1Now the P’lishtim [Immigrants] gathered together all their armies to Aphek [Enclosure]: and the Yisra’eli’s pitched by a fountain which [is] in Yizre’el [God Sows]. 2And the lords of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David [beloved] and his men passed on in the rear guard with Akhish [meaning disputed; I will blacken (or terrify) or only a man]. 3Then said the princes of the P’lishtim [Immigrants], What [do] these ‘Evri’ot [Hebrew] [here]? And Akhish [meaning disputed; I will blacken (or terrify) or only a man] said unto the princes of the P’lishtim [Immigrants], [Is] not this David [beloved], the servant of Sha’ul [desired] the king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], which has been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell [unto me] unto this day? 4And the princes of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] were exceedingly angry with him; and the princes of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which youⁱ have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for which should he reconcile himself unto his master? [should it] not [be] with the heads of these men?

5[Is] not this David [beloved], of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Sha’ul [desired] killed his thousands, and David [beloved] his ten thousands?

6Then Akhish [meaning disputed; I will blacken (or terrify) or only a man] called David [beloved], and said unto him, Surely, [as] the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) lives, youⁱ have been upright, and youⁱ going out and youⁱ coming in with me in the host [is] good in my sight: for I have not found evil in youⁱ since the day of youⁱ coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour youⁱ not. 7For what reason now return, and go in peace, that youⁱ displease not the lords of the P’lishtim [Immigrants]. 8And David [beloved] said unto Akhish [meaning disputed; I will blacken (or terrify) or only a man], But what have I done? and what have youⁱ found in yourⁱ servant so long as I have been with youⁱ unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king? 9And Akhish [meaning disputed; I will blacken (or terrify) or only a man] answered and said to David [beloved], I know that youⁱ [are] good in my sight, as an angel of God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]: notwithstanding the princes of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. 10For what reason now rise up early in the morning with youⁱ master's servants that are come with youⁱ: and as soon as you^2f be up early in the morning, and have light, depart. 11So David [beloved] and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the P’lishtim [Immigrants]. And the P’lishtim [Immigrants] went up to Yizre’el [God Sows].