1 Samuel 29:6–11

⁶So Achish summoned David and told him, “As the Lord lives, you are an honorable man. I think it is good^A to have you fighting^B in this unit with me, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until today.ⁱ But the leaders don’t think you are reliable. ⁷Now go back quietly and you won’t be doing anything the Philistine leaders think is wrong.”

⁸“But what have I done?”^j David replied to Achish. “From the first day I entered your service until today, what have you found against your servant to keep me from going to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”

⁹Achish answered David, “I’m convinced that you are as reliable as an angel of God.^k But the Philistine commanders have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’^{l 10}So get up early in the morning, you and your masters’ servants who came with you.^Cm When you’ve all gotten up early, go as soon as it’s light.” ¹¹So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.