Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Now
the Philistines brought
all their forces
together
at
Aphek, while
Israel
camped
by
the spring
in Jezreel .
And
the Philistines gather
all their camps
to
Aphek, and
the Israelites
are
encamping
at
a
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 princes
of the
Philistines
are
passing
on
by
hundreds ,
and by
thousands, and
David and his men are
passing
on
in
the
rear
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. ”
And
the heads
of the Philistines say
, `
What `are'
these Hebrews? '
and
Achish saith
unto
the
heads
of
the
Philistines
, `
Is not this
David servant of Saul king
of Israel ,
who
hath
been with me these days or
these
years, and I have not
found in him anything
`wrong'
from
the
day
of
his
falling
away
till
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?
And
the heads
of the Philistines are
wroth
against
him,
and the
heads
of
the
Philistines
say
to
him, `
Send back the man,
and
he
doth
turn
back
unto
his
place whither
thou
hast
appointed
him ,
and
doth
not go down with us into battle ,
and
is
not
to us
for an
adversary
in
battle;
and
wherewith
doth
this
one
reconcile
himself
unto
his lord
--
is
it
not
with the heads of those
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 answer
in choruses,
saying,
Saul hath
smitten
among
his thousands, and David among
his myriads
? '
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.
And
Achish calleth
unto
David ,
and saith
unto
him, `Jehovah
liveth
, surely
thou
`art'
upright, and good
in mine
eyes
is
thy
going
out ,
and
thy
coming
in,
with me in the camp
, for
I have not
found in thee
evil
from the day of
thy
coming
in
unto
me till
this day ;
and
in the eyes
of the princes
thou
art
not
good;
Therefore
turn back now
and go in peace, so
that
you
will
not
do anything
to
displease
the leaders
of the Philistines. ”
and
now,
turn back ,
and go in peace, and
thou
dost
do no
evil
in
the eyes
of the princes
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
saith
unto
Achish,
`
But what have I done? and
what hast
thou
found in
thy
servant from the day that
I have
been
before
thee
till
this
day
--
that
I
go
not
in
and
have
fought
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 answereth
and
saith
unto
David
, `
I have
known
that thou
`art'
good
in mine
eyes
as a
messenger
of God ;
only,
the princes
of the Philistines have said, He doth
not go up
with us into
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. ”
and
now, rise
thou
early in the morning, and
the
servants of
thy
lord
who have
come
with thee
, when
ye
have
risen
early
in
the
morning,
and have
light ,
then
go
ye
. '
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.
And
David riseth
early,
he
and his men ,
to
go
in the morning ,
to turn
back
unto
the land of the Philistines ,
and the Philistines have
gone
up to Jezreel.
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