Context The Philistines Mistrust David1Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek, while the Israelites were camping by the spring which is in Jezreel. 2And the lords of the Philistines were proceeding on by hundreds and by thousands, and David and his men were proceeding on in the rear with Achish. 3Then the commanders of the Philistines said, “What are these Hebrews doing here?” And Achish said to the commanders of the Philistines, “Is this not David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault in him from the day he deserted to me to this day?” 4But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him, and the commanders of the Philistines said to him, “Make the man go back, that he may return to his place where you have assigned him, and do not let him go down to battle with us, or in the battle he may become an adversary to us. For with what could this man make himself acceptable to his lord? Would it not be with the heads of these men? 5“Is this not David, of whom they sing in the dances, saying, 6Then 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 are pleasing in my sight; for I have not found evil in you from the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, you are not pleasing in the sight of the lords. 7“Now therefore return and go in peace, that you may not displease the lords of the Philistines.” 8David said to Achish, “But what have I done? And what have you found in your servant from the day when I came before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?” 9But Achish replied to David, “I know that you are pleasing in my sight, like an angel of God; nevertheless the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go up with us to the battle.’ 10“Now then arise early in the morning with the servants of your lord who have come with you, and as soon as you have arisen early in the morning and have light, depart.” 11So David arose early, he and his men, to depart in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionNow the Philistines gathered together all their hosts to Aphek: and the Israelites encamped by the fountain which is in Jezreel. Douay-Rheims Bible Now all the troops of the Philistines were gathered together to Aphec: and Israel also camped by the fountain which is in Jezrahel. Darby Bible Translation And the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek; and Israel encamped by the spring that is in Jizreel. English Revised Version Now the Philistines gathered together all their hosts to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by the fountain which is in Jezreel. Webster's Bible Translation Now the Philistines collected all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites encamped by a fountain which is in Jezreel. World English Bible Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites encamped by the spring which is in Jezreel. Young's Literal Translation And the Philistines gather all their camps to Aphek, and the Israelites are encamping at a fountain which is in Jezreel, Library What Doest Thou Here?'Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here!'--1 SAMUEL xxix. 3. 'The word of the Lord came to him, and He said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?'--1 KINGS xix. 9. I have put these two verses together, not only because of their identity in form, though that is striking, but because they bear upon one and the same subject, as will appear, if, in a word or two, I set each of them in its setting. David was almost at the lowest point of his fortunes when he fled into … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The End of Self-Will One Fold and one Shepherd Samuel Links 1 Samuel 29:1 NIV • 1 Samuel 29:1 NLT • 1 Samuel 29:1 ESV • 1 Samuel 29:1 NASB • 1 Samuel 29:1 KJV • 1 Samuel 29:1 Bible Apps • 1 Samuel 29:1 Parallel • Bible Hub |
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