David marching with the Philistines,

1 ¶ Now the Philistinesº gathered togetherºª² all² their armiesº to Aphek:º and the Israelitesº pitchedºª by a fountainº which² [is] in Jezreel.º 2 And the lordsº of the Philistinesº passed onºª by hundreds,º and by thousands:º but Davidº and his men¹² passed onºª in the rerewardº with² Achish.º

is disallowed by their princes.

3 Then saidºª the princesº of the Philistines,º What² [do] these² Hebrewsº [here]? And Achishº saidºª unto² the princesº of the Philistines,º [Is] not² this² David,º the servantº of Saulº the kingº of Israel,º which² hath been² with² me these² days,º or² these² years,º and I have foundºª no² faultº in him sinceº² he fellºª [unto me] unto² this² day?º 4 And the princesº of the Philistinesº were wrothºª with² him; and the princesº of the Philistinesº saidºª unto him, Make¹ª this fellow¹ return,ºª²² that he may go againºª to² his placeº which²² thou hast appointedºª him, and let him not² go downºª with² us to battle,º lest² in the battleº he be² an adversaryº to us: for wherewith² should he reconcileºª himself² unto² his master?º [should it] not² [be] with the headsº of these² men?¹² 5 [Is] not² this² David,º of whom² they sangºª one to another in dances,º saying,ºª Saulº slewºª his thousands,º and Davidº his ten thousands?º

Achish dismisseth him, with commendations of his fidelity.

6 ¶ Then Achishº calledºª² David,º and saidºª unto² him, Surely, [as] the LORDº liveth,º thou² hast been upright,º and thy going outºª and thy coming inºª with² me in the hostº [is] goodº in my sight:º for² I have not² foundºª evilº in thee since the dayº² of thy comingºª unto² me unto² this² day:º nevertheless the lordsº² favourº thee² not.¹² 7 Wherefore now² return,ºª and go¹ª² in peace,º that thou displeaseºººª not² the lordsº of the Philistines.º

8 ¶ And Davidº saidºª unto² Achish,º But² what² have I done?ºª and what² hast thou foundºª in thy servantº so long²² as¹² I have been² with² thee¹ unto² this² day,º that² I may not² go¹ª² fightºª against the enemiesºª of my lordº the king?º 9 And Achishº answeredºª and saidºª to² David,º I knowºª that² thou² [art] goodº in my sight,º as an angelº of God:º notwithstanding² the princesº of the Philistinesº have said,ºª He shall not² go upºª with² us to the battle.º 10 Wherefore now² rise up earlyºª in the morningº with thy master'sº servantsº that² are comeºª with² thee: and as soon as ye be up earlyºª in the morning,º and have light,¹ª² depart.¹ª² 11 So Davidº and his men¹² rose up earlyºª to depart¹ª² in the morning,º to returnºª into² the landº of the Philistines.º And the Philistinesº went upºª to Jezreel.º