1 Samuel 29:4

29:4 But the leaders of the Philistines became angry with him and said ¹  to him, “Send the man back! Let him return to the place that you assigned him! Don’t let him go down with us into the battle, for he might become ²  our adversary in the battle. What better way to please his lord than with the heads of these men? ³ 

1 Samuel 29:9

29:9 Achish replied to David, “I am convinced that you are as reliable ⁴  as the angel of God! However, the leaders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go up with us in the battle.’

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¹ tn Heb “and the leaders of the Philistines said.”

² tn Heb “so that he might not become.”

³ tn Or perhaps, “our men.” On this use of the demonstrative pronoun see Joüon 2:532 §143.e.

⁴ tn Heb “I know that you are good in my eyes.”