1 Samuel 29:4-7 ▼

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?

5 Is this not the David for whom they sing during their dances, ‘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.

7 Leave peacefully, now, and do nothing that might displease the Philistine chiefs.”