Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 29:8

8 Dàwèi duì yà jí shuō , wǒ zuò le shénme ne . zì cóng púrén dào nǐ miànqián , zhídào jīnrì , nǐ chá chū wǒ yǒu shénme guō cuò , shǐ wǒ bù qù gōngjī zhǔ wǒ wáng de chóudí ne .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 29:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 29:8

And David said unto Achish, what have I done?
&c.] This question is anticipated by the speech of Achish, who had declared he had found no evil in him; but David must say something to put on an appearance of concern for being dismissed, when he was heartily glad of it:

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?
which cannot be excused of great dissimulation, since nothing was more foreign from his heart, and against his will, than fighting against the Israelites, and which he determined to avoid if possible; and glad at heart he was to be thus excused, and freed from the straits and difficulties he was involved in; but that the Philistines might have no cause of suspicion of him, and that he was warmly attached to their interest among whom he was still to continue, he put on these airs. Abarbinel is of opinion that the lords of the Philistines were only afraid of David, but not of his men, and therefore were not solicitous about their going, but his, which gave David a concern; and since he was particularly singled out, he desired to know what special evil had been found in him; but when he understood, by the following answer of Achish, that his servants were to go with him, he was content, and said no more; but the princes asked, "what do these Hebrews here?" ( 1 Samuel 29:3 ) .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 29:8 In-Context

6 Yà jí jiào Dàwèi lái , duì tā shuō , wǒ zhǐ zhe yǒngshēng de Yēhéhuá qǐshì , nǐ shì zhèngzhí rén . nǐ suí wǒ zaì jūn zhōng chūrù , wǒ kàn nǐ shén hǎo . zì cóng nǐ tóu bēn wǒ dào rújīn , wǒ wèicéng jiàn nǐ yǒu shénme guō shī . zhǐshì zhòng shǒulǐng bù xǐyuè nǐ .

7 Xiànzaì nǐ kĕyǐ píng píngān ān dì huí qù , miǎndé Fēilìshì rén de shǒulǐng bù huānxǐ nǐ .

8 Dàwèi duì yà jí shuō , wǒ zuò le shénme ne . zì cóng púrén dào nǐ miànqián , zhídào jīnrì , nǐ chá chū wǒ yǒu shénme guō cuò , shǐ wǒ bù qù gōngjī zhǔ wǒ wáng de chóudí ne .

9 Yà jí shuō , wǒ zhīdào nǐ zaì wǒ yǎnqián shì hǎo rén , rútóng shén de shǐzhĕ yìbān . zhǐshì Fēilìshì rén de shǒulǐng shuō , zhè rén bùkĕ tóng wǒmen chū zhàn .

10 Gùcǐ nǐ hé gēnsuí nǐde rén , jiù shì nǐ bĕn zhǔ de púrén , yào míngrì zǎochen qǐlai , dĕng dào tiān liàng huí qù ba .