1 Samuel 29:3-4

29:3 The leaders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish said to the leaders of the Philistines, “Isn’t this David, the servant of King Saul of Israel, who has been with me for quite some time? ¹  I have found no fault with him from the day of his defection until the present time!” ² 

29:4 But the leaders of the Philistines became angry with him and said ³  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 ⁴  our adversary in the battle. What better way to please his lord than with the heads of these men? ⁵ 

1 Samuel 29:9

29:9 Achish replied to David, “I am convinced that you are as reliable ⁶  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 “these days or these years.”

² tn Heb “from the day of his falling [away] until this day.”

³ tn Heb “and the leaders of the Philistines said.”

⁴ tn Heb “so that he might not become.”

⁵ tn Or perhaps, “our men.” On this use of the demonstrative pronoun see Joüon 2:532 §143.e.

⁶ tn Heb “I know that you are good in my eyes.”