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1 Samuel 29:9

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And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

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  1. 1 Samuel 29:7

    Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.

  2. 1 Samuel 29:8

    And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

  3. 1 Samuel 29:10

    Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master’s servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.

  4. 1 Samuel 29:11

    So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

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