1 Samuel 29:6–11

⁶Then Achish called David and said to him, “Surely, as the Lord lives, you have been upright, and ^myour going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight. For to this day ⁿI have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me. Nevertheless the lords do not favor you. ⁷Therefore return now, and go in peace, that you may not displease the lords of the Philistines.”

⁸So David said to Achish, “But what have I done? And to this day what have you found in your servant as long as I have been with you, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”

⁹Then Achish answered and said to David, “I know that you are as good in my sight ^oas an angel of God; nevertheless ^pthe princes of the Philistines have said, ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’ ¹⁰Now therefore, rise early in the morning with your master’s servants ^qwho have come with ²you. And as soon as you are up early in the morning and have light, depart.”

¹¹So David and his men rose early to depart in the morning, to return to the land of the Philistines. ^rAnd the Philistines went up to Jezreel.