1 Samuel 29:6-8
New English Translation
6 So Achish summoned David and said to him, “As surely as the Lord lives, you are an honest man, and I am glad to have you[a] serving[b] with me in the army.[c] I have found no fault with you from the day that you first came to me until the present time. But in the opinion[d] of the leaders, you are not reliable.[e] 7 So turn and leave[f] in peace. You must not do anything that the leaders of the Philistines consider improper!”[g]
8 But David said to Achish, “What have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day that I first came into your presence until the present time, that I shouldn’t go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?”
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- 1 Samuel 29:6 tn Heb “it is good in my eyes.” Cf. v. 7.
- 1 Samuel 29:6 tn Heb “your going forth and your coming in.” The expression is a merism.
- 1 Samuel 29:6 tn Heb “camp.”
- 1 Samuel 29:6 tn Heb “eyes.”
- 1 Samuel 29:6 tn Heb “good.”
- 1 Samuel 29:7 tn Heb “go.”
- 1 Samuel 29:7 tn Heb “and you must not do evil in the eyes of the leaders of the Philistines.”
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