1 Samuel 29:4-7 ▼

4 But the leaders of the Philistines were angry with him, and said to him, |Send that man back to the place where you have assigned him, and he must not go down with us to battle, or in the battle he may become an adversary. For how could this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Should it not be with the heads of these men?

5 Is not this David about whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?'|

6 Then Achish called David, and said to him, |As the LORD lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, the lords do not favor you.

7 Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you not displease the lords of the Philistines.|