1 Samuel 29:7-9

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁷ So go back now; and go peaceably; do nothing to displease the lords of the Philistines.’ ⁸ David said to Achish, ‘But what have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day I entered your service until now, that I should not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?’ ⁹ Achish replied to David, ‘I know that you are as blameless in my sight as an angel of God; nevertheless, the commanders of the Philistines have said, “He shall not go up with us to the battle.”