1 Samuel 29:4
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| Overview - 1 Samuel 29 | |
| 1 | David marching with the Philistines, |
| 3 | is disallowed by their princes. |
| 6 | Achish dismisses him, with commendations of his fidelity. |
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1 Samuel 29:4 (King James Version)
And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?
- Make this fellow
- The princes reasoned wisely, according to the common practice of mankind; and it was well for David that they were such good politicians: it was ordered by a gracious Providence that they refused to let David go with them to this battle, in which he must have been either an enemy to his country, or false to his friends and to his trust. Had he fought for the Philistines, he would have fought against God and his country; and had he in the battle gone over to the Israelites, he would have deceived and become a traitor to the hospitable Achish. God therefore delivered him from such disgrace; and by the same kind Providence he was sent back to rescue his wives, and the wives and children of his people, from captivity.
- 14:21 1 Chronicles 12:19 ; Luke 16:8