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Is this not David, of whom they used to sing in dances,

‘Saul killed his thousands,
And David his ten thousands’?”

Then Achish called David and said to him, “As the Lord lives, you have been upright (righteous), and your [a]behavior in the army is pleasing in my sight. For from the day you came to me to this day I have found no evil in you. Nevertheless, [b]the [Philistine] lords do not approve of you. So return now and go in peace [to your place], so that you do not displease the Philistine lords.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 29:6 Lit going out and your coming in.
  2. 1 Samuel 29:6 Lit in the eyes of the lords you are not good.

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