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1 # Now the Philistines <06430> gathered together <06908> (8799) all their armies <04264> to Aphek <0663>: and the Israelites <03478> pitched <02583> (8802) by a fountain <05869> which is in Jezreel <03157>.
2 And the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430> passed on <05674> (8802) by hundreds <03967>, and by thousands <0505>: but David <01732> and his men <0582> passed on <05674> (8802) in the rereward <0314> with Achish <0397> .
3 Then said <0559> (8799) the princes <08269> of the Philistines <06430>, What do these Hebrews <05680> here? And Achish <0397> said <0559> (8799) unto the princes <08269> of the Philistines <06430>, Is not this David <01732> , the servant <05650> of Saul <07586> the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, which hath been with me these days <03117>, or these years <08141>, and I have found <04672> (8804) no fault <03972> in him since <03117> he fell <05307> (8800) unto me unto this day <03117>?
4 And the princes <08269> of the Philistines <06430> were wroth <07107> (8799) with him; and the princes <08269> of the Philistines <06430> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Make <07725> <00> this fellow <0376> return <07725> (8685), that he may go again <07725> (8799) to his place <04725> which thou hast appointed <06485> (8689) him, and let him not go down <03381> (8799) with us to battle <04421>, lest in the battle <04421> he be an adversary <07854> to us: for wherewith should he reconcile <07521> (8691) himself unto his master <0113>? should it not be with the heads <07218> of these men <0582>?
5 Is not this David <01732>, of whom they sang <06030> (8799) one to another in dances <04246>, saying <0559> (8800), Saul <07586> slew <05221> (8689) his thousands <0505>, and David <01732> his ten thousands <07233>?
6 # Then Achish <0397> called <07121> (8799) David <01732>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Surely, as the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, thou hast been upright <03477>, and thy going out <03318> (8800) and thy coming in <0935> (8800) with me in the host <04264> is good <02896> in my sight <05869>: for I have not found <04672> (8804) evil <07451> in thee since the day <03117> of thy coming <0935> (8800) unto me unto this day <03117>: nevertheless the lords <05633> favour <02896> thee not <05869>.
7 Wherefore now return <07725> (8798), and go <03212> (8798) in peace <07965>, that thou displease <06213> (8799) <07451> <05869> not the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430>.
8 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Achish <0397>, But what have I done <06213> (8804)? and what hast thou found <04672> (8804) in thy servant <05650> so long as <03117> I have been with thee <06440> unto this day <03117> , that I may not go <0935> (8799) fight <03898> (8738) against the enemies <0341> (8802) of my lord <0113> the king <04428>?
9 And Achish <0397> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799) to David <01732>, I know <03045> (8804) that thou art good <02896> in my sight <05869>, as an angel <04397> of God <0430>: notwithstanding the princes <08269> of the Philistines <06430> have said <0559> (8804), He shall not go up <05927> (8799) with us to the battle <04421> .
10 Wherefore now rise up early <07925> (8685) in the morning <01242> with thy master's <0113> servants <05650> that are come <0935> (8804) with thee: and as soon as ye be up early <07925> (8689) in the morning <01242>, and have light <0215> (8804), depart <03212> (8798).
11 So David <01732> and his men <0582> rose up early <07925> (8686) to depart <03212> (8800) in the morning <01242>, to return <07725> (8800) into the land <0776> of the Philistines <06430>. And the Philistines <06430> went up <05927> (8804) to Jezreel <03157>.