1 Samuel Chapter 29

1 Samuel Chapter 29
1 So the Philistines were gathered
together with all their armies in Aphek:
and the Israelites pitched by the fountain,
which is in Jezreel.
2 And the princes of the Philistines went
forth by hundreds and thousands, but
David and his men came behind with
Achish.
3 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, who
hath been with me these days, or these
years, and I have found nothing in him,
since he dwelt with me unto this day?
4 But the princes of the Philistines were
wroth with him, and the princes of the
Philistines said unto him, Send this
fellow back, that he may go again to his
place which thou hast appointed him,
and let him not go down with us to
battle, lest that in the battle he be an
adversary to us: for wherewith should he
obtain the favor of his master? Should it
not be with the heads of these men?
5 Is not this David, of whom they sang in
dances, saying, Saul slew his thousand,
and David his ten thousand?
6 Then Achish called David, and said
unto him, As the Lord liveth, thou hast
been upright and good in my sight, when
thou wentest out and in with me in the
host, neither have I found evil with thee,
since thou camest to me unto this day,
but the princes do not favor thee.
7 Wherefore now return, and go in
peace, that thou displease not the princes
of the Philistines.
8 And David said unto Achish, But what
have I done? And what hast thou found
in thy servant as long as I have been with
thee unto this day, that I may not go and
fight against the enemies of my lord the
king?
9 Achish then answered, and said to
David, I know thou pleasest me, as an
angel of God: but the princes of the
Philistines have said, Let him not go up
with us to battle.
10 Wherefore now rise up early in the
morning with thy master's servants that
are come with thee: and when ye be up
early, as soon as ye have light, depart.
11 So David and his men rose up early
to depart in the morning, and to return
into the land of the Philistines: and the
Philistines went up to Jezreel.