1 Samuel 29:9

Then answered Achish, and said unto David, I acknowledge that, pleasing, thou art in mine eyes, as a messenger of God,—notwithstanding, the princes of the Philistines, have said, He shall not go up with us, into the battle.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

In Context

8Then said David unto Achish—But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant, from the day that I came before thee, unto this day,—that I may not go in and fight, with the enemies of my lord the king.

10Now, therefore, rise up early in the morning, thou and the servants of thy lord who have come with thee,—yea, as soon as ye have risen early in the morning, and have light, then depart.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 14:17So thy maidservant said, Pray let the word of my lord the king be comforting,—for, as the messenger of God, so is my lord the king, in hearing the good and the bad, Yahweh thy God, then, be with thee.

2 Samuel 19:27And he hath slandered thy servant, unto my lord the king,—but, my lord the king, is as a messenger of God, do therefore what is good in thine own eyes.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 29:7-11

David Leaves the Philistines. ( b. c. 1055.) 6 Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the Lord liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not. 7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines. 8 And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found… Read the whole commentary →

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