1 Samuel 29:4

And 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 you did 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?

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?

In Context

3And the lords of the Philistines said, Who are these + 29:3 The word עכר is here translated; as in Gen. xiv 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.

5Is not this David whom they + 29:5 Gr. to or began to celebrate or gave the precedence. celebrated in dances, saying, Saul has struck his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

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Cross References

1 Samuel 14:21And the servants who had been + 14:21 Gr. yesterday and the third day. before with the Philistines, who had gone up to the army, turned themselves also to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

1 Chronicles 12:19And some came to David from Manasse, when the Philistines came against Saul to war: and he helped them not, because the captains of the Philistines took counsel, saying, With the heads of those men will he return to his master Saul.

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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