1 Samuel 29:6–11

⁶So Achish called David and said to him, “As Yahweh lives,^b certainly you were honest, and I am pleased to have you marching with me^c in the campaign.^d For I have not found any wrong in you from the day you came to me until this day, but in the eyes of the rulers, you are not good. ⁷So then, return and go in peace, so that you do not do something that displeases^e the rulers of the Philistines.” ⁸Then David said to Achish, “But what have I done? And what have you found in your servant from the day that I entered your service^f until this day, that I should not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?” ⁹And Achish answered and said to David, “I know that you are good in my eyes, like an angel of God! However, the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go up with us into the battle.’ ¹⁰So then, rise early in the morning, you and the servants of your lord who came with you. When you rise early in the morning and it is light enough for you, leave. ¹¹So David set out early, he and his men, to leave in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines, but the Philistines went up to Jezreel.