Holy Bible
(King James Version)
First
Samuel: Chapter 29
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 A-chish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not
this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with
me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he
fell unto me unto this day?
4. 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?
5. Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances,
saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
6. Then A-chish 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 A-chish, But what have I done? and what hast thou
found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day,
that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
9. And A-chish 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.
10. Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's
servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the
morning, and have light, depart.
11. So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to
return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went
up to Jezreel.
Apr. 15 Daily reading
schedule.. No
NT reading today.
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