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          DASV: 1 Samuel 29    

1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their troops at
Aphek while the Israelites camped by the spring in Jezreel.
2 The rulers of the Philistines marched by leading units of
hundreds and thousands. David and his men marched at the
rear with Achish.
3 Then the Philistine commanders asked, "What are these Hebrews
doing here? " Achish responded to the Philistine commanders,
"Isn’t this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel,
who has been with me for days and even years? I have found
no fault in him since he defected to me to this day."
4 But the Philistine commanders were angry with him. They ordered
him, "Send him back, let him go back to his place where you
have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle,
lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. What better
way would there be for him to reconcile himself with his
former master than by handing over the heads of these men?
5 Isn’t this David of whom they sang to one another in dances,
'Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands'?"

6 So Achish called David, and told him, "As the LORD lives, you have
been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in
the army is good in my sight for I have found nothing wrong in
you since the day of your coming to me to this day, nevertheless
the rulers won't approve you.
7 So go back and go in peace, so that you won't displease the
rulers of the Philistines."
8 David said to Achish, "But what have I done? What have you
found in you servant so long as I have been with you to this day,
that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?"
9 But Achish answered David, "I know that you are as good in my
sight as an angel of God, however, the commanders of the
Philistines have ordered, 'He may not go up with us to
the battle.'
10 Now get up early in the morning with the servants of your
lord that have come with you; and as soon as you have
enough light in the morning, leave."
11 So David and his men got up early in the morning to leave,
returning to the land of the Philistines, while the Philistines
went up to Jezreel.

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