1 Samuel 29

1Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which in Jezreel. 2And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish. 3Then said the princes of the Philistines, What these Hebrews ? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which has been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto this day? 4And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which you hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? not with the heads of these men? 5not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands? 6Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, the Yahuah liveth, you hast been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the host good in my sight: for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour you not. 7therefore now return, and go in peace, that you displease not the lords of the Philistines. 8And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast you found in your servant so long as I have been with you unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king? 9And Achish answered and said to David, I know that you good in my sight, as an angel of Elohim: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. 10therefore now rise up early in the morning with your master's servants that are come with you: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart. 11So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.