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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.
02 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by
hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men
passed on in the rereward with Achish.
03 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?
04 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?
05 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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06 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 favour thee not.
07 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that
thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
08 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?
09 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.
10 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.
11 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.
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