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Now the Philistines[H6430] gathered together[H6908] all their armies[H4264] to Aphek[H663]: 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[H505]: but David[H1732] and his men[H582] passed on[H5674] in the rereward[H314] with Achish[H397].
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Then said[H559] the princes[H8269] of the Philistines[H6430], What do these Hebrews[H5680] here? And Achish[H397]said[H559] 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[H559] unto him, Make[H7725] this fellow[H376]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?[H113] should it not be with the heads[H7218] of these men?[H582]
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Is not this David[H1732], of whom 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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Then Achish[H397]called[H7121]David[H1732], and said[H559] unto him, Surely, as the LORD[H3068]liveth[H2416], thou hast been upright[H3477], and thy going out[H3318] and thy coming[H935]in[H935] with me in[H935] the host[H4264] is good[H2896]in[H935] my sight[H5869]: for I have not[H5869]found[H4672]evil[H7451]in[H935] thee since the day[H3117] of thy coming[H935] 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] not the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430].
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And David[H1732]said[H559] unto Achish[H397], But what have I done?[H6213] and what hast thou found[H4672] in thy servant[H5650] so long as[H3117] I have been with thee[H6440] unto this day[H3117], that I may not go[H935]fight[H3898] against the enemies[H341] of my lord[H113] the king?[H4428]
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And Achish[H397]answered[H6030] and said[H559] to David[H1732], I know[H3045] that thou art good[H2896] in my sight[H5869], as an angel[H4397] of God[H430]: notwithstanding the princes[H8269] of the Philistines[H6430] have said[H559], 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 servants[H5650] that are come[H935] with thee: and as soon as ye be up early[H7925] in the morning[H1242], and have light[H215], depart[H3212].
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So David[H1732] and his men[H582] rose up[H5927]early[H7925] to depart[H3212] in the morning[H1242], to return[H7725] into the land[H776] of the Philistines[H6430]. And the Philistines[H6430] went up[H5927] to Jezreel[H3157].