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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
Now the Philistines brought
all their forces
together
at
Aphek ,
while
Israel
camped
by the spring
in Jezreel.
Now the Philistines gathered
together
all their hosts
to
Aphek :
and
the
Israelites
encamped
by the fountain
which
is
in Jezreel.
As
the Philistine
leaders
marched
out
their
units
of hundreds and thousands ,
David and his men marched
behind
them
with Achish.
And
the lords
of the
Philistines
passed
on
by
hundreds ,
and by
thousands ;
and
David and his men passed
on
in
the
rearward
with Achish.
Then the commanders
of the Philistines asked
, “
What about
these Hebrews? ”
Achish replied
, “
Is this
not David, the servant of King
Saul of Israel ?
He
has
been with me all
these days, even
years, and from
the
day
he
defected
until
today
I have found no fault in him .”
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
`rather'
these
years, and I have found no fault in him since
he
fell
away
`unto
me'
unto
this
day?
But the
commanders
of the Philistines were angry
with Achish
and told
him, “Send
that
man back
and
let
him
return to the
place you
assigned
him .
He
must
not go down with us into
battle
only
to become our
adversary during
the
war.
What
better
way
for
him
to regain
the
favor
of
his master
than
with the heads of our
men?
But he
princes
of the Philistines were wroth
with him;
and the
princes
of
the
Philistines
said
unto
him, Make
the
man return ,
that
he
may
go
back
to his
place where
thou
hast
appointed
him ,
and
let
him
not go down with us to battle,
lest
in
the
battle
he
become an
adversary to us:
for
wherewith
should
this
`fellow'
reconcile
himself
unto
his lord?
should
it
not
be
with the heads of these
men?
Is this
not the
David about
whom they sing
in their
dances :
‘
Saul has
slain his thousands, and David his tens
of
thousands ’
? ”
Is not this
David ,
of
whom they sang
one
to
another
in dances ,
saying,
Saul hath
slain his thousands, And David his ten
thousands?
So
Achish summoned
David and told
him, “
As surely
as
the
LORD
lives
, you
have
been upright in
my
sight
, and it
seems
right
that
you
should
march
in
and
out with me in the army,
because
I have found no
fault
in you
from
the day you
came
to
me until
this day .
But
you
have
no
favor
in
the
sight
of
the leaders
.
Then
Achish called
David ,
and said
unto
him, As Jehovah
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
favor
thee
not
.
Therefore
turn
back
now and go in peace, so
that you
will
not
do
anything
to
displease the leaders
of the Philistines. ”
Wherefore
now return,
and go in peace, that thou
displease not
the lords
of the Philistines.
“
But what have I done? ”
David
replied.
“
What have
you
found against
your
servant ,
from
the
day
I came
to
you
until
today
, to
keep
me
from
going
along
to
fight against the enemies of my lord the king? ”
And
David
said
unto
Achish,
But what have I done? and
what hast
thou
found in
thy
servant so
long
as
I have
been
before
thee
unto
this
day
, that
I
may
not
go
and
fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
Achish replied
, “
I know that you
are
as
pleasing
in my sight as an angel of God .
But
the commanders
of the Philistines have said, ‘
He must
not go into
battle
with us. ’
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
.
Now then,
get
up early in the morning ,
along
with your
master’s
servants who
came
with you,
and go
as soon as it
is
light. ”
Wherefore
now rise
up early in the morning with the
servants of
thy
lord
that
are
come
with thee;
and as soon as ye
are
up
early
in
the
morning,
and
have
light ,
depart
.
So David and his men got
up
early
in the morning to return to
the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
So David rose
up
early,
he
and his men ,
to
depart
in the morning ,
to return into
the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
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