1 Samuel 29:1-5

Achish Sends David Back to Ziklag

1 The Philistines gathered all their forces at Aphek, and Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.
2 As the Philistine rulers marched with their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men were marching at the rear with Achish.
3 The commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish replied, “Is this not David, who was an officer of Saul king of Israel? He has already been with me for over a year, and from the day he left Saul until now, I have found no fault in him.”
4 But the Philistine commanders were angry with Achish and said, “Send the man back, that he may return to the place you assigned him. He must not go with us into battle, or he will turn against us during the fighting. How better could he regain his master’s favor than by taking the heads of our own men?
5 Isn’t this the David they sang about in their dances: “ ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”

Cross References 9

  • 1. 1 Samuel 28:1
  • 2. Joshua 12:18; S 1 Samuel 4:1
  • 3. Joshua 17:16; 1 Kings 18:45; 1 Kings 21:1,23; 2 Kings 9:30; Jeremiah 50:5; Hos 1:4,5,11; Hosea 2:22
  • 4. 1 Samuel 28:2
  • 5. 1 Chronicles 12:19
  • 6. 1 Samuel 27:7; Daniel 6:5
  • 7. 1 Chronicles 12:19
  • 8. 1 Samuel 14:21
  • 9. S 1 Samuel 18:7; 1 Samuel 21:11
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