1 Samuel 29 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

The Philistines Mistrust David

Now the Philistines^H6430 gathered^H6908 together all^H3605 their armies^H4264 to Aphek^H663, while the Israelites^H3478 were camping^H2583 by the spring^H5869 which^H834 is in Jezreel^H3157.

1Sa 29:2

1Sa 29:2And the governors of the Philistines were proceeding on, leading hundreds and thousands, and David and his men were proceeding in the back with Achish.

1Sa 29:3

1Sa 29:3Then 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, who has been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found nothing at all suspicious in him since the day he [fn]deserted to me to this day?”

1Sa 29:4

1Sa 29:4But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him, and the commanders of the Philistines said to him, “Make the man go back, so that he will 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 how could this man find favor with his lord? Would it not be with the heads of [fn]these men?

1Sa 29:5

1Sa 29:5“Is this not David, of whom they sing in the dances, saying,

‘Saul^H7586 has slain^H5221 his thousands^H505,

And David^H1732 his ten^H7233 thousands^H7233’?”

1Sa 29:6

Then Achish^H397 called^H7121 David^H1732 and said^H559 to him, “As the LORD^H3068 lives^H2416, you have indeed^H3588 been honest^H3477, and your [fn]going^H3318 out^H3318 and your coming^H935 in^H935 with me in the army^H4264 are pleasing^H2896 in my sight^H5869; for I have not found^H4672 evil^H7451 in you since^H3588 the day^H3117 of your coming^H935 to me to this^H2088 day^H3117. Nevertheless, you are not pleasing^H2896 in the sight^H5869 of the governors^H5633.

1Sa 29:7

1Sa 29:7“Now then, return and go in peace, so that you will not do anything wrong in the sight of the governors of the Philistines.”

1Sa 29:8

1Sa 29:8However, David said to Achish, “But what have I done? And what have you found in your servant since the day that I came before you, to this day, that I cannot go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”

1Sa 29:9

1Sa 29:9But Achish replied 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 into the battle.’

1Sa 29:10

1Sa 29:10“Now then, rise early in the morning with the servants of your lord who have come with you, and as soon as you have risen early in the morning and have light, leave.”

1Sa 29:11

1Sa 29:11So David got up early, he and his men, to leave in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

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NASB20 Footnotes

(29:3)

Lit fell

(29:4)

Lit those

(29:6)

I.e., performance of duties

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