¹¹ They ^(A)sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, so that it will not put ^[a]us and ^[b]our people to death.” For there was a deadly confusion throughout the city; ^(B)the hand of God was very glorious there.

⁶ Then Achish called David and said to him, “As Yahweh lives, you have been upright, and ^(A)your going out and your coming in with me in the camp are pleasing in my sight; ^(B)for I have not found evil in you from the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, you are not pleasing in the sight of the lords. ⁷ So now, return and go in peace, that you may not do evil in the sight of the lords of the Philistines.” ⁸ And David said to Achish, “^(C)But what have I done? And what have you found in your servant from the day when I came before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?” ⁹ But Achish answered and said to David, “I know that you are pleasing in my sight, ^(D)like an angel of God; nevertheless ^(E)the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go up with us to the battle.’ ¹⁰ So now, arise early in the morning ^(F)with the servants of your lord who have come with you, and as soon as you have arisen early in the morning and have light, go.” ¹¹ So David arose early, he and his men, to go in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.