1 Samuel · Majority Standard Bible
1 Samuel 29 Majority Standard Bible
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1 Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.
1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek; and the Israelites encamped by the spring which is in Jezreel.
2 As the Philistine leaders marched out with their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men marched behind them with Achish.
2 The lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds and by thousands; and David and his men passed on in the rear with Achish.
3 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.”
3 Then the princes of the Philistines said, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, “Isn’t this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years? I have found no fault in him since he fell away until today.”
4 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?
4 But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, “Make the man return, that he may 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. For with what should this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Should it not be with the heads of these men?
5 Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
5 Isn’t this David, of whom people sang to one another in dances, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?”
6 So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and it seems right in my sight 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 are not good in the sight of the leaders.
6 Then Achish called David and said to him, “As Yahweh 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 not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, the lords don’t favor you.
7 Therefore turn back now and go in peace, so that you will not do anything to displease the leaders of the Philistines.”
7 Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you not displease the lords of the Philistines.”
8 “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?”
8 David said to Achish, “But what have I done? What have you found in your servant so long as I have been before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”
9 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.’
9 Achish answered David, “I know that you are good in my sight, as an angel of God. Notwithstanding, the princes of the Philistines have said, ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’
10 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.”
10 Therefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants of your lord who have come with you; and as soon as you are up early in the morning and have light, depart.”
11 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.
11 So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines; and the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
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David
The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
Cross references (11)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Samuel 4:1; Joshua 19:30; 1 Kings 21:1; Joshua 12:18; 1 Kings 20:30
- 2 1 Samuel 28:1–2; 1 Samuel 29:6–7; Joshua 13:3; 1 Samuel 6:4; 1 Samuel 5:8–11
- 3 1 Samuel 27:7; Daniel 6:5; 1 Samuel 25:28; John 19:6; 1 Peter 3:16
- 4 1 Samuel 14:21; 1 Samuel 27:6; 1 Chronicles 12:19; Luke 16:8
- 5 1 Samuel 21:11; 1 Samuel 18:6–7; Proverbs 27:14
- 6 2 Samuel 3:25; 2 Kings 19:27; 1 Samuel 20:3; Psalm 121:8; Jeremiah 12:16
- 7 Numbers 22:34
- 8 Psalm 34:13–14; Matthew 6:13; 1 Samuel 17:29; 1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 26:18
- 9 2 Samuel 19:27; 2 Samuel 14:20; 2 Samuel 14:17; Galatians 4:14; 1 Samuel 29:4
- 10 1 Chronicles 12:19; 1 Chronicles 12:22; 1 Corinthians 10:13; 2 Peter 2:9; 1 Samuel 30:1–2
- 11 2 Samuel 4:4; 1 Samuel 29:1; Joshua 19:18
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