1 Samuel 29:3

3 Os comandantes dos filisteus perguntaram: “O que estes hebreus fazem aqui?”Aquis respondeu: “Este é Davi, que era oficial de Saul, rei de Israel. Ele já está comigo há mais de um ano e, desde o dia em que deixou Saul, nada fez que mereça desconfiança”.

1 Samuel 29:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 29:3

Then said the princes of the Philistines
To Achish; not those of the court of Achish, who were his subjects, but the confederate princes with him in this war, the lords of the other principalities, as appears by the freedom they took with him, ( 1 Samuel 29:4 ) ;

what [do] these Hebrews [here]?
or Jews, as the Targum; what hast thou to do with them, or they to be with thee? men of another nation and religion, and known enemies to the Philistines:

and Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines;
in order to soften them, and reconcile them to these men, and their being with him:

[is] not this David the servant of Saul the king of Israel;
between whom there had been a quarrel, and the former had fled from the latter to him:

which hath been with me these days, or these years;
had been with him many days, and he might say years, as he had been with him one whole year, and part of another, see ( 1 Samuel 27:7 ) ; and he might have known him longer, if he was the same Achish David first fled to; Kimchi interprets it, that he knew him as well as if he had been with him as many years as days:

and I have found no fault in him since he fell [unto me] unto this day?
the affair of David's going against the Geshurites not being yet known by him, or, if it was, he approved of it, they being enemies of his; this shows that David behaved with a great deal of prudence to have such a character as this from a king of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 29:3 In-Context

1 Os filisteus reuniram todas as suas tropas em Afeque, e Israel acampou junto à fonte de Jezreel.

2 Enquanto os governantes filisteus avançavam com seus grupos de cem e de mil, Davi e seus homens iam na retaguarda com Aquis.

3 Os comandantes dos filisteus perguntaram: “O que estes hebreus fazem aqui?”Aquis respondeu: “Este é Davi, que era oficial de Saul, rei de Israel. Ele já está comigo há mais de um ano e, desde o dia em que deixou Saul, nada fez que mereça desconfiança”.

4 Contudo, os comandantes filisteus se iraram contra ele e disseram: “Mande embora este homem para a cidade que você lhe designou. Ele não deve ir para a guerra conosco, senão se tornará nosso adversário durante o combate. Qual seria a melhor maneira de recuperar a boa vontade de seu senhor, senão à custa da cabeça de nossos homens?

5 Não é ele o Davi de quem cantavam em suas danças:“ ‘Saul matou milhares;Davi, dezenas de milhares’?”