So Achish summoned David and told him, “As the Lord lives, you are an honorable man. I think it is good[a] to have you working[b] with me in the camp, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until today.(A) But the leaders don’t think you are reliable. Now go back quietly and you won’t be doing anything the Philistine leaders think is wrong.”

“But what have I done?”(B) David replied to Achish. “From the first day I was with you until today, what have you found against your servant to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 29:6 Lit It was good in my eyes
  2. 1 Samuel 29:6 Lit you going out and coming in

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