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1. Meanwhile, the Philistines had gathered all of their army camps at Aphek. The Israelites were camped by the spring near Jezreel.
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1. Now the Philistines H6430 gathered together H6908 H853 all H3605 their armies H4264 to Aphek H663 : and the Israelites H3478 pitched H2583 by a fountain H5869 which H834 is in Jezreel H3157 .
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2. The Philistine rulers were marching in divisions of 100 and 1000 men. David and his men were at the back with Achish.
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2. And the lords H5633 of the Philistines H6430 passed on H5674 by hundreds H3967 , and by thousands H505 : but David H1732 and his men H376 passed on H5674 in the rearward H314 with H5973 Achish H397 .
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3. The Philistine captains asked, "What are these Hebrews doing here?" Achish told the Philistine captains, "This is David. He was one of Saul's officers, but he has been with me for a long time. I found nothing wrong in David since the time he left Saul and came to me."
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3. Then said H559 the princes H8269 of the Philistines H6430 , What H4100 do these H428 Hebrews H5680 here ? And Achish H397 said H559 unto H413 the princes H8269 of the Philistines H6430 , Is not H3808 this H2088 David H1732 , the servant H5650 of Saul H7586 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 , which H834 hath been H1961 with H854 me these H2088 days H3117 , or H176 these H2088 years H8141 , and I have found H4672 no H3808 fault H3972 in him since H4480 H3117 he fell H5307 unto me unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 ?
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4. But the Philistine captains were angry with Achish. They said, "Send him back. Let him go back to the city you gave him, but he can't go into battle with us. As long as he is here, we have an enemy in our own camp. He would make his king happy by killing our men.
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4. And the princes H8269 of the Philistines H6430 were wroth H7107 with H5973 him ; and the princes H8269 of the Philistines H6430 said H559 unto him , Make this fellow return H7725 H853 H376 , that he may go again H7725 to H413 his place H4725 which H834 H8033 thou hast appointed H6485 him , and let him not H3808 go down H3381 with H5973 us to battle H4421 , lest H3808 in the battle H4421 he be H1961 an adversary H7854 to us : for wherewith H4100 should he reconcile H7521 himself H2088 unto H413 his master H113 ? should it not H3808 be with the heads H7218 of these H1992 men H376 ?
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5. Isn't David the one the Israelites sing and dance about when they sing this song: "Saul has killed thousands of enemies, but David has killed tens of thousands."
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5. Is not H3808 this H2088 David H1732 , of whom H834 they sang H6030 one to another in dances H4246 , saying H559 , Saul H7586 slew H5221 his thousands H505 , and David H1732 his ten thousands H7233 ?
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6. So Achish called David and said, "As surely as the Lord lives, you are loyal to me. I would be pleased to have you serve in my army. I haven't found anything wrong with you since the day you came to me. The Philistine rulers also think you are a good man.
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6. Then Achish H397 called H7121 H413 David H1732 , and said H559 unto H413 him, Surely, as the LORD H3068 liveth H2416 , thou H859 hast been upright H3477 , and thy going out H3318 and thy coming in H935 with H854 me in the host H4264 is good H2896 in my sight H5869 : for H3588 I have not H3808 found H4672 evil H7451 in thee since the day H4480 H3117 of thy coming H935 unto H413 me unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 : nevertheless the lords H5869 H5633 favor H2896 thee H859 not H3808 .
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7. Go back in peace. Don't do anything against the Philistine rulers."
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7. Wherefore now H6258 return H7725 , and go H1980 in peace H7965 , that thou displease H6213 H7451 H5869 not H3808 the lords H5633 of the Philistines H6430 .
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8. David asked, "What have I done wrong? Have you found anything wrong with me since the day I came to you? So why won't you let me go to fight the enemies of my lord the king?"
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8. And David H1732 said H559 unto H413 Achish H397 , But H3588 what H4100 have I done H6213 ? and what H4100 hast thou found H4672 in thy servant H5650 so long H4480 H3117 as H834 I have been H1961 with H6440 thee unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 , that H3588 I may not H3808 go H1980 fight H3898 against the enemies H341 of my lord H113 the king H4428 ?
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9. Achish answered, "I believe that you are a good man. You are like an angel from God. But the Philistine captains still say, 'David can't go with us into battle.'
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9. And Achish H397 answered H6030 and said H559 to H413 David H1732 , I know H3045 that H3588 thou H859 art good H2896 in my sight H5869 , as an angel H4397 of God H430 : notwithstanding H389 the princes H8269 of the Philistines H6430 have said H559 , He shall not H3808 go up H5927 with H5973 us to the battle H4421 .
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10. Early in the morning, you and your men should go back to the city I gave you. Don't pay attention to the bad things the captains say about you. You are a good man, but you must leave as soon as there is enough light in the morning."
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10. Wherefore now H6258 rise up early H7925 in the morning H1242 with thy master H113 's servants H5650 that H834 are come H935 with H854 thee : and as soon as ye be up early H7925 in the morning H1242 , and have light H216 , depart H1980 .
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11. So David and his men got up early in the morning and went back to the country of the Philistines, and the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
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11. So David H1732 and his men H376 rose up early H7925 to depart H1980 in the morning H1242 , to return H7725 into H413 the land H776 of the Philistines H6430 . And the Philistines H6430 went up H5927 to Jezreel H3157 .
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