lord lives, you have been upright, and lyour going out and your coming in with me in the army are pleasing in my sight; mfor I have not found evil in you from the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, you are not pleasing in the sight of the lords. 7“Now therefore return and go in peace, that you may not displease the lords of the Philistines.” 8David said to Achish, n“But what have I done? And what have you found in your servant from the day when I came before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?” 9But Achish replied to David, “I know that you are pleasing in my sight, olike an angel of God; nevertheless pthe commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go up with us to the battle.’ 10“Now then arise early in the morning qwith the servants of your lord who have come with you, and as soon as you have arisen early in the morning and have light, depart.” 11So David arose early, he and his men, to depart in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
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