1 Samuel Chapter 29
The Philistines showed up with all their homies at Aphek, while the Israelites chilled by a spring in Jezreel.
Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which {is} in Jezreel.
The Philistine big shots rolled in with mad numbers, but David and his crew were just vibing in the back with Achish.
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.
The Philistine leaders were like, "What are these Hebrews doing here?" Achish was like, "Aren't we talking about David, Saul's guy? I haven’t seen anything sus from him since he joined my team."
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What {do} these Hebrews {here}? And Achish 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?
The leaders got heated and told Achish, "Send him back! We can't have him in this fight, or he might flip on us. How would he make peace with Saul? By taking out our peeps?"
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?
Isn’t this David, the one they were hyping up in songs, saying, "Saul took out his thousands, but David his tens of thousands?"
{Is} not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
Achish summoned David and said, "No cap, you’ve been solid, and your time with me has been chill. I haven’t peeped anything sus from you since day one, but the lords aren’t down with it."
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. {the lords...: Heb. thou art not good in the eyes of the lords}
So just bounce and roll out peacefully, so you don’t get on the Philistine lords' bad side.
Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines. {displease...: Heb. do not evil in the eyes of the lords}
David was like, "What did I do wrong? What have you seen that’s sus since day one that I can’t fight for my king?"
And David said unto Achish, 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? {with...: Heb. before thee}
Achish responded, "I know you’re solid in my eyes, like a straight-up angel, but the princes said you can't roll with us into battle."
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.
So rise up early with your master’s crew that came with you, and just as it gets light, dip out.
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.
David and his crew got up early to head back to Philistine territory, while the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
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.