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chapter 29
1
Now
all the troops of the Philistines were gathered together to Aphec: and Israel
also camped by the fountain which is in Jezrahel.
2 And the lords of the Philistines marched with their
hundreds and their thousands: but David and his men were in the rear with
Achis.
3 And the princes of the Philistines said to Achis:
What mean these Hebrews? And Achis said to the princes of the Philistines: Do
you not know David, who was the servant of Saul the king of Israel, and hath
been with me many days, or years, and I have found no fault in him, since the
day that he fled over to me until this day?
4 But the princes of the Philistines were angry with
him, and they said to him: Let this man return, and abide in his place, which
thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest he be
an adversary to us, when we shall begin to fight: for how can he otherwise
appease his master, but with our heads?
5 Is not this David, to whom they sung in their dances,
saying: Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
6 Then Achis called David, and said to him: As the Lord
liveth, thou art upright and good in my sight: and so is thy going out, and thy
coming in with me in the army: and I have not found my evil in thee, since the
day that thou camest to me unto this day: but thou pleasest not the lords.
7 Return therefore, and go in peace, and offend not the
eyes of the princes of the Philistines.
8 And David said to Achis: But what have I done, and
what hast thou found in me thy servant, from the day that I have been in thy
sight until this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my
lord the king?
9 And Achis answering said to David: I know that thou
art good in my sight, as an angel of God: but the princes of the Philistines
have said: He shall not go up with us to the battle.
10 Therefore arise in the morning, thou, and the
servants of thy lord, who came with thee: and when you are up before day, and
it shall begin to be light, go on your way.
11 So David and his men arose in the night, that they
might set forward in the morning, and returned to the land of the Philistines:
and the Philistines went up to Jezrahel.
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