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Chapter 29
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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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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. |
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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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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? |
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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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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. |
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Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease
not the lords of the Philistines. |
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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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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
