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1 Samuel 29:1 (NET) New English Translation

1 The Philistines assembled all their troops at Aphek, while Israel camped at the spring that is in Jezreel.
2 When the leaders of the Philistines were passing in review at the head of their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men were passing in review in the rear with Achish.
3 The leaders of the Philistines asked, "What about these Hebrews?" Achish said to the leaders of the Philistines, "Isn't this David, the servant of King Saul of Israel, who has been with me for quite some time? I have found no fault with him from the day of his defection until the present time!"
4 But the leaders of the Philistines became angry with him and said to him, "Send the man back! Let him return to the place that you assigned him! Don't let him go down with us into the battle, for he might become our adversary in the battle. What better way to please his lord than with the heads of these men?
5 Isn't this David, of whom they sang as they danced, 'Saul has struck down his thousands, but David his tens of thousands'?"
6 So Achish summoned David and said to him, "As surely as the LORD lives, you are an honest man, and I am glad to have you serving with me in the army. I have found no fault with you from the day that you first came to me until the present time. But in the opinion of the leaders, you are not reliable.
7 So turn and leave in peace. You must not do anything that the leaders of the Philistines consider improper!"
8 But David said to Achish, "What have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day that I first came into your presence until the present time, that I shouldn't go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?"
9 Achish replied to David, "I am convinced that you are as reliable as the angel of God! However, the leaders of the Philistines have said, 'He must not go up with us in the battle.'
10 So get up early in the morning along with the servants of your lord who have come with you. When you get up early in the morning, as soon as it is light enough to see, leave."
11 So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines, but the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
1 Now the Philistines H6430 gathered together H6908 H853 all H3605 their armies H4264 to Aphek: H663 and the Israelites H3478 pitched H2583 by a fountain H5869 which H834 is in Jezreel. H3157
2 And the lords H5633 of the Philistines H6430 passed on H5674 by hundreds, H3967 and by thousands: H505 but David H1732 and his men H376 passed on H5674 in the rearward H314 with H5973 Achish. H397
3 Then said H559 the princes H8269 of the Philistines, H6430 What H4100 do these H428 Hebrews H5680 here ? And Achish H397 said H559 unto H413 the princes H8269 of the Philistines, H6430 Is not H3808 this H2088 David, H1732 the servant H5650 of Saul H7586 the king H4428 of Israel, H3478 which H834 hath been H1961 with H854 me these H2088 days, H3117 or H176 these H2088 years, H8141 and I have found H4672 no H3808 fault H3972 in him since H4480 H3117 he fell H5307 unto me unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 ?
4 And the princes H8269 of the Philistines H6430 were wroth H7107 with H5973 him ; and the princes H8269 of the Philistines H6430 said H559 unto him , Make this fellow return H7725 H853 H376 , that he may go again H7725 to H413 his place H4725 which H834 H8033 thou hast appointed H6485 him , and let him not H3808 go down H3381 with H5973 us to battle, H4421 lest H3808 in the battle H4421 he be H1961 an adversary H7854 to us : for wherewith H4100 should he reconcile H7521 himself H2088 unto H413 his master H113 ? should it not H3808 be with the heads H7218 of these H1992 men H376 ?
5 Is not H3808 this H2088 David, H1732 of whom H834 they sang H6030 one to another in dances, H4246 saying, H559 Saul H7586 slew H5221 his thousands, H505 and David H1732 his ten thousands H7233 ?
6 Then Achish H397 called H7121 H413 David, H1732 and said H559 unto H413 him, Surely, as the LORD H3068 liveth, H2416 thou H859 hast been upright, H3477 and thy going out H3318 and thy coming in H935 with H854 me in the host H4264 is good H2896 in my sight: H5869 for H3588 I have not H3808 found H4672 evil H7451 in thee since the day H4480 H3117 of thy coming H935 unto H413 me unto H5704 this H2088 day: H3117 nevertheless the lords H5869 H5633 favor H2896 thee H859 not. H3808
7 Wherefore now H6258 return, H7725 and go H1980 in peace, H7965 that thou displease H6213 H7451 H5869 not H3808 the lords H5633 of the Philistines. H6430
8 And David H1732 said H559 unto H413 Achish, H397 But H3588 what H4100 have I done H6213 ? and what H4100 hast thou found H4672 in thy servant H5650 so long H4480 H3117 as H834 I have been H1961 with H6440 thee unto H5704 this H2088 day, H3117 that H3588 I may not H3808 go H1980 fight H3898 against the enemies H341 of my lord H113 the king H4428 ?
9 And Achish H397 answered H6030 and said H559 to H413 David, H1732 I know H3045 that H3588 thou H859 art good H2896 in my sight, H5869 as an angel H4397 of God: H430 notwithstanding H389 the princes H8269 of the Philistines H6430 have said, H559 He shall not H3808 go up H5927 with H5973 us to the battle. H4421
10 Wherefore now H6258 rise up early H7925 in the morning H1242 with thy master's H113 servants H5650 that H834 are come H935 with H854 thee : and as soon as ye be up early H7925 in the morning, H1242 and have light, H216 depart. H1980
11 So David H1732 and his men H376 rose up early H7925 to depart H1980 in the morning, H1242 to return H7725 into H413 the land H776 of the Philistines. H6430 And the Philistines H6430 went up H5927 to Jezreel. H3157
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