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1 Samuel 29 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Achish Makes David Leave the Battle

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Then the Philistines gathered together all their camps to Aphek, while the Israelites were camping by the spring which is in Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:2 - And the lords of the Philistines were proceeding on by hundreds and by thousands, and David and his men were proceeding on in the rear with Achish.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3 - Then 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, who has been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault in him from the day he [fn]deserted to me to this day?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:4 - But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him, and the commanders of the Philistines said to him, “Make the man return, that he may return to his place where you have assigned him, and do not let him go down to battle with us, or 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 [fn]these men?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:5 - “Is this not David, of whom they sing in the dances, saying,

‘Saul has struck his thousands,

And David his ten thousands’?”

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Then Achish called David and said to him, “As Yahweh lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the camp are pleasing in my sight; for 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:7 - “So now, return and go in peace, that you may not do evil in the sight of the lords of the Philistines.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:8 - And David said to Achish, “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?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:9 - But Achish answered and said to David, “I know that you are pleasing in my sight, like an angel of God; nevertheless the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go up with us to the battle.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:10 - “So now, arise early in the morning with the servants of your lord who have come with you, and as soon as you have arisen early in the morning and have light, go.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:11 - So David arose early, he and his men, to go in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
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1 Samuel Chapter 29 — Additional Translations:

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