1 Samuel 29:3

And the lords of the Philistines said, Who are these + 29:3 The word עכר is here translated; as in Gen. 14. 13.that pass by? And Anchus said to the captains of the Philistines, Is not this David the servant of Saul king of Israel? he has been with us + 29:3 Gr. to or days.some time, even this second year, and I have not found any fault in him from the day that he attached himself to me even until this day.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?

In Context

2And the lords of the Philistines went on + 29:2 Gr. to or at.by hundreds and thousands, and David and his men went on in the rear with Anchus.

4And the captains of the Philistines were displeased at him, and they say to him, Send the man away, and let him return to his place, where thou didst set him; and let him not come with us to the war, and let him not be a + 29:4 Or, to or a plotter against the camp.traitor in the camp: and wherewith will he be reconciled to his master? will it not be with the heads of those men?

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Cross References

Genesis 14:13And one of them that had been rescued came and told Abram the + 14:13 Gr. passer. Heb. עֹבֹר.Hebrew; and he dwelt by the oak of Mamre the Amorite the brother of Eschol, and the brother of Aunan, who were confederates with Abram.

1 Samuel 14:11And they both went in to Messab of the Philistines; and the Philistines + 14:11 Gr. say.said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of their caves, where they had hidden themselves.

1 Samuel 27:7And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was four months.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 29:2-6

David with the Philistines. ( b. c. 1055.) 1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel. 2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish. 3 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me… Read the whole commentary →

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