29:1 Now the Philistines 6430 gathered together 6908 8799 all their armies 4264 to Aphek 663: and the Israelites 3478 pitched 2583 8802 by a fountain 5869 which [is] in Jezreel 3157.

29:2 And the lords 5633 of the Philistines 6430 passed on 5674 8802 by hundreds 3967, and by thousands 505: but David 1732 and his men 582 passed on 5674 8802 in the rereward 314 with Achish 397.

29:3 Then said 559 8799 the princes 8269 of the Philistines 6430, What [do] these Hebrews 5680 [here]? And Achish 397 said 559 8799 unto the princes 8269 of the Philistines 6430, [Is] not this David 1732, the servant 5650 of Saul 7586 the king 4428 of Israel 3478, which hath been with me these days 3117, or these years 8141, and I have found 4672 8804 no fault 3972 in him since 3117 he fell 5307 8800 [unto me] unto this day 3117?

29:4 And the princes 8269 of the Philistines 6430 were wroth 7107 8799 with him; and the princes 8269 of the Philistines 6430 said 559 8799 unto him, Make 7725 0 this fellow 376 return 7725 8685, that he may go again 7725 8799 to his place 4725 which thou hast appointed 6485 8689 him, and let him not go down 3381 8799 with us to battle 4421, lest in the battle 4421 he be an adversary 7854 to us: for wherewith should he reconcile 7521 8691 himself unto his master 113? [should it] not [be] with the heads 7218 of these men 582?

29:5 [Is] not this David 1732, of whom they sang 6030 8799 one to another in dances 4246, saying 559 8800, Saul 7586 slew 5221 8689 his thousands 505, and David 1732 his ten thousands 7233?

29:6 Then Achish 397 called 7121 8799 David 1732, and said 559 8799 unto him, Surely, [as] the LORD 3068 liveth 2416, thou hast been upright 3477, and thy going out 3318 8800 and thy coming in 935 8800 with me in the host 4264 [is] good 2896 in my sight 5869: for I have not found 4672 8804 evil 7451 in thee since the day 3117 of thy coming 935 8800 unto me unto this day 3117: nevertheless the lords 5633 favour 2896 thee not 5869.(the lords…: Heb. thou art not good in the eyes of the lords)

29:7 Wherefore now return 7725 8798, and go 3212 8798 in peace 7965, that thou displease 6213 8799 7451 5869 not the lords 5633 of the Philistines 6430.(displease…: Heb. do not evil in the eyes of the lords)

29:8 And David 1732 said 559 8799 unto Achish 397, But what have I done 6213 8804? and what hast thou found 4672 8804 in thy servant 5650 so long as 3117 I have been with thee 6440 unto this day 3117, that I may not go 935 8799 fight 3898 8738 against the enemies 341 8802 of my lord 113 the king 4428?(with…: Heb. before thee)

29:9 And Achish 397 answered 6030 8799 and said 559 8799 to David 1732, I know 3045 8804 that thou [art] good 2896 in my sight 5869, as an angel 4397 of God 430: notwithstanding the princes 8269 of the Philistines 6430 have said 559 8804, He shall not go up 5927 8799 with us to the battle 4421.

29:10 Wherefore now rise up early 7925 8685 in the morning 1242 with thy master's 113 servants 5650 that are come 935 8804 with thee: and as soon as ye be up early 7925 8689 in the morning 1242, and have light 215 8804, depart 3212 8798.

29:11 So David 1732 and his men 582 rose up early 7925 8686 to depart 3212 8800 in the morning 1242, to return 7725 8800 into the land 776 of the Philistines 6430. And the Philistines 6430 went up 5927 8804 to Jezreel 3157.

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