1 Samuel 29:4

4But athe commanders of the Philistines were angry with him. And the commanders of the Philistines said to him, “Send the man back, that he may return bto the place to which you have assigned him. He shall not go down with us to battle, clest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For how could this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Would it not be with the heads of the men here?

1 Samuel 29:9

9And Achish answered David and said, “I know that you are as blameless in my sight das an angel of God. Nevertheless, ethe commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’

1 Kings 12:8-11

8But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him. 9And he said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?” 10And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Thus shall you speak to this people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us,’ thus shall you say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s thighs. 11And now, whereas fmy father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”

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