Now the Philistines <H6430> gathered together <H6908> all their armies <H4264> to Aphek: <H0663> and the Israelites <H3478> pitched <H2583> by a fountain <H5869> which [is] in Jezreel. <H3157>
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And the lords <H5633> of the Philistines <H6430> passed on <H5674> by hundreds, <H3967> and by thousands: <H0505> but David <H1732> and his men <H0582> passed on <H5674> in the rereward <H0314> with Achish. <H0397>
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Then said <H0559> the princes <H8269> of the Philistines, <H6430> What [do] these Hebrews <H5680> [here]? And Achish <H0397> said <H0559> unto the princes <H8269> of the Philistines, <H6430> [Is] not this David, <H1732> the servant <H5650> of Saul <H7586> the king <H4428> of Israel, <H3478> which hath been with me these days, <H3117> or these years, <H8141> and I have found <H4672> no fault <H3972> in him since <H3117> he fell <H5307> [unto me] unto this day? <H3117>
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And the princes <H8269> of the Philistines <H6430> were wroth <H7107> with him; and the princes <H8269> of the Philistines <H6430> said <H0559> unto him, Make this fellow <H0376> return, <H7725> that he may go again <H7725> to his place <H4725> which thou hast appointed <H6485> him, and let him not go down <H3381> with us to battle, <H4421> lest in the battle <H4421> he be an adversary <H7854> to us: for wherewith should he reconcile <H7521> himself unto his master? <H0113> [should it] not [be] with the heads <H7218> of these men? <H0582>
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[Is] not this David, <H1732> of whom they sang <H6030> one to another in dances, <H4246> saying, <H0559> Saul <H7586> slew <H5221> his thousands, <H0505> and David <H1732> his ten thousands? <H7233>
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Then Achish <H0397> called <H7121> David, <H1732> and said <H0559> unto him, Surely, [as] the LORD <H3068> liveth, <H2416> thou hast been upright, <H3477> and thy going out <H3318> and thy coming in <H0935> with me in the host <H4264> [is] good <H2896> in my sight: <H5869> for I have not found <H4672> evil <H7451> in thee since the day <H3117> of thy coming <H0935> unto me unto this day: <H3117> nevertheless the lords <H5633> favour <H2896> thee not. <H5869>
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Wherefore now return, <H7725> and go <H3212> in peace, <H7965> that thou displease <H6213> <H7451> <H5869> not the lords <H5633> of the Philistines. <H6430>
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And David <H1732> said <H0559> unto Achish, <H0397> But what have I done? <H6213> and what hast thou found <H4672> in thy servant <H5650> so long as <H3117> I have been with <H6440> thee unto this day, <H3117> that I may not go <H0935> fight <H3898> against the enemies <H0341> of my lord <H0113> the king? <H4428>
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And Achish <H0397> answered <H6030> and said <H0559> to David, <H1732> I know <H3045> that thou [art] good <H2896> in my sight, <H5869> as an angel <H4397> of God: <H0430> notwithstanding the princes <H8269> of the Philistines <H6430> have said, <H0559> He shall not go up <H5927> with us to the battle. <H4421>
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Wherefore now rise up early <H7925> in the morning <H1242> with thy master's <H0113> servants <H5650> that are come <H0935> with thee: and as soon as ye be up early <H7925> in the morning, <H1242> and have light, <H0215> depart. <H3212>
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So David <H1732> and his men <H0582> rose up early <H7925> to depart <H3212> in the morning, <H1242> to return <H7725> into the land <H0776> of the Philistines. <H6430> And the Philistines <H6430> went up <H5927> to Jezreel. <H3157>