> [[1-samuel-28|← Previous]] | [[1-samuel-00|TOC]] | [[1-samuel-30|Next →]] --- # 1 Samuel, Chapter 29 ## Chapter 29 **David’s Aid Rejected.** 1 Now the Philistines had mustered all their forces in Aphek, and the Israelites were encamped at the spring in Jezreel. ^1-samuel-29-1 2 As the Philistine lords were marching their units of a hundred and a thousand, David and his warriors were marching in the rear guard with Achish. ^1-samuel-29-2 3 The Philistine commanders asked, “What are those Hebrews doing here?” Achish answered them: “Why, that is David, the officer of Saul, king of Israel. He has been with me for a year or two, and from the day he came over to me until now I have never found fault in him.” ^1-samuel-29-3 4 But the Philistine commanders were angered at this and said to him: “Send that man back! Let him return to the place you picked out for him. He must not go down into battle with us; during the battle he might become our enemy. For how else can he win back his master’s favor, if not at the expense of our soldiers? ^1-samuel-29-4 5 Is this not the David for whom they sing during their dances, ^1-samuel-29-5 ‘Saul has slain his thousands, David his tens of thousands’?” 6 So Achish summoned David and said to him: “As the LORD lives, you are honest, and I would want you with me in all my battles. To this day I have found nothing wrong with you since you came to me. But in the view of the chiefs you are not welcome. ^1-samuel-29-6 7 Leave peacefully, now, and do nothing that might displease the Philistine chiefs.” ^1-samuel-29-7 8 But David said to Achish: “What have I done? What fault have you found in your servant from the day I entered your service until today, that I cannot go to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?” ^1-samuel-29-8 9 “I recognize,” Achish answered David, “that you are trustworthy, like an angel of God. But the Philistine commanders are saying, ‘He must not go with us into battle.’ ^1-samuel-29-9 10 So the first thing tomorrow, you and your lord’s servants who came with you, go to the place I picked out for you. Do not take to heart their worthless remarks; for you have been valuable in my service. But make an early morning start, as soon as it grows light, and be on your way.” ^1-samuel-29-10 11 So David and his warriors left early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines, and the Philistines went on up to Jezreel. ^1-samuel-29-11 a. (29:1) [1 Sm 4:1]. b. (29:3) [1 Sm 27:7]. c. (29:4) [[1-chronicles-12|1 Chr 12]]:19 – [20]. d. (29:5) [1 Sm 18:6] – [7]; [21:12]. --- _New American Bible, revised edition_ (2010, 1991, 1986, 1970) Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. > [[1-samuel-28|← Previous]] | [[1-samuel-00|TOC]] | [[1-samuel-30|Next →]]