1 Samuel 29:3-5
International Standard Version
3 The Philistine leaders said, “What are these Hebrews doing here?”
Achish asked the Philistine leaders, “Isn’t this David, the servant of King Saul of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather[a] these years? I’ve found no fault in him from the day he deserted[b] until now.”
4 But the Philistine leaders were angry with him, so they[c] pleaded with him, “Send the man back! Let him return to the[d] place you assigned him. He mustn’t go into battle with us. Otherwise, he may become our adversary in the battle! How could there be a better way for[e] this fellow to reconcile himself with his lord? Wouldn’t it be with the heads of these men? 5 Isn’t this the same[f] David about whom the maidens[g] sang when they were dancing,
‘Saul has struck down his thousands,
but David his ten thousands’?”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 29:3 The Heb. lacks rather
- 1 Samuel 29:3 Lit. fell
- 1 Samuel 29:4 Lit. the Philistine leaders
- 1 Samuel 29:4 Lit. his
- 1 Samuel 29:4 The Heb. lacks there be a better way for
- 1 Samuel 29:5 The Heb. lacks same
- 1 Samuel 29:5 Lit. they
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