1Samuel:29

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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 Yizr @#e #l #. * And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds me #ah #, and by thousands : but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish . * 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 Yisra #el #, which hath been with me these days , or these years , and I have found no fault in himsince he fell unto me unto this day ? * 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 ? * Is not this David , of whom they sang one to another in dances , saying , Saul slew his thousands , and David his ten thousands ? * 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 . * Wherefore now return , and go in peace , that thou displease # ra # not the lords of the Philistines . * 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 ? * 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 . * Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy masters servants that are come with thee : and as soon as ye be up early in the morning , and have light , depart . * 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 Yizr @#e #l #.

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