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Now return and go in peace, so you do nothing to displease the Philistine leaders.”

David told Achish, “What have I done, and what have you found in your servant from the time I came before you until this very moment,[a] that I shouldn’t go out and fight the enemies of your majesty?”[b]

Achish answered David, “I know that I’m pleased with you. You’re[c] like an angel of God. But the Philistine leaders have said, ‘He mustn’t go into battle with us.’

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 29:8 Lit. until this day
  2. 1 Samuel 29:8 Lit. my lord the king
  3. 1 Samuel 29:9 The Heb. lacks You’re

Now turn back and go in peace; do nothing to displease the Philistine rulers.”

“But what have I done?” asked David. “What have you found against your servant from the day I came to you until now? Why can’t I go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”

Achish answered, “I know that you have been as pleasing in my eyes as an angel(A) of God; nevertheless, the Philistine commanders(B) have said, ‘He must not go up with us into battle.’

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